Multi-Purpose Label Identifies Equipment Hygiene

A new label addresses one of the many unique challenges healthcare facilities are tasked with daily - identifying whether medical equipment is clean or dirty.

The Healthmark Industries (Fraser, MI, USA) Multi-Purpose Equipment Label is designed to provide high visibility to healthcare professionals in order to correctly confirm the status of medical equipment. Two pull-off tabs are used to indicate the hygiene state of the equipment. A green “CLEAN” tab indicates that equipment is ready for use. Once it is functional, the green tab is pulled, revealing a yellow “IN USE” tab.


Once the medical equipment needs to be cleaned or disposed of, a blank white tab is pulled, revealing the red “DIRTY” label. Spaces are provided to indicate the date and location equipment use was initiated. The brightly colored, pull-tab style 5 x 7.5 cm label has an adhesive backing that does not leave residue behind. The Multi-Purpose Equipment Label is available for purchase in rolls of 250.

Infection control is one of the major challenges facing healthcare today, and demands a range of novel approaches to battle the issue, including strict monitoring of antibiotic use, regular revision of standard treatment guidelines, public educational campaigns, better implementation of basic hygienic routines, and re-assessment and improvement of infection control interventions, among others.

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