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The fold-out large-print label

The fold-out label is a strip of large-print panels that folds flat against the bottle and opens like a fan. Only the first panel and the short end tab are stuck to the bottle. A rubber band holds the folded panels closed.

It adds to the pharmacy's printed label and talking tag. It never replaces them.

The printed strip, opened flat Five panels in a row. Panel 1, patient and drug, is stuck to the bottle. Panels 2 to 4, directions and prescription details, keep their backing and fold. Panel 5 is a short tab that is stuck to the bottle. 1. Cover Patient, drug STICK 2. Directions fold 3. Directions continued fold 4. Rx details fold 5. Tab STICK Dashed lines are fold lines. The number of directions panels depends on the label.
The printed strip, opened flat. Green panels are stuck to the bottle; white panels keep their backing.

For pharmacy staff

  1. Print from Dhruani for Windows, with the layout set to Brother QL-800, 62 mm fold-out strip. Use Brother 62 mm continuous paper tape (DK-2205), or white film tape (DK-22212), which holds up better to folding.
  2. Check every panel against the prescription, as you would any label.
  3. Fold along each dashed line, back and forth like a fan, with panel 1 on top. Crease each fold firmly.
  4. Stick panel 1. Peel its backing up to the first fold line, cut the backing off there, and press the panel onto the bottle. Don't cover the pharmacy's printed label.
  5. Stick the end tab the same way, on the bottle beside or behind panel 1.
  6. Leave the backing on every panel in between, so they fold and open freely.
  7. Fold the panels flat against the bottle and slide a rubber band around the bottle to hold them.
  8. Show the patient how to open and close the label, and give them the patient side of this sheet.

On small vials there may be room only for panel 1 and the tab. If the label covers the pharmacy's printed label, use a larger vial or attach the fold-out to the bag.

For patients: opening your label

The label closed, then opened On the left, a bottle with the label folded flat and a rubber band around it. On the right, the same bottle with the rubber band off and the label unfolded into a loop, held at both ends by the bottle. Closed, with rubber band Opened, read in number order
  1. Slide the rubber band off the bottle.
  2. Unfold the label. The panels are numbered, such as "2 of 5". Read them in order. Directions may continue onto the next panel.
  3. Fold the label back flat, and put the rubber band back on.
  4. To hear your label, hold your phone to the Dhruani tag on the bottle.
  5. If anything is unclear, call your pharmacy. The phone number is on the label.