Stay Safe Rx: Wisconsin Health Literacy Medication Label Initiative

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On Stay Safe Rx you will find current events and resources advocating for safe prescription labeling practices. When patients struggle to see, read or understand their prescription labels they are more likely to take the wrong medication, take it improperly, or not take it at all. Pharmacies can make prescription labels more accessible by incorporating dual-language, audible, large print, Braille, plain language, and user-friendly designs. Check out the resources in the side bar to assist your own advocacy efforts or browse through posts to see what others are working on or have achieved.

Wisconsin Health Literacy is working with doctors to adopt evidence-based Universal Medication Schedules when prescribing medications. The Universal Medication Schedule tells patients how many pills to take at a specified time of day (Morning, Noon, Evening, Bedtime).

Morning 6a-9p with rising sun, Noon 11a-1p with full sun, Evening 4p-8p with a moon, Bedime 9p-11p with a bed

This is the fourth phase of their Medication Label Initiative. Previous phases created and implemented new medication label standards in partnership with five pharmacy organizations in Wisconsin utilizing USP guidelines to make medication labels easier to read.