Method for simultaneously preparing pharmacy vial label and drug-specific warning labels

A blank for use with a printer for printing information and labels, said blank comprising:

• a sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and having a back side, said sheet having a top edge and a bottom edge which together define a generally horizontal direction, and having two side edges which together define a generally vertical direction;
• said sheet comprising a first portion and a second portion divided by a first, generally vertically extending tear line that extends from said top edge to said bottom edge;
• said first portion comprising plain paper for receiving printed text,
• said second portion comprising
• a backing sheet;
• a removable label sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and a back side;
• and
• a pressure-type adhesive on said back side of said label sheet, said adhesive removably adhering said label sheet to said backing sheet and after said label sheet is removed from said backing sheet being able to adhere said label sheet to another surface;
• said removable label sheet comprising a main label and a plurality of auxiliary labels smaller than said main label and means permitting at least one but less than all of said auxiliary labels to be simultaneously removable from said backing sheet with said main label and subsequently readily separable from said main label.

A blank for use with a printer for printing information and labels for a drug container, said blank comprising:

• a sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and having a back side, said sheet having a top edge and a bottom edge which together define a generally horizontal direction, and having two side edges which together define a generally vertical direction;
• said sheet comprising a first portion and a second portion divided by a first, generally vertically extending tear line that extends from said top edge to said bottom edge;
• said first portion comprising plain paper for receiving text about a particular drug being prescribed,
• said second portion comprising
• a backing sheet;
• a removable label sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and a back side;
• and
• a pressure-type adhesive on said back side of said label sheet, said adhesive removably adhering said label sheet to said backing sheet and after said label sheet is removed from said backing sheet being able to adhere said label sheet to a drug container;
• said second portion divided into a first section and a second section by a generally horizontal, second tear line, said first section comprising a main label for a drug container and a plurality of auxiliary label strips for receiving printed text of drug warning labels and means permitting at least one but less than all of said drug warning labels to be simultaneously removable from said backing sheet with said main drug container label and subsequently readily separable from said main label.

A blank for use with a printer for printing labels, said blank comprising:

• a label laminate comprising
• a backing sheet;
• a removable label sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and a back side;
• and
• a pressure-type adhesive on said back side of said label sheet, said adhesive removably adhering said label sheet to said backing sheet and after said label sheet is removed from said backing sheet being able to adhere said label sheet to another surface;
• said removable label sheet comprising a main label and four auxiliary labels smaller than said main label and means permitting two of said four auxiliary labels to be simultaneously removable from said backing sheet with said main label and subsequently readily separable from said main label and from each other.

A blank for use with a printer for printing labels for use on containers for drugs dispensed by a pharmacist, said blank comprising:

• a label laminate comprising
• a backing sheet;
• a removable label sheet having a front side that can be printed on with the printer and a back side;
• and
• a pressure-type adhesive on said back side of said label sheet, said adhesive removably adhering'said label sheet to said backing sheet and after said label sheet is removed from said backing sheet being able to adhere said label sheet to another surface;
• said removable label sheet comprising a main label for said container for accepting prescription-specific information relating to the contained drug, four auxiliary labels smaller than said main label for accepting drug-warning information relating to the contained drug, and means permitting two of said four auxiliary labels to be simultaneously removable from said backing sheet with said main label and subsequently readily separable from said main label and from each other.

A method of labeling a container for a drug dispensed by a pharmacist, including the steps of causing desired prescription-specific information to be printed on the main label of a blank comprising said main label and at least one smaller auxiliary label associated therewith, said labels being releasably adhered to a backing sheet;

• causing any warning label applicable to said drug to be printed on said auxiliary label;
• simultaneously removing from said backing sheet said printed main label and at least one auxiliary label;
• separating from said removed portion any simultaneously removed but unused auxiliary label(s);
• and simultaneously affixing said main label and any printed warning label to said container.

A method for use by a pharmacist in labeling a container for a prescription drug to be dispensed to a customer comprising the steps of:

• providing a blank form having two labels releasably adhered to a backing sheet, each of the labels being provided with a surface upon which may be printed information relating to the prescription drug;
• connecting the two labels such that the removal of one of the labels from the backing sheet will simultaneously remove from the backing sheet the other label to which it is connected and with the two removed labels separable from each other prior to affixing any of the labels to the container;
• simultaneously removing the two labels from the backing sheet;
• and
• affixing one of the two labels to the prescription drug container.