Medical tubing marker and method

A method for tracking fluids in intravenous tubing comprising:

• connecting an intravenous tube at a first end to a fluid source and at a second end to a patient connection;
• selecting a marker having indelible ink of a color, the marker having a concave section at an end of a tip, the concave section sized and dimensioned to accommodate a circumferential arc of an intravenous tube;
• placing the concave section in contact with the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube near the first end of the intravenous tube;
• marking near the first end of the intravenous tube with the concave marker and applying indelible ink of the color on the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube;
• placing the concave section in contact with the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube near the second end of the intravenous tube;
• marking near the second end of the intravenous tube with the marker such that indelible ink of the color remains on the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube;
• and
• recording and associating the color with a first intravenous fluid.

A method for tracking fluids in intravenous tubing comprising:

• a) selecting a plurality of intravenous tubes each connected at a first end to at least one fluid source and at a second end to a patient connection;
• b) selecting a plurality of markers, each of the plurality of markers having indelible ink of a different color, and each of the plurality of markers having a concave section at an end of a tip, the concave section sized and dimensioned to accommodate a circumferential arc of each of the plurality of intravenous tubes;
• c) selecting a marker of the plurality of markers and selecting an intravenous tube of the plurality of intravenous tubes and placing the concave tip in contact with the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube at the first end of the intravenous tube;
• d) marking near the first end of the intravenous tube with the concave tip and applying indelible ink of a color on the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube;
• e) placing the concave tip in contact with the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube near the second end of the intravenous tube;
• f) marking the second end of the intravenous tube with the concave tip such that indelible ink of the color remains on the circumferential arc of the intravenous tube and the marking near the first end and the marking near the second end are of the same color;
• g) recording and associating the color with the source of the intravenous fluid;
• and
• h) repeating steps c)-g) for each of the plurality of intravenous tubes until each of the plurality of intravenous tubes is marked with a different color.