MEDICAL LABELS

MEDICAL LABELS ARE ONE OF THE MOST SPECIFIC AND COMPLEX MARKETS IN LABEL PRINTING, FREQUENTLY REQUIRING SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS.

No matter the size, shape, or construction of your medical label, we can provide a specialized solution. We have the capabilities to create a variety of products including peel-off labels, tamper-evident labels, syringe labels, warning labels, sheet labels, chart labels, and serialized labels.


We are an authorized 3M medical product supplier. We also participate in Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Certification programs, where we work with each of our customers individually to ensure that all aspects of UL's requirements are met. In addition, we are registered with the FDA and compliant with both FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 that regulate security of electronic records.

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SPECIALTY MATERIALS


As a printer with decades of experience meeting the needs of our customers in the medical industry, we understand the importance of selecting the appropriate material for your application.


We offer skin-grade adhesives and materials. We are a 3M medical product supplier, authorized by stringent guidelines to properly print on these special materials.


Polyurethane, non-woven POLYURETHANE,  polyethylene
  • Stretchy plastic materials that conform well to skin and are suitable for long wear application
  • Water resistant materials
  • Used for skin markers, hypoallergenic skin applications, allergy testing
  • Material in white or clear with a specialty pink option
  • Used for non-invasive surgery where the skin remains closed
FoamS
  • Thick material often requiring multiple layer construction
  • Capabilities to introduce a new liner to help ensure all diecut pieces are stripped away properly (if they are not, the product is not effective for x-raying)
  • Used for comfort strips for masks during medical procedures, mammogram equipment to keep cold parts off skin, or during x-rays and imaging
  • White is most common material color for printing bright colors but we also offer beige


Paper or Film
  • Used for non-skin contact medical applications including labels for bottles, syringes, RX products, and IV bags
  • We offer paper and film in several thicknesses and coatings for different applications
  • Film material available in white, clear, and metallic
  • Paper material available in white and metallic


MULTI-LAYER CONSTRUCTIONS & DIECUTING

For medical applications, materials are often laminated together to create a thicker material construction. These materials could include foam, paper, film, or multiple liners. Cutting through all these materials can be challenging and time consuming, and it's difficult for many printers to ensure accuracy and that all materials strip away properly.


We are expert at this process, and where other printers fail, you can expect perfection from Dion, regardless of material thickness or other variables unique to materials used for medical applications. Contact us today for more information on medical materials.

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Extended Content Labels


Extended Content Labels, also known as ECLs and Expanded Content Labels, are extremely effective tools for medical products. While traditional labels are printed on one side of a piece of material, ECLs will give you more space for a wide variety of information and can free space up on the front of your label for branding and essential product information.

 

Dion Label Printing offers a variety of extended content labels, which we break down here.


TYPES OF EXTENDED CONTENT LABELS


WRAPAROUND LABELS

Wraparound labels offer 720 degrees of print space for your label. They provide more real estate for print without the extra panels associated with booklet labels. As their name suggests, these labels wrap around a vessel twice; once a customer has peeled the label back, we use our read and re-apply construction so they can be neatly closed again.

 

Wraparound labels are sometimes referred to as vial labels because they are an ideal option for products in smaller containers. Some of the common vessel sizes we print wraparound labels for are 4mL, 10mL, and 15mL. We can print these labels on white or silver material.


PEEL BACK LABELS

Peel back labels, also called two-sided or double-sided labels, are an extended content label type used for additional printed information on the back side of a label.


Peel back labels have information printed on both sides with a read and re-apply label construction. The label can be peeled back from the container to reveal additional information and then re-applied as if it was never disturbed. Peel back labels are an easy open and re-sealable option that provide a complete solution to additional space requirements without excess packaging.


BOOKLET LABELS

Booklet labels, also known as hinged labels or commonly referred to simply as ECLs, are labels that use a hinged design with one or more extra panels to increase the amount of printable space available for information, while the amount of surface space the label takes up in the container remains the same.


Generally speaking, booklet labels provide more extra printable space than peel back labels, which use only the back side of the label for additional information.


Booklet labels use a read and re-apply label construction that allows the interior panel or panels of the label to be viewed, then resealed. These labels are ideal for extended drug facts, additional languages, directions, and much more.

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Material Lot Control & Traceability


We value how essential it is for our medical customers to have the tools available for lot control and traceability. We know that in the case of a recall or an issue arising during use of a medical product, manufacturers need to be able to pinpoint all aspects of their supply chain.


Here are a few of the measures we take for maintaining lot control and traceability:


  • Every main roll of medical stock we receive is broken down into usable rolls and scanned into inventory with a roll number
  • That roll number is confirmed and scanned during each set of Quality Assurance checks from printing to finishing to inspection in order to ensure accuracy
  • We can also provide these numbers on packing lists for customers
  • We offer consecutive numbering & variable data printed on labels themselves
  • Used for your inventory and tracking of products


Contact us if you'd like to talk more about our specific procedures for material lot control and traceability.

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Validated Inspection & Certified Label Counts


We work with medical companies and hospitals to ensure that every label follows a specialized printing, inspection, and finishing procedure. Every roll of labels is labeled twice with production dates, product ID numbers, descriptions, batch numbers and accurate roll counts. Our shipping boxes also include detailed information and box counts. In addition, Dion Label Printing also offers your choice of rolls, sheets, and fan folding.


Here's an example of our inspection process for a medical label order:


Let's say a job uses 5 rolls of material in total. Roll number 1 is printed and then inspected by our Quality Assurance team at press to ensure quality is approved. Only after that first roll has been approved do we continue on with rolls 2-5. This process is unique for our medical customers. Retains from each roll number are also kept at the printing press for a designated amount of time and then stored properly. The same procedure happens when the printed rolls go to the finishing press, and then again during inspection. Some jobs have many rolls of material, so the total number or checks per job we complete is much higher than you'll find from other printers.


Our quality control process is not limited to these steps. Learn more about all the quality checks we do on every label order here. 

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