yes they do and when you point this out they say that nobody reads it.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:41 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Clive,
Isn’t it the case that is often that some pharmacies stick their labels over
the Braille?
All the best,
Richard
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Clive Lever
Sent: 21 November 2018 16:40
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Hi,
I cheat, and use a one-line pocket frame and a style, in conjunctions with 12cm
Dymo rolls. You can still get those at Ryman’s I believe.
BTW, I reported a couple of weeks ago, that I’d noticed that pharmacy2U, who
post medication directly to patients, were smothering the braille labels on
medication boxes by sticking thick print labels over the top. Apparently the
print labels show exactly the same info as the Braille, but in one such case of
smothered braille, I could only read.
AV (print label obscuring braille text)
20 mg.
I made a fuss about this on Twitter, and heard back from the company. I
suggested to them that they could hold the information that a customer read
braille instead of print, and in those cases, refrain from overlaying the
braille with print. They have now promised to give the issue serious
consideration, and assured me I wouldn’t encounter print-obscured braille on
their boxes in future. I shall hold them to that and report back whether
anything changes in a couple of weeks, when the next consignment is due.
Wish me luck.
Clive
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George Bell
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 3:22 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Hi Alison,
In both bad cases you mention, this is poor quality control by the producer and
box manufacturer.
With regard to the labels which, if produced in the UK, the same applies, but
resolving the issue should be much quicker since the majority use equipment and
software supplied from within the U.K..
Such issues should ideally be taken up with the MHRA – Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Authority.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency
George
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of CJ&AA MAY
Sent: 21 November 2018 13:11
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
braille embossed on the box, and is quite proud. However, the box containing a
tube of antihystermine is very faint and another box of tablets has a braille
label and is virtually impossible to read. So it does seem to vary.
None of these are foil labels, which to my mind are the most robust.
Alison
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 21 November 2018 09:28
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Are you referring to braille on the actual box itself, or labels applied on to
the box?
Be assured that if we were to do as I suggested, we would certainly test them
here before we sold them.
George
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of CJ&AA MAY
Sent: 20 November 2018 19:28
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
They are George, but sometimes the braille is quite faint and not particularly
easy to read.
Alison
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 20 November 2018 17:52
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Again, I should add that brailleable paper labels are also used in the
pharmaceutical industry where the ink-print first and emboss afterwards. The
labels are naturally of a thicker grade of paper.
George
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Sent: 20 November 2018 17:27
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
Paper labels are useless for any long term labelling though, aren’t they, Anna?
When I was working, all my files were labelled and I also kept a card index
system with basic contact information which I used the foil CD labels for –
they were just the right size. And, because they were foil, if I had to contact
someone months or even years after the card was created, the braille was still
nice and sharp to read. A paper label would have been much less likely to
survive.
Alison
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Sent: 20 November 2018 16:31
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille labels
The only solution I can find is buying paper labels from a stationers, they
don’t last like the plastic ones did then. Annabel
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On 20 Nov 2018, at 16:29, CJ&AA MAY <chrisalismay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use the labels for all sorts of things, and can’t believe that this is the
only option left. I’ll see what they look like when they come but if it means I
have to cut down a Perkins-sized sheet to size every time I want a label, it
will be a real faff and very wasteful too.
Alison
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Sent: 20 November 2018 16:23
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I stopped selling them awhile ago Alison, I was very disgusted about it also
as are used to so many things. Annabel.
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On 20 Nov 2018, at 16:20, CJ&AA MAY <chrisalismay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m flabberghasted!
I rang RNIB this afternoon to order cd-sized self-adhesive labels, as I
have run out.
Not only don’t they sell these anymore, but they also don’t sell virtually
any others either. for example the long strips or the sheet of 4 or 6 labels.
The only self-adhesive labels they now sell are a Perkins-sized sheet.
I label my CDs, my herbs and a myriad of other things. Am I really going to
have to cut bits off Perkins-sized sheets in future?
Alison