Pharmaceutical Braille Labels From CCL Healthcare
Pharmaceutical braille uses the tactile writing system to make medication labels and other pharmaceutical packaging for various healthcare products more accessible.
Braille medication labels make it possible for individuals with visual impairment or blindness to read important information regarding their medications, including the patient’s name, the medication’s name, dosage, warnings and other instructions or information.
The Importance of Braille Prescription Labels
Braille labels help pharmaceutical companies comply with laws requiring that a medication’s name be displayed on the label in braille, but their significance reaches far beyond this.
Braille prescription labels are essential for enhancing patient safety. Without these labels, patients with visual impairment or blindness could not distinguish their medications or know the right dosage or instructions.
The Benefits of Braille on Medical Packaging Labels
There are many advantages to having braille labels in pharmaceutical packaging. CCL Braille medication labels offer these benefits for pharmaceutical companies and patients:
Benefits for Pharmaceutical Professionals
Improving accessibility is a significant movement within the medical industry. Pharmaceutical companies can reap the following benefits by incorporating braille into their product packaging:
- Regulatory compliance: Braille labels help your company comply with new regulations that ensure greater accessibility and inclusivity.
- Space savings and efficiency: There are no additional space requirements, as the transparent braille dots are added directly to text and graphics.
- Security: At CCL Healthcare, we do electronic dot counts to ensure the image is secure.
- Cost effectiveness: With CCL Healthcare, you can enjoy significant cost savings since we use more affordable standard glass containers.
- Customizable options: Your braille labels can be custom-designed to suit your branding and other preferences and requirements. Construction, materials and functionality are also customizable, and we can apply braille to both paper and synthetic materials.
- Translation: We can assist with translating regular text to braille dots.
Benefits for Patients
Perhaps more significant than the advantages medical professionals get from using braille labels are the benefits these labels provide for visually impaired patients:
- Patient safety: Braille labels reduce the risk of medication errors, making it safer for patients to use medications with braille packaging.
- Freedom and convenience: Braille labels give patients the much-needed freedom and confidence to self-administer their medications.
- Easy readability: Our printing techniques and high-quality materials ensure our braille labels are legible. We also use Marburg Braille, the recommended font for the pharmaceutical sector.
- Long-lasting labels: The labels are durable and resistant to a range of environmental factors, including water, making them a reliable and long-lasting option for patients.
Technology and Trends
Considering the many advantages of braille packaging, it’s not surprising that the braille label market is expected to grow 8.5% from 2024 to 2031. The increasing demand for inclusive healthcare options is a significant driving force behind the expected growth.
Technological advances and innovations in the industry also help progress the braille labels market. Braille is applied to packaging using rotary screen printing and flexographic printing to create raised dots.
In pharmaceutical packaging, using Marburg Braille is one of the best options. Marburg Braille incorporates rounded dots that are placed closer together than traditional braille. This makes it easier to read, reduces the risk of damage during handling and transportation and allows for more information in a smaller space. Raising lettering and symbols is another way the industry can make braille packaging more accessible and expand tactile labeling.
Sustainability
Another growing trend across industries, including both packaging and medical fields, is a commitment to sustainability. At CCL Healthcare, we invest in resource-saving and waste-reducing technologies and processes. We have several methods for increasing sustainability in our processes and techniques:
- Modifying construction to save materials
- Eliminating color
- Optimizing printed sheets and printing webs
- Using materials and adhesives that are friendlier to the recycling process
- Sourcing materials responsibly
- Launching a liner waste collection and recycling system
- Investing in greenhouse gas (GHG) tracking software
Braille Label Standards
Braille label standards ensure all packaging complies with industry regulations. In the European Union, braille is mandatory on pharmaceutical packaging. While the United States does not have federal requirements for braille packaging, numerous states are adopting laws to improve accessibility for visually impaired individuals.
At CCL Healthcare, our braille labels comply with international regulations for pharmaceutical labeling, including new EU regulations. Our personal approach to braille prescription labels and leaflets includes using technology to spray braille dots onto raised leaflets and booklet labels, doing so in one process.
We also print in the Marburg Medium font, the recommended size according to EU legislation. We follow the font’s specifications and print with:
- Dot diameters between 1.3 and 1.6 millimeters.
- A dot spacing from center to center of 2.5 millimeters.
- A character spacing of 6 millimeters.
- Line spacing of 10 millimeters.
We also have gradient markings on the labels and special materials for proofreading the braille.
Braille Label Options
At CCL Healthcare, we provide a range of packaging solutions for various industries, including specialty labels and packaging for life sciences. Our braille options are printable on self-adhesive labels and expanded content labels.
In addition to our braille labels, we offer options that make your inventory more secure, including tamper-evident seals and brand security labels. These brand protection strategies help ensure the safety of your products and brand image. We are market leaders who have invested in technologies that advance vision verification systems to ensure that all products are verified, documented and traceable.
What to Look for in a Braille Label Manufacturer
Choosing the right manufacturer for your pharmaceutical packaging and braille labels is crucial. You need a trusted and reliable manufacturer to protect the integrity of your brand and products. Here are some reasons to turn to CCL Healthcare:
- We take brand protection, packaging security and the quality of our braille labels seriously.
- We give you the option to customize your packaging and labels.
- We do electronic dot counts for braille labels.
- We prioritize sustainable practices in our packaging.
- We are a trusted industry leader serving various markets, including pharmaceutical, animal health, biotechnology, clinical, diagnostics, medical devices, natural health and other regulated industries.
Pharmaceutical Packaging Solutions by CCL Healthcare
As a pharmaceutical professional, you can benefit from making braille labels standard features for your brand. Working together, industries can push to make braille options the norm. If you are looking for high-quality pharmaceutical packaging solutions, including braille labels and leaflets, you can rely on CCL Healthcare.
Whether you are looking for assistance in translating text to braille dots or need an assortment of labels, cartons, containers or printed literature, we are ready to work with you. Browse our packaging solutions today or contact our expert team with any additional questions.
