In terms of labeling mishaps, there are two criteria that should be considered: The adhesive property of the label to the product container as well as the content of the label itself. Reading the comments above, not much importance seems to be given to the adhesive property of the label. I believe that aspect of labeling is just as important as the content of the label. Aside from the inconvenience and the annoyance that a faulty adhesion might incur, the patient might miss a piece of information ( perhaps because the label fell off the bottle and got lost) which could have an advert effect on their health. Let’s say, the label can easily come off via scratching on contact with water, and consequently instead of reading ” hydroxyquinone”, the label now reads “hydroxyquino–“. Perhaps, the word that immediately comes to the patient mind is “hydroxyquinoline”, which is fundamentally different from the above-mentioned compound. Knowing that the patient is allergic to “hydroxyquinone”, but not ” hydroxyquinoline”, the patient might wrongly take the drugs and ultimately put his/her health at risk.
This example might seem to elaborate but, the scenario is quite plausible which is why I believe the adhesive property of the label shouldn’t be overlooked.