Is it safe to label IV tubing with a permanent marker for the date and time?

If not, what is the best practice for a system-wide approach to label iv tubing?
Answer:
I have not seen this system of labeling Intravenous tubing.
Try using a paper tape and the permanent marker will stay and that tape is very difficult to remove.
The chart will have the date that the tube was placed. Any changes will be documented. If you are not sure that the change was completed, ask the charge nurse for information...

---

Yes. The plastic the tubing is made of will not let the marker pass through.HOWEVER, I still would use a bit of tape wrapped around the tube to write on, one where you've got a tab of tape sticking out. That tubing is so much harder to write on than a tab of tape...

---

Most places have Tubing stickers. If the tubing does not have one, it is just good pratice to throw it out and start fresh, with a sticker.

---