Plain writing can save lives

Have you noticed your over-the-counter drug labels are easier to read? Here’s a “before and after” of a Food and Drug Administration over-the-counter standard drug label http://www.plainlanguage.gov/examples/before_after/overctrdrug.pdf. Adding a doses table, a larger font, a clearer layout, and using bullets instead of wordy sentences, make a huge difference in understanding. And, in this example, could save lives. More examples are on the site, and dates for upcoming meeting/seminars to learn more.