A method and system for safely tracking drugs during a transfer andadministering process, inwhich a bar-coded label, for application to a syringe, is generated at thepoint of care of apatient from reading a bar-coded coded label on a drug storage container,wherein the newlygenerated label is generated by a reader/printer at the point of care so as tobe available forapplication to the syringe at the time of filling the syringe to avoidlabelling errors.