Abstract: A reminder label system for attachment to a healthcare item and/or a patient. The reminder label system includes a label and a visual indicator. The label has pre-printed text corresponding to the healthcare item and/or the patient and further has a writeable surface to receive unique information about the healthcare item and/or the patient. The visual indicator is on the label and provides information relating to an event associated with the healthcare item and/or the patient. The visual indicator could provide any one of a number of different types of information including, but not limited to, time passage since activation of the indicator and exposure conditions of the indicator (e.g., temperature, radiation, sterilization, contamination, and so forth). Such a reminder label system can facilitate maintenance and patient care because it is detailed, secure, automatic, compliant, and workflow efficient.