A system for monitoring a time sensitive medical product includes a
medical product; a packaging containing the medical product; and at least
one label associated with the packaging or the medical product. The at
least one label includes at least one permanent region having permanent
indicia; at least one transformable region having time sensitive indicia
wherein the time sensitive indicia is non-detectable in a first state and
detectable in a second state; a micro-controller operatively connected to
at least one of the at least one permanent region and the at least one
transformable region, wherein the micro-controller monitors elapsed time
and causes the at least one transformable region to change from the first
state to the second state thereby revealing the time sensitive indicia in
the second state; and a power source operatively connected to the
micro-controller. A clock and a keypad for inputting data relating to an
expiration date for the medical product are operatively connected to the
micro-controller respectively.