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Use of color-coded patient wristbands creates unnecessary risk

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Patient safety advisory
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, Dec. 14, 2005
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Color
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Identification Systems
Classification
Patient Safety
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages)).
NLM Unique ID:
101727469 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101727469