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| Michigan hospitals are joining more than 26 other states in improving patient safety by standardizing the colors of three patient alert wristbands: red (allergy), yellow (fall risk), and purple (do-not-resuscitate). By standardizing color-coded patient alert wristbands, Michigan hospitals are helping to reduce the potential for confusion when patients, nurses, doctors, and other staff travel between hospitals. This is another step forward in providing patients in Michigan hospitals with the safest possible care. This voluntary, statewide initiative, led by the collaborative efforts of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA), the MHA Patient Safety Organization (PSO) and the MHA PSO Wristband Task Force, has produced a standardization toolkit to assist Michigan hospitals in the implementation process. www.mhapso.org/wristband.htm |
| Anonymous said at Friday, March 20, 2009 09:40:38 |
| Great ideas are sometimes the simplest ones! |
| Cora said at Tuesday, March 31, 2009 08:23:05 |