Patient Identification Systems - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Denture barcoding: a new horizon.

11 Jun 2009 Labelled dentures can be important in identifying people who have lost their memory or in identifying the bodies of those who have died in disasters. Forensic dentistry has long considered marking dentures, although no standardised method has been ... Read more...

Is this the right patient? An educational initiative to improve compliance with two patient identifiers.

29 Apr 2009 A rehabilitation nursing unit implemented an educational initiative to improve compliance with two patient identifiers. The education consisted of a poster presentation and then, 2 months later, a mandatory in-service education program. Compliance ... Read more...

Mass casualty tracking with air traffic control methodologies.

15 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: An intrahospital casualty throughput system modeled after air traffic control (ATC) tracking procedures was tested in mass casualty exercises. ATC uses a simple tactile process involving informational progress strips representing each ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Identification Systems - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ID tags-does the ID stand for identification or infectious diseases risk? 30 Jul 2009
• Double standard for double ABO grouping? 29 Jun 2009
• The electronic patient tracking board: as time goes by. 29 Jun 2009
• Denture barcoding: a new horizon. 11 Jun 2009
• Is this the right patient? An educational initiative to improve compliance with two patient identifiers. 29 Apr 2009
• Research lands author in the midst of RFID controversy and on the award stand. 29 Apr 2009
• Mass casualty tracking with air traffic control methodologies. 15 Apr 2009
• Issuing of blood components dispensed in syringes and bar code-based pretransfusion check at the bedside for pediatric patients. Apr 2009
• Closing the safety loop: evaluation of the National Patient Safety Agency's guidance regarding wristband identification of hospital inpatients. 30 Mar 2009
• Designing evidence-based patient safety interventions: the case of the UK's National Health Service hospital wristbands. 30 Mar 2009
• Identify yourself. Using palm vein scanning to ID patients fits right in with the innovative culture at BayCare. 30 Mar 2009
• Pseudoinfection due to mislabeling. 30 Mar 2009
• Implementation of a two-specimen requirement for verification of ABO/Rh for blood transfusion. 29 Mar 2009
• Who are you? Plucked from science fiction, palm-vein patient authentication is a cutting-edge technology that can yield major cost avoidance. 27 Feb 2009
• The eyes have it. 27 Feb 2009
• Radio frequency identification. 27 Feb 2009
• Color coding for multiples: a multidisciplinary initiative to improve the safety of infant multiples. 30 Jan 2009
• The effectiveness of inking needle core prostate biopsies for preventing patient specimen identification errors: a technique to address Joint Commission patient safety goals in specialty laboratories. 30 Jan 2009
• RFID and medication care. 30 Dec 2008
• Molecular confirmation of pathological specimen integrity in Australasia. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Patient Identification Systems'

Definition: Organized procedures for establishing patient identity, including use of bracelets, etc.

Descriptor UI: D010355

Alternative terms: Patient Identification Systems; Identification System, Patient; Identification Systems, Patient; Patient Identification System; System, Patient Identification; Systems, Patient Identification;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.452.653;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: DF: PATIENT ID SYSTEMS