http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com Informed discussion and opinion around patient identity issues Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:42:41 +0000 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 Hospital Wristband Update ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk () ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk () posts Informed discussion and opinion around patient identity issues ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk No no http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com 144 144 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/08/more4-news-reveals-mislabelling-related-to-patient-deaths/ http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/08/more4-news-reveals-mislabelling-related-to-patient-deaths/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:36:22 +0000 admin http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/?p=78 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/08/more4-news-reveals-mislabelling-related-to-patient-deaths/feed/ 0 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/05/a-statement-from-the-npsa-on-pre-printed-labels/ http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/05/a-statement-from-the-npsa-on-pre-printed-labels/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 18:31:36 +0000 admin http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/?p=72 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/05/a-statement-from-the-npsa-on-pre-printed-labels/feed/ 0 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/what-advantages-do-you-see-to-printed-wristbands-and-labels/ http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/what-advantages-do-you-see-to-printed-wristbands-and-labels/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:24:03 +0000 admin http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/?p=60 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/what-advantages-do-you-see-to-printed-wristbands-and-labels/feed/ 0 00:01:01 In part 5 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones, we look int the advantages of printed wristbands and labels over hand written ones. One of ... In part 5 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones, we look int the advantages of printed wristbands and labels over hand written ones. One of the big risks in diagnostic testing is that we donrsquo;t get the right information on the right tube about the patient. Itrsquo;s well know that if tubes are collected from patients and hand written later or pre-written that therersquo;s a big chance of a mix up between the patient samples. Therefore the safest way of collecting the specimen is to print the label at the time the samplersquo;s collected and to fix it to the tube at the patient bedside so there is no chance of mismatching the label and the tube. This means a change of the workflow at the bedside but with modern portable printers and systems itrsquo;s perfectly feasible to equip people with that sort of equipment, again we see that sort of stuff in supermarkets, itrsquo;s just adopting the same technology into this new environment. Patient,Safety ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk no No http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-patients-mind-wearing-printable-wristbands/ http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-patients-mind-wearing-printable-wristbands/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:43 +0000 admin http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/?p=58 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-patients-mind-wearing-printable-wristbands/feed/ 0 00:01:01 In part 4 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones we ask his views on the patients perspective on wristbands. There is an issue with wristbands ... In part 4 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones we ask his views on the patients perspective on wristbands. There is an issue with wristbands that sometimes patients feel theyrsquo;re a bit de-humanising, particularly with barcodes on. But patients are now becoming aware of the safety issues themselves and confidence in the system depends on the quality of the whole service. Their expectation in the supermarket is that they will see a barcode or their expectation in other walks of life is that they would have positive identification, when theyrsquo;re in a safety critical environment like a hospital then I think theyrsquo;re becoming accepting of the need to have positive ID. It also lends quality to the whole sense of the organisation if things are done professionally and properly and the idea of a wristband that canrsquo;t be read, thatrsquo;s been hand written and itrsquo;s loose or falling off, it just doesnrsquo;t lend you the confidence that the system knows what itrsquo;s doing. So I think that patients, although there are concerns about the de-humanisation, are actually much more accepting now of seeing things done properly and the safety case and the quality case is overwhelming. Barcodes,,Patient,Safety ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk no No http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-you-have-any-issues-with-hand-written-wristbands/ http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-you-have-any-issues-with-hand-written-wristbands/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:03:37 +0000 admin http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/?p=51 http://www.hospital-wristband-update.com/2009/03/do-you-have-any-issues-with-hand-written-wristbands/feed/ 0 00:01:01 In part 2 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones, we ask about hand written wristbands. The quality of wristbands present is most hospitals are hand ... In part 2 of our interview with Dr Richard Jones, we ask about hand written wristbands. The quality of wristbands present is most hospitals are hand written and subject to damage either by water or by abrasion. And it means that many patients actually when you look at their wristbands you canrsquo;t read their name or their identity. The use of modern printing techniques means that you can have indelible ink and you can include features such as bar codes which can actually improve the quality of the wristbands. Irsquo;ve been a patient on a couple of occasions recently myself and my wristbands were completely unreadable and I felt my own potential safety was compromised because had I been unconscious they would have had no way of identifying me and I think thatrsquo;s a common problem. It matters not just for diagnostic testing but also for drug delivery because identifying the right patient and getting the right treatment or the right test at the right time depends critically on that identity and often itrsquo;s the wristband thatrsquo;s the only way of doing it. Patient,Safety ian@recordeddevilery.co.uk no No