Is Your Hospital Getting the Signal For a Standardized Color-Coded Wristband System?
Measures to standardize color coded alert bands may come to your city and/or state in the near future.
Keep informed with the links provided below.
General Information:
National Patient Safety Agency: Standardizing Wristbands Improves Patient Safety
State of Pennsylvania: The Color Of Safety Presentation
(Note: Use Microsoft Powerpoint to View Presentation)
"Reducing the Risks Associated with the Use of Colored Wristbands"
Color Coded Alert Wristband Standardization Resources:
AHA Quality Center: Standardizing Wristband Colors
(Info courtesy of the American Hospital Association. Chart reproduced from AHA Site.)
The AHA Quality Center has assembled a list of state hospital association efforts around standardizing wristbands colors. Below is a list with links to state hospital association resources. This list is by no means exhaustive.
Alabama
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3 Colors (Kick Off January 2009) |
| Arkansas |
3 Colors
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| Arizona |
3 Colors
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| California |
3 Colors
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| Colorado |
3 Colors, plus 2 more (pink-restricted extremity, green - latex allergy)
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| Florida |
3 Colors (roll out in September)
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Georgia
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Waiting on national consensus
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Illinois
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3 Colors
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| Indiana |
Supportve of 3 colors, waiting on national effort
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| Iowa |
3 Colors
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| Kansas |
3 Colors
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| Kentucky |
Task force appointed, surveying
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Massachusetts
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Beginning discussions on this issue
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| Michigan |
3 Colors (implementation spring 2009)
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| Minnesota |
3 colors plus 2 more (pink-restricted extremity, green latex allergy)
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Mississippi
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Supportive of 3 colors, waiting on national consensus
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| Missouri (Missouri Center for Patient Safety) |
3 Colors (for organizations that desire standardization of colored wristbands for latex allergy and/or restricted extremity, Consideration should be given to green for latex, pink for restricted extremity.
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Nebraska
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Planning to use 3 colors
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Nevada
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3 Colors (kick off October 15 full implementation January 2009) |
| New Hampshire |
3 Colors
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New Jersey
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3 Colors plus 2 more (pink - restricted extremity, green - latex allergy)
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| New Mexico |
3 Colors
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New York
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3 colors
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| Ohio |
Adopted 2 of the standard 3 (red - allergies and yellow-falls) plus two more (white - patient identification, green - blood)
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| Oregon |
3 Colors, plus another (pink - restricted extremity)
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| Pennsylvania |
3 Colors plus 2 more (pink restricted extremity, green latex allergy)
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South Carolina
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Supportive of 3 colors, waiting on national effort
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South Dakota
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Waiting on national consensus
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| Tennessee |
Waiting on national consensus
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| Texas |
3 Colors |
Utah
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3 Colors
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Virginia
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3 Colors (Kick off November 2008)
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| Washington State |
3 Colors
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West Virginia
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3 Colors
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| Wisconsin |
3 Colors
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State Color Standardization Chart * The States marked with an asterisk are starting the process of color standardization.
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ALLERGY |
FALL RISK
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DNR |
LATEX ALLERGY
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LIMB ALERT |
BLOOD |
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
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| Alabama* |
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Effective 1/2009
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| Arizona |
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Active |
| Arkansas |
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Active
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| California |
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Active |
| Colorado |
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Active |
| Florida |
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Active |
| Georgia* |
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Awaiting National Consensus
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| Illinois |
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Active
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| Indiana* |
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Awaiting National Consensus
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| Iowa |
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Active |
| Kansas |
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Active |
| Kentucky* |
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Task Force Appointed
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| Maryland |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Massachusetts* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Michigan* |
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Effective Spring 2009
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| Minnesota |
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Active |
| Mississippi* |
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Awaiting National Consensus
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| Missouri |
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Active |
| Montana* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Nebraska* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Nevada* |
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Effective 1/2009
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New Hampshire
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Active |
New Jersey
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New Mexico
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Active |
New York
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Active |
| Ohio |
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Active |
| Oklahoma* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Oregon |
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Active |
| Pennsylvania |
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Active |
South Carolina*
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Roll out 2009 |
South Dakota*
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Tennessee* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
| Texas* |
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| Utah |
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Active |
| Virginia* |
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| Washington |
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Active |
West Virginia
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Active |
| Wisconsin |
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| Wyoming* |
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Awaiting National Consensus |
Featured Alert Band News Story:ABC-TV Channel 27 - Harrisburg, Penn.
"Standard Wristband Colors Safer in Hospitals"
Recent News Articles of Interest:
The Press Enterprise - Riverside, California
"Standardized Wristband System Endorsed By Hospital Lobbying Group"
Color Coded Wristbands in Hospitals
"WABC-TV 7 - New York"
Color Me Safe
"The Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc, Wisconsin"
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