Pennsylvania Healthcare Organizations Involved in the Color of Safety Task Force) are implementing and standardizing a number of safe practices across their facilities. Facilities participating in The Color of Safety Task Force (see The lack of consistency in wristband meanings and in how they are applied presents problems when patients are transferred among facilities and when patients are cared for by clinicians who work in multiple facilities.Īdvisorywas released, a group of healthcare organizations in northeastern and central Pennsylvania have started a grassroots effort to meet the challenge of making this practice safer. In one case, a patient was nearly not resuscitated during cardiopulmonary arrest because she was incorrectly designated “DNR” with a colored wristband by a nurse who worked in multiple facilities and was confused about the meanings of different colors. 1 In a PA-PSRS survey, while nearly four out of five respondents’ facilities used color-coded patient wristbands, there is little consistency among facilities in the meanings associated with different colors.
I n December 2005, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) identified risks associated with using color-coded patient wristbands to communicate clinical information.
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