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Goal ImageNational Patient Safety Goal 1A

Goal ImageInternational Patient Safety Goal 1A

Color-Coded Wristband Toolkit
Patient Misidentification in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
UCLA Patient Identification Safety Tool
NPSA (England) Safer Practice Notice on patient identification wrist bands
Applying the JCAHO “two-identifier” rule
Dangerous Confusion with Color-coded Wristbands
Case Study: Verifying Patient Identity Multiple Times Helps Ensure Patient Safety
Focus on Five: Identifying Patients Before Treatment or Surgery
Technology in Patient Safety: Using Identification Bands to Reduce Patient Identification Errors

Reliable Patient Identification Methods

Goal ImageNational Patient Safety Goal 1B

Goal ImageInternational Patient Safety Goal 4A

Sentinel Event Alert #6
Sentinel Event Alert #24
Patient Misidentification in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Universal Protocol
Implementations Expectations for Universal Protocol
Frequently Asked Questions for the Universal Protocol
UK Whittington Hospital Information for the staff to Accompany Patient Identification Policy

Alternatives to Wrist Bands

Technology in Patient Safety: Using Identification Bands to Reduce Patient Identification Errors
Barcoding to Enhance Patient Safety

Matching Patients to Treatment/Specimens

Sentinel Event Alert #10
Focus on Five: Identifying Patients Before Treatment or Surgery

Labeling Medications, Blood, & Solutions

Goal ImageNational Patient Safety Goal 1A(Lab version)

Goal ImageInternational Patient Safety Goal 1A

Bar coding of drugs, biologicals and medical devices Health industry adoption of the bar code for improved patient safety, quality of care and clinical innovation
Medication Safety Pathways: Leading a strategic planning effort
Medication Safety Pathways: Looking collectively at Risk
Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors
Best Practices in Reducing Medication Errors
Medication Error Reduction Case Studies
Sentinel Event Alert #14
Goal ImageNational Patient Safety Goal 1A

Safe Medication Administration Toolkit
IHI Medication Safety Change Programs
Barcoding to Enhance Patient Safety
ISMP List of Error Prone Medications
Goal ImageInternational Patient Safety Goal 1A

Technological solutions for patient identification

Recognizing the Institutional Benefits of Bar-Code Pointof-Care Technology
Technology in Patient Safety: Using Identification Bands to Reduce Patient Identification Errors
Fifteen Best Practice Recommendations for Bar-Code Medication Administration in the Veterans Health Administration
Medication Safety Pathways: Assessing Bed-side Bar Coding Readiness
NPSA Framework for Action: Right patient—right care

Labeling Specimens & other Diagnostic Studies

IOM - Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care

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