Positive patient identification: use barcoding technology to enhance patient safety and reduce risk

Standards of patient safety are non-negotiable. Here we highlight the key factors to consider, and what best practice patient safety entails.


Creating good manufacturing practices

With 2006 research finding that one in ten patients admissions resulted in some kind of error, the Department of Health intends for all products supplied to the NHS, including surgical equipment, patient wristbands and drugs, to carry barcodes compliant to a single GS1 UK standard.

This ensures adherence to five fundamental principles of patient safety:

  • Ensuring that the right patient

  • Is given the right treatment

  • In the right dose

  • Through the right route

  • At the right time

This paper looks at why and how barcoded patient wristbands support better patient safety, and the advantages they offer to healthcare providers.

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