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The National Patient Safety Agency has issued a statement:

"The NPSA considers that printing several labels with patient details at one time, so that they can be used at a later time for the patient's care, is unsafe.   Labels should be printed only when required for the patient's care and, where electronic systems permit, by the bedside so that the risk of the label being used for another patient is minimised. "  

I'd be very interested to hear views on what you consider to be good and bad practice in this area, and how we can improve both patient safety and process efficiency.

Any comments from early CfH CRS sites?

We're seeing a rapid increase in the implementation of systems that support computerised requesting by clinicians. Are we missing an opportunity if we install systems that don't have autoidentification next to the patient?

Thanks

Jonathan


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