The FDA is asking medical device manufacturers to avoid giving purple wristbands to patients as an indicator they have an implanted device. This is to prevent confusion with the purple wristbands ...

Hospitals have long used color-coded wristbands as a patient safety initiative. Recently, the FDA issued a letter to medical device manufacturers to caution them against using colors for device ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Missouri Delta Medical Center is joining hospitals across the state in adopting a new wristband standard to prevent medical confusion. A statewide survey by the Missouri Center for ...

All of Delaware’s acute-care hospitals have adopted a standardized color-coded wristband system to reduce confusion and errors, according to a news release from the Delaware Hospital Authority. Under ...