Children’s Hospital Colorado will no longer identify patients as male or female on hospital wristbands. The move is intended to make “everyone who walks through our doors to feel comfortable and at ...

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 ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado has removed gender markers from patients’ wristbands as part of an effort to support their “unique gender identity.” The hospital said its staff understands that it’s “not ...