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Color-coded accessories indicating a medical diagnosis of a patient and enhancing patient safety

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-06-22
SHAKIR FERGUSON RHONDA
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides color-coded accessories such as wristbands, bibs, and pillows that can be used in healthcare facilities to alert healthcare providers about the diagnosis of patients. These accessories are associated with specific medical diagnoses and come in a standardized color code. The color code can be located in the patient's chart or room. The use of color-coded accessories prevents errors in administering medication and treatments to patients. These accessories can also be used in other facilities like prisons, assisted living centers, and senior living centers to indicate the medical diagnosis of individuals. The color-coded accessories are a rapid, low-cost, and effective way to alert healthcare providers about a patient's diagnosis.

Problems solved by technology

Every day errors are made in healthcare facilities through administration of incorrect medications and treatments to patients.
Numerous deaths and disabilities result from such errors.
Healthcare providers are under extreme time pressure and sometimes do not read the medical chart before administering a medicine or other treatment.

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[0044]A nurse has just completed her first work shift and has been asked to continue work for a second shift. She is tired and rushed and has been told to give an injection of morphine to a cancer patient to alleviate pain. She enters the patient's room and observes the white wristband which indicates a diagnosis of substance abuse. This patient wearing the white wristband is a recovering addict who has abused opiates for years. The nurse realizes that this is not a cancer patient but a patient with a different diagnosis. The nurse checks the patient chart and verifies that the patient does not need a morphine injection. The white wristband alerted the nurse to verify the patient information and this prevented the injection of morphine which could have adverse effects on the recovering opiate addict.

example 2

[0045]A young intern has finished 24 hours of continuous duty on the hospital floor. He is told to administer taxol and cisplatin to a cancer patient on his floor. The intern enters the patient's room and observes a red wristband on the patient's wrist and a red pillow under the patient's head. The intern realizes that the red color indicates a cardiac patient and not a cancer patient. He returns to the nurse's station and checks the patient chart and the universal chart to verify this information. Once verified, the intern realizes that the inappropriate administration of medication to that patient was avoided.

example 3

[0046]A nurse receives orders to administer insulin to an overweight patient with type II diabetes. The nurse enters the patient's room and sees a yellow bib and wristband worn by the patient. The yellow wristband surprises the nurse who reviews the patient record and universal chart and realizes that this is not a diabetic patient but a patient with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus. The nurse does not inject the patient with insulin, thereby avoiding a mistake.

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Abstract

The present invention provides color-coded accessories such as wristbands, bibs, and other patient wearables, color-coded pillows and pillow cases, and a universal chart wherein the color code is associated with a specific medical diagnosis. These accessories alert healthcare providers to the medical diagnosis of the patient and enhance patient safety by reducing medical errors during administration of treatments and medicines to the patients. These accessories also provide protection to healthcare providers assisting them to identify diagnostic categories and alerting them to take proper precautions with patients, for example those with infectious diseases, thereby decreasing or preventing transmission of infectious diseases.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62 / 271,139, filed Dec. 22, 2015, and is a continuation of U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29 / 550,521 filed Jan. 5, 2016 and a continuation of U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29 / 550,525 filed Jan. 6, 2016, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present application provides color-coded accessories such as pillows, pillow cases, and bibs and wristbands to be worn by a patient that indicate the medical diagnosis of the patient to a healthcare provider. These color-coded accessories rapidly alert the healthcare provider to the medical diagnosis of the patient. In this manner, the number of errors administering incorrect medicines and treatments is greatly reduced, thereby enhancing the safety of the patient.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Every day errors are made in healthcare facilities thro...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D27/08A41B13/10A47G9/02A47G9/10A41D13/04A41D20/00
CPCA41D27/08A41D13/04A41B13/10A47G9/0253A47G9/10A41D20/00G09F3/005
Inventor SHAKIR-FERGUSON, RHONDA
Owner SHAKIR FERGUSON RHONDA
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