Standardizing Wristband Colors
The AHA Quality Center has assembled a list of state hospital association efforts around standardizing wristbands colors. Below is a list with links to state hospital association resources. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you would like to update your state hospital association information or provide a link to wristband standardization resources, please email hpoe@aha.org with the information and link.
State Actions on Standardizing Wristband Colors as of December 1, 2009
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Alabama |
3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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California |
3 colors |
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3 colors, plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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Georgia |
waiting on national consensus |
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3 colors |
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3 colors plus 2 more (pink – restricted limb alert, green – latex allergy |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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Kentucky |
task force appointed, surveying |
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3 colors plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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Massachusetts |
beginning discussions on this issue |
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3 colors |
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3 colors plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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Mississippi |
supportive of 3 colors, waiting on national consensus |
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3 colors (for organizations that desire standardization of colored wristbands for latex allergy and/or restricted extremity, consideration should be given to green for latex, pink for restricted extremity) |
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Nebraska |
planning to use 3 colors |
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Nevada |
3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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3 colors |
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New York |
Exploring the issue |
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3 colors |
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Ohio |
adopted 2 of the standard 3 (red – allergies and yellow – falls) plus two more (white – patient identification, green – blood) |
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3 colors, plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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3 colors, plus another (pink – restricted extremity) |
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3 colors plus 2 more (pink – restricted extremity, green – latex allergy) |
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3 colors |
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South Dakota |
waiting on national consensus |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
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3 colors |
