The first department of the hospital where the dual patient
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:55 am
he Novosibirsk Regional Hospital is introducing patient identification technology using a digital bracelet. This was reported by the press service of the medical institution.
This is one of the elements of ensuring the safety and quality of medical care – the ideology that is actively implemented today in the Russian Federation and many other countries. Its authors have outlined all the theoretically possible troubles that can occur in a medical institution if one patient is accidentally mistaken for another. And although the probability of such defects is negligible, they must be prevented.
identification system began to operate was the Regional Perinatal Center.
As explained by the head of mexico whatsapp number database the information technology department of the State Scientific Clinical Hospital, Aleksandr Pronin, the procedure is as follows: in the admission department of the perinatal center, the patient's passport data is entered into a paper medical history and an electronic medical system. Then, an identification bracelet is printed on the printer, which is put on the patient's hand, and digital bracelets for newborns are attached to the cribs and incubators in which the babies lie.
The bracelet is a narrow strip of plastic, very thin and at the same time very durable, which is not felt on the hand, does not interfere with movement, you can take a shower in it. The bracelet has the patient's last name, first name, patronymic and two bar codes. The first bar code is the number of the patient's electronic medical history, the second is the number of his electronic outpatient card. The medical history reflects all the information about the treatment that the patient undergoes in the hospital, and the outpatient card - the results of the diagnosis.
"Before a doctor's consultation or any manipulation - blood sampling, ultrasound or X-ray, dispensing medications, surgical intervention, etc. - the doctor or nurse asks the patient's last name, first name, patronymic, and then scans the data from the bracelet. The data must match. In the same way, each newborn is identified by the bracelet before any procedures are carried out," says Alexander Pronin.
If a patient is incorrectly identified, their data may be incorrectly entered into medical records or mixed with the data of another patient, which increases the risk of diagnostic and treatment errors. Identification errors may lead to incorrect prescription of medications or dosage. The goal is to completely eliminate the possibility of such defects. Wearing a bracelet is necessary to ensure that the patient receives only the treatment, the procedure intended for him.
An extremely important signal information that is displayed in each working computer when reading the patient's barcode data is the presence of allergic reactions in a person. Even if the patient himself forgets to warn that he is allergic to some medications, the information system will inform the doctor or nurse about it as soon as they scan the barcodes from the bracelet.
Finally, a person can leave the department and "get lost" in a huge clinic, or he becomes ill, in these cases his identity can be established by the information on the bracelet. In a word, it is necessary to foresee all possible risks, even the most minimal ones, and avoid them.
Over the course of a year, 70,000 people are admitted to all departments of the Novosibirsk Regional Hospital, including the perinatal center, for emergency and planned hospitalization. Among them are people with the same last name and even full namesakes, people with hearing and speech impairments, people in an unconscious state, without documents, foreigners, and unaccompanied children. A digital bracelet allows each patient to be clearly identified.
Today, 100% of patients at the Regional Perinatal Center are identified using passport bracelets. It took six months to develop this digital technology. According to calculations by IT specialists at the State Regional Clinical Hospital, the implementation of the total identification system for patients at the region's main hospital should be completed by mid-2024.
The next project, which is already being worked on in the IT department of the State Regional Clinical Hospital, is the identification of patients' biomaterial, i.e. barcoding of blood tubes, containers with other liquids, and slides with smears. Currently, laboratory technicians sign containers with patient biomaterial manually with a marker; barcoding will speed up and simplify this process, and most importantly, eliminate the possibility of errors.
This is one of the elements of ensuring the safety and quality of medical care – the ideology that is actively implemented today in the Russian Federation and many other countries. Its authors have outlined all the theoretically possible troubles that can occur in a medical institution if one patient is accidentally mistaken for another. And although the probability of such defects is negligible, they must be prevented.
identification system began to operate was the Regional Perinatal Center.
As explained by the head of mexico whatsapp number database the information technology department of the State Scientific Clinical Hospital, Aleksandr Pronin, the procedure is as follows: in the admission department of the perinatal center, the patient's passport data is entered into a paper medical history and an electronic medical system. Then, an identification bracelet is printed on the printer, which is put on the patient's hand, and digital bracelets for newborns are attached to the cribs and incubators in which the babies lie.
The bracelet is a narrow strip of plastic, very thin and at the same time very durable, which is not felt on the hand, does not interfere with movement, you can take a shower in it. The bracelet has the patient's last name, first name, patronymic and two bar codes. The first bar code is the number of the patient's electronic medical history, the second is the number of his electronic outpatient card. The medical history reflects all the information about the treatment that the patient undergoes in the hospital, and the outpatient card - the results of the diagnosis.
"Before a doctor's consultation or any manipulation - blood sampling, ultrasound or X-ray, dispensing medications, surgical intervention, etc. - the doctor or nurse asks the patient's last name, first name, patronymic, and then scans the data from the bracelet. The data must match. In the same way, each newborn is identified by the bracelet before any procedures are carried out," says Alexander Pronin.
If a patient is incorrectly identified, their data may be incorrectly entered into medical records or mixed with the data of another patient, which increases the risk of diagnostic and treatment errors. Identification errors may lead to incorrect prescription of medications or dosage. The goal is to completely eliminate the possibility of such defects. Wearing a bracelet is necessary to ensure that the patient receives only the treatment, the procedure intended for him.
An extremely important signal information that is displayed in each working computer when reading the patient's barcode data is the presence of allergic reactions in a person. Even if the patient himself forgets to warn that he is allergic to some medications, the information system will inform the doctor or nurse about it as soon as they scan the barcodes from the bracelet.
Finally, a person can leave the department and "get lost" in a huge clinic, or he becomes ill, in these cases his identity can be established by the information on the bracelet. In a word, it is necessary to foresee all possible risks, even the most minimal ones, and avoid them.
Over the course of a year, 70,000 people are admitted to all departments of the Novosibirsk Regional Hospital, including the perinatal center, for emergency and planned hospitalization. Among them are people with the same last name and even full namesakes, people with hearing and speech impairments, people in an unconscious state, without documents, foreigners, and unaccompanied children. A digital bracelet allows each patient to be clearly identified.
Today, 100% of patients at the Regional Perinatal Center are identified using passport bracelets. It took six months to develop this digital technology. According to calculations by IT specialists at the State Regional Clinical Hospital, the implementation of the total identification system for patients at the region's main hospital should be completed by mid-2024.
The next project, which is already being worked on in the IT department of the State Regional Clinical Hospital, is the identification of patients' biomaterial, i.e. barcoding of blood tubes, containers with other liquids, and slides with smears. Currently, laboratory technicians sign containers with patient biomaterial manually with a marker; barcoding will speed up and simplify this process, and most importantly, eliminate the possibility of errors.