Wristband Color Standardization.

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Wristband Color Standardization.

September 26, 2007

Greenwood Village, CO: Colorado Hospital Association; 2007.

This website offers information and a toolkit regarding standardizing the colors of wristbands, stickers, and placards to signify risk alert status for hospital-based patient care.

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