Seeing red for healthcare facility safety

Outpatient Surgery website lists ways the color red can be used to promote patient safety


The Outpatient Surgery website recently listed ways the color red can be used to promote patient safety. They include:

• Red dish towels: To ward off distractions, hand out red dish towels to the nursing staff, instructing them to drape the towels over their shoulders while they're drawing up meds and never to disturb a red-toweled colleague.

• Red chart sticker: To ensure safe medication delivery, list a patient's allergies on a red chart sticker and affix that to the IV tubing near the drip chamber.

• Red flag: When the OR is a noisy, chaotic place, a "Red Zone of Silence" can clear the air of distractions that could lead to surgical errors.

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June 24, 2016


Topic Area: Safety


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