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PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products Case Study

PDC Healthcare Alert Wristbands Improve Quality of Patient Care at a Non-Profit Hospital

Introduction

This case study of a non-profit is based on a May 2017 survey of PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“PDC Healthcare Alert Wristbands generated many questions from staff who believed the previous process was acceptable, which resulted in many ‘teachable moments’.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products:

Experienced the following challenges prior to using color-coded alerts at their hospital:
- Confusion about color and alert meanings
- Caregiver confusion caused by employment at multiple hospitals
Found it not difficult to identify patients with special risks before using PDC Healthcare’s color-coded alert products.
Chose PDC Healthcare’s color-coded alert products over other brands for the following reason:
- Presence on their GPO contract

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products that the surveyed organization uses:

Is currently using the following color-coded alert product at their hospital:
- Alert wristbands
Uses the following color-coded alerts at their hospital:
- Allergy (Red)
- DNR (Purple)
- Latex Allergy (Green)
- Limb Alert (Pink)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products:

Has experienced the following benefits since using the PDC Healthcare color coded alerts:
- Prevents confusion caused by a lack of standardization
- Meets state standardization guidelines
- Gives peace of mind to patients
- Provides visual cues that prompt staff to check medical records
- Identifies special patient risks
- Improves quality of care
Finds it somewhat easier to identify special patient risks since using color-coded alert products from PDC Healthcare.

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PDC Healthcare Alert Wristbands Improve Quality of Patient Care at a Non-Profit Hospital

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