Hospitals already use color coding, ranging from disaster situations for high-acuity patients to everyday use for patients with food allergies. In the United Kingdom, however, one hospital is taking ...

It is hard to think that anything went right at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) on the morning of January 20, when Stephen Pasceri murdered cardiac surgeon Michael Davidson and then turned the gun ...

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Hospital Association urges a statewide color code for wristbands alerting staff to a patient’s wishes and risks. Health care facilities routinely use such bands, but colors ...

Hospital codes refer to emergency situations, but these codes are different for each hospital. For example, “code blue” may refer to a life threatening medical emergency. Other codes refer to a fire, ...

Color codes are part of hospital culture. Spend enough time at a health care facility and you're bound to hear a Code Blue or Code Pink or Code Amber. These seemingly benign announcements help staff ...

This article, originally posted on Sept. 23, 2019, was last updated on Dec. 3, 2025. Please note that these statistics aren’t updated regularly. Always check with your state’s hospital associations ...

> Erlanger Health System employees now are color-coded by department and job under a new professional dress code that promotes staff morale and patient safety, reported the Chattanooga Times Free ...