They are placed on the patient's hands or other areas. They are used to identify the patient and his/her current therapeutic needs such as illness, medications used, treatments required, etc.
So far, bar codes have been used, but an amendment to the Patients' Rights Act proposes putting names, surnames and dates of birth on hospital wristbands.
If barcode readers were availabl...
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