Introduction of a psychiatric nursing warning logo application in the psychiatric department

VernacularTitle:护理警示标识在精神科的应用
Author: Ming-Ru HOU ¹ ; Yan CAI ; Hui-Ming XU ; Jing WANG ; Qiu-Yin GAO
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1. 214151,江苏省无锡市精神卫生中心精神二科六病区
Keywords: Psychiatric,hospital; Nursing; Identity recognition; Nursing warning logo
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2013;19(10):1218-1220
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the application nursing warning mark in psychiatric.Methods Photos of psychiatric patients when they admitted to hospital were collected,and their nursing warning logo were made which including their photos,basic information and colored wax light strips.And patients identification and nursing care providing by nurses were accorded to patients' warning logo.The errors due to adverse event occurded on in-hospital patients and mistaken identification during nursing checkup were compared between before and after the application of warning logo.Results After the application of nursing warming logo,the accident rate of hospitalized patients was significantly dropped from 15.7％ to 6.7％ (x2 =64.39,P ＜ 0.01),the incidence of medication error for identification error was decreased to 0.2％,and no infusion error happened.Conclusions Warning sign can be used as a fast,safe,effective clinical nursing identification tool.