St. John Bio-logics Wristband - Card Based

The Bio-logics Card Based Admitting wristband is a complete, hospital-wide patient ID system for facilities using plastic embossed card based systems in their admitting process.  This band consolidates the Admitting, Blood Bank and Nursing Alerts into a single band which will help you increase patient safety and reduce your overall wristband costs.

By adding a print station to your existing embossers, you can easily print a barcode (and other information like the patient’s name or their photo) directly on your existing embossed cards. Learn how to barcode your Bio-logics Card Based wristband.

The Bio-logics Card Based Admitting Band provides you with the ability to generate labels on demand directly from the patient’s wristband at bedside.  All lab samples can be labeled immediately and accurately with patient specific information, at bedside.  Labels generated at bedside directly from the patient’s wristband reduce specimen identification errors and provide physical evidence that the patient was wearing a wristband when the sample was collected.

St. John’s proprietary consolidated Bio-logics wristbands eliminate the need for separate admissions, alert and blood bank bands by combining all three into one. This innovative approach: 

• Promotes 24X7 Patient Identification™ and increases patient safety with the ability to immediately re-band the patient at bedside.
• Increases patient safety by communicating critical patient information in one spot as part of the primary admitting band.
• Provides better comfort for patients because it combines multiple bands into a single ID band.
• Helps reduce the likelihood of information getting lost when replacing multiple wristbands.
• Reduces costs because a consolidated wristband eliminates the need for multiple bands.
• Helps reduce the likelihood of information getting omitted when replacing multiple wristbands
• Latex Free

The Bio-logics Card Based Admitting wristband is the only wristband that can consolidate multiple admitting, alert and blood bands.  Click here to learn about the Unique Benefits of the Bio-logics Consolidated Admitting/Blood/Alert Wristband System.

The Bio-logics Card Based Admitting wristband can be barcoded.  Linear, 2-D and Aztec barcodes (as well as patient photos) can easily be added to the Bio-logics Card Based band.  Learn how to add barcodes to a Bio-logics wristband.

Features	Benefits
Bedside labeling for ALL patient specimens.	Patient specimens are labeled -- at bedside -- with labels generated “on demand” directly from the patient's wristband. Patient specific information is printed on each label.  Reduce specimen identification errors and provide physical evidence that the patient was wearing a wristband when the specimen was collected.
Barcodable	A print station can easily be added to existing embossing equipment that will print barcodes directly on the embossed cards.
The only band that enables the patient to be immediately rebanded at bedside providing 24x7 Patient Identification™.  (Cut off the tag and immediately re-attach to a new wristband.)	Significantly increases the percentage of patients who are banded at any one time (compliance %).  Making sure patients are banded reduces the errors associated with unbanded patients and increases patient safety.
Consolidates multiple bands: admitting, blood and nursing alert(s) into one band.	Increases patient safety and reduces errors by eliminating the chance that multiple bands will be overlooked or not replaced after cut-off. Cost savings when using one band per patient vs. multiple bands.  More comfortable for the patient to wear only one band. Note: Medical Record # can be used as blood ID number.
Only wristband to provide a flat surface for bar code scanning.	Provides a high “first read rate” for the barcode even for small wrists! Easier for hospital staff to scan barcodes and accurately capture the information ensuring: Patients are identified correctly on the first scan Accurately capture all patient billing The elimination of error prone and time consuming manual data re-entry, especially for glucometers
Leverage existing embossing / imprinting equipment.	No need to replace the hospital's existing embossing and imprinting equipment.

Additional Information:
     • Important considerations when selecting a patient ID wristband
     • Wristband selection criteria checklist
     • How to assemble a Bio-logics wristband

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