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. 2020 May;82(2):315–321. doi: 10.18999/nagjms.82.2.315

Table 3.

Rules of patient identification in the study hospital

1. Patient can state their full name (first and last names).
Patient’s name information: Healthcare providers promote the patient’s self-introduction with their full name and date of birth (or hospital identification number) with accurate details (full name, date of birth, and hospital identification number) that correctly identify them and match them to their care.
Healthcare provider has the patient’s name information: This must be checked with the available health records to ensure all details match. This information includes display of electric medical records for this patient, labels on sample collection tubes, medical prescriptions, label of syringes, meal tags, documents, and others.
2. Patient cannot state their name (first and last names).
Patient’s name information: Healthcare providers make sure that the patient is wearing a wristband with accurate details (full name, date of birth, and hospital identification number) that correctly identifies them and matches them to their care.
Healthcare providers have the patient’s name information: same as for patients that can state their full name.