Patient and specimen identification means and system employing same
First Claim
1. In a patient-container correlation system in which a patient is provided with identification means having machine readable data identifying the patient thereon and containers for receiving samples from the patient or for holding drugs or the like to be administered to the patient are provided with means attached thereto for receiving machine readable data identifying the patient, the combination comprising:
- patient identification card means for delivery to a patient service ordering station, said card means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
a wristband member for attachment to a patient, said member having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
coding mechanism means having an orbiting magnetic writing head for coding machine readable patient identification data onto said patient identification card means and onto said wristband member, and means associated with said coding mechanism means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said patient identification card means;
data receiving means to be attached to a patient related item, said means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that machine readable patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
magnetic read/write means for a patient service ordering station having orbiting magnetic head means for reading patient identification coded data from said patient identification card means and writing said coded data onto said data receiving means, and means associated with said magnetic read/write means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said data means; and
comparator means for comparing patient identification data coded onto said data receiving means with patient identification data coded on said wristband member.
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Abstract
An element suitable for attachment to a hospital wristband or patient specimen container such as test tubes or the like is disclosed which element has a coating of magnetizable material that is encoded along a circular track with patient identification and other desired information relating to the patient and the system employing such elements. The element is used to associate positively a patient with a specimen taken from him, or with medicine or treatment to be given him.
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1. In a patient-container correlation system in which a patient is provided with identification means having machine readable data identifying the patient thereon and containers for receiving samples from the patient or for holding drugs or the like to be administered to the patient are provided with means attached thereto for receiving machine readable data identifying the patient, the combination comprising:
- patient identification card means for delivery to a patient service ordering station, said card means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
a wristband member for attachment to a patient, said member having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
coding mechanism means having an orbiting magnetic writing head for coding machine readable patient identification data onto said patient identification card means and onto said wristband member, and means associated with said coding mechanism means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said patient identification card means;
data receiving means to be attached to a patient related item, said means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that machine readable patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
magnetic read/write means for a patient service ordering station having orbiting magnetic head means for reading patient identification coded data from said patient identification card means and writing said coded data onto said data receiving means, and means associated with said magnetic read/write means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said data means; and
comparator means for comparing patient identification data coded onto said data receiving means with patient identification data coded on said wristband member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- patient identification card means for delivery to a patient service ordering station, said card means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track;
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