Wristband and Label Printing Solutions for Healthcare Professionals

New legislation standardising the use of patient wristbands, and the information they contain, comes into force on 18th July 2008.

Known as the NPSA Safer Practice Notice No.24, all NHS organisations in England and Wales that use patient wristbands will be affected by this new legislation and the standards that it sets.  In the main, all patient wristbands will have to contain the patient’s name, date of birth, NHS unique number and first line of address (Wales only).  This information can easily be incorporated into a 2D barcode printed on the patient wristband itself, and the barcode can then be scanned at the point of care to help eliminate errors and mistakes.

Zebra Technologies can help Healthcare Professionals to comply with this Legislation.
Zebra Technologies is a global leader in Identification, Tracking and Location Solutions.  The range of thermal printers and matched consumables available from Zebra are well proven in the healthcare sector, and are already in use in numerous hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and dental practices across the UK.

Zebra manufactures the widest choice of thermal printers, enabling users to choose from ultra rugged high volume printers and rugged medium duty models suitable for centralised printing applications, small footprint desktop machines ideal for individual ward deployment, and mobile printers that can be used at the bedside or by healthcare operatives on the move.
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In addition, Zebra has assembled a comprehensive portfolio of consumables, all carefully matched to its printer range to ensure optimum printed output quality, including:

• Wristbands
  Direct thermal (no ribbon) and thermal transfer (requires a ribbon).  Barcode and/or RFID, durable, easy to use and suitable for all types of patient identification requirements.
• Labels
  Paper and synthetic covering all healthcare applications such as case note labelling, medication labelling, specimen labelling, blood bag labelling and sterile services equipment tracking.