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KEEPING YOU SAFE DURING YOUR STAY
PATIENT IDENTIFICATION – EXPECT US TO CHECK
Staff must correctly identify you before providing care.
EXPECT
US TO CHECK
Expect that we will check your identity by
asking for your first and last name and your
birth date or by looking at your identification
armband.
Expect that we will check your identification
whenever we perform a treatment or
procedure, give medication, collect a
specimen or deliver your meal tray.
Checking every patients’ identity every time is
safe practice.
Please do not remove your identification bracelet. If it becomes lost or
damaged, please tell your nurse.
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