Mac's Safety Space: No prohibition on emergency codes on ID badges, but . . .
Hospital Safety Connection, May 14, 2008
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Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best practices on a variety of hospital safety topics on his blog, Mac’s Safety Space.
Mac writes in today’s posting that when it comes to emergency safety codes on the back of staff ID badges, “there are surveyors that do not find this an appropriate practice, especially when it comes to your fire response plan.”
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