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María Del Carmen Covas1, Brenda Salvatierra1, Valeria Velázquez1
1Servicio de Neonatología, Hospital Privado del Sur (HPS), Fundación Médica de Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires.
Background:
The placement of newborn bracelets is the most widely used method for patient identification in Argentina.
Objectives:
To evaluate the permanence of the identification bracelets during the hospitalization.
Population:
All the term newborns who remained with their mother. Design: observational, prospective study, cohort type, randomized: forearm, leg.
Results:
Cases observed: 914. Forearm: 457, leg: 438. At the time of discharge, the frequency of permanence of the identification bracelets as originally placed was 67% in the forearm and 72% in the leg.
Conclusions:
A third of newborns lacked the bracelet as originally placed at the time of discharge. The permanence was higher in the leg.
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