Quick, accurate, and dependable methods to verify patient ID are integral to the hospital setting. Hospital error costs the medical industry billions of dollars annually. About 98,000 of deaths occur because of misidentification mistakes.

By using OKI high-speed color printer technology and partner software, hospitals can print barcode and patient color photograph on the patient wristband, thus enhancing patient safety and streamlining healthcare procedures.

OKI Positive Patient ID solution integrates with hospital information systems to route patient data to the nurse’s station, laboratory, pharmacy or wherever it’s needed — to generate patient documents and wristbands as well as the bar-coded labels for identifying specimens, blood draws, medication orders and other items specifically prescribed for the patient.