Many hospital employees are unable to identify the meaning of emergency codes, which could hinder an urgent response to incidents, according to a study published in the International Journal of ...

(TNS) - Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. For those not in the know, it’s a medical facility’s emergency code that a patient needs to be resuscitated. That isn’t the ...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has released an advisory urging healthcare facilities across the state to standardize the emergency codes they use to notify staff of urgent situations.