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Code red is an emergency code which is used to alert employee and fire-fighting team in case a fire or possibility of fire is detected within the hospital premise. Unexpected fire is considered as an emergency situation and code red system is used to urgently activate a set of action intended to control the fire and prevent any major mishap. The system may slightly vary from hospital to hospital, depending upon how the hospital is structured and organized. Here is a code red system that can be used as a reference by hospitals.  ( Other codes - Code Blue , Code  Pink ) CODE RED POLICY ‘Code Red’ is used as a code word to alert employee and fire-fighting team on un-expected detection of fire or possibility of fire anywhere within hospital’s premise. All employees are expected to know the ‘Code Red’ system and must adhere to the action plan and guidelines to be followed under this system. The intercom line with number 1111 is dedicated for calling and activating code red. This n...

Code pink is an emergency code which is used to activate a set of action in case a child/baby is missing from the ward/room. As there is a fair possibility that the missing child/baby is abducted, it is considered as an emergency situation and a predefined set of actions are taken on an urgent basis to safeguard the missing child/baby. The entire system of coordination, communications, decisions and actions followed during such situation is called as a code pink system. (Also check  Code Blue , Code Red ) Depending upon how a hospital is structured and organized the code pink system may vary from one hospital to another. The objective, however, remains the same, i.e. ‘Find the missing child as soon as possible’. The objective should be achieved in a manner that other critical activities in the hospital do not get hampered and that unnecessary scare or commotion of public be avoided. An illustrative code pink system has been described below. This can be taken as a reference for deve...

Imaging and Medical laboratory frequently come across critical results or finding of a patient’s diagnostic tests which requires immediate intervention from the doctor to bring the patient out of the criticality. Hence, a hospital must have a policy and procedure in place for identification and quick communication of such results. This posts describes critical findings in imaging (Check critical test results in laboratory –policy and procedure ). Critical findings in imaging are the findings from imaging examination of a patient, which indicates that condition of the patient may be critical or even life-threatening. Whenever such critical findings are made, it is necessary that the treating clinician of the patient is informed immediately so that required interventions can be carried out in time. To be able to do so, a hospital needs to have a well-developed process of ‘identification and urgent communication of critical findings in Imaging’. Such process should be able to achieve foll...