PMID- 27618948
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180320
LR  - 20180507
IS  - 1938-744X (Electronic)
IS  - 1935-7893 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Apr
TI  - Continuous Development of a Major Incident In-Hospital Victim Tracking and 
      Tracing System, Withstanding the Challenges of Time.
PG  - 244-250
LID - 10.1017/dmp.2016.122 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of the Patient Barcode Registration System 
      (PBRS) over time and confirm the usability and feasibility of the system's latest 
      version during a large trauma drill. METHODS: The development of a PBRS started 
      around 1993 aiming to provide an effective tool for patient registration, 
      tracking, and tracing during major incidents. The PBRS uses wristbands with 
      barcodes to follow and register patients in the care process. During a large 
      trauma drill, 120 patients and 40 relatives were registered and traced in the 
      system. Errors in registration, tracking, and tracing of persons were registered. 
      RESULTS: Of the 120 patients, no patient data were lost and patients could be 
      traced in real time throughout the treatment process by the command team. 
      Strategic decisions could be made based on the information provided by the 
      system. Patient relatives were easily matched and government agencies received 
      regular updates on the number and characteristics of the patients. CONCLUSION: 
      The PBRS is a usable, feasible, and sustainable patient tracking and tracing tool 
      to be used during the hospital response to major incidents. Lessons learned 
      during the last 20 years include the need for continuous updates to withstand the 
      challenge of time. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:244-250).
FAU - Haverkort, J J Mark
AU  - Haverkort JJM
AD  - 1Major Incident Hospital,University Medical Centre Utrecht,Utrecht,the 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Bouman, Jos H
AU  - Bouman JH
AD  - 1Major Incident Hospital,University Medical Centre Utrecht,Utrecht,the 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Wind, Jelte D D
AU  - Wind JDD
AD  - 1Major Incident Hospital,University Medical Centre Utrecht,Utrecht,the 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Leenen, Luke P H
AU  - Leenen LPH
AD  - 1Major Incident Hospital,University Medical Centre Utrecht,Utrecht,the 
      Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160913
PL  - United States
TA  - Disaster Med Public Health Prep
JT  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
JID - 101297401
SB  - IM
MH  - Disaster Planning/methods
MH  - Hospitals/statistics & numerical data/*trends
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mass Casualty Incidents/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Patient Identification Systems/*methods
MH  - Surge Capacity/standards
MH  - Teaching/trends
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - barcode registration
OT  - disaster
OT  - major incident hospital response
OT  - mass casualty incident
OT  - patient tracking and tracing
OT  - preparedness
EDAT- 2016/09/14 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/21 06:00
CRDT- 2016/09/14 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/09/14 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S1935789316001221 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/dmp.2016.122 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2017 Apr;11(2):244-250. doi: 
      10.1017/dmp.2016.122. Epub 2016 Sep 13.