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Descriptor English: Patient Identification Systems
Descriptor Spanish: Sistemas de Identificación de Pacientes
Descriptor sistemas de identificación de pacientes
Scope note: Procedimientos organizados para establecer la identidad del paciente, como el uso de pulseras, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistemas de Identificação de Pacientes
Descriptor French: Système identification patient
Entry term(s): Identification System, Patient
Identification Systems, Patient
Patient Identification System
Patient Tracking
Patient Trackings
System, Patient Identification
Systems, Patient Identification
Tracking, Patient
Trackings, Patient
Tree number(s): N04.452.653
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010355
Scope note: Organized procedures for establishing patient identity, including use of bracelets, etc.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Entry Version: PATIENT ID SYSTEMS
DeCS ID: 10549
Unique ID: D010355
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/12
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Patient Identification Systems - Preferred
Concept UI M0016057
Scope note Organized procedures for establishing patient identity, including use of bracelets, etc.
Preferred term Patient Identification Systems
Entry term(s) Identification System, Patient
Identification Systems, Patient
Patient Identification System
System, Patient Identification
Systems, Patient Identification
Patient Tracking - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0573030
Scope note Procedures and use of devices to maintain knowledge of PATIENTS locations inside and outside the healthcare facility.
Preferred term Patient Tracking
Entry term(s) Patient Trackings
Tracking, Patient
Trackings, Patient



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