What are the recommended standard alert wristband colors that the AHA recommends?

In 2008, the American Hospital Association (AHA) requested that all US hospitals standardize the color of their patient wristbands to ensure safer care practices. The AHA recommends the adoption of the following three wristband colors and meanings:

Red: Allergy Alert

Yellow: Fall Risk

Purple: Do Not Resuscitate

Most facilities use white wristbands exclusively as the patient-identifying wristband. Pink is usually used to signify a limb restriction and green can be found in some facilities to identify a latex allergy.

For more information on color-coded wristband standardization, follow the link below.

https://blog.caresfield.com/color-coded-patient-wristbands-nationwide-standardization