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I believe that all bands should be the save nation wide also. I just hate all the confusion. Our hospital uses the bands from previous hospitals long enough for the system here to get ours made to get the others cut off and our put on. I just have never seen a bracelet like that one. i have even tried googling the bracket and I am yet to find any information. I asked other nurses at my job if they have seen one like it and they haven't.
I tried looking for an answer online and the only thing I came up with was Department of Family Services lol - which someone mentioned above. I have no idea!
I see it used a lot in reference to Breast Cancer survivors....but here is a link that may help...or may not.
hospital wristband color meaning - Google Search
I also see where it stands for Disease Free Survival (DFS)
Kris199699
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I have a question for the more experienced nurses than me. I am a new to the floor as a nurse.
The other day we had a female patient who was transferred from a different hospital. She still had her ID bracelets on from the previous hospital and their was one that caught me off guard it was Orange and it had DFS on it. (printed not hand written) Our hospital does not have these. What does DFS stand for, any background for it? I am just wanting to know I have no knowledge of these.