What is a code gray?

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Last night at work a "Code Gray" was overhead paged in the Children's Crisis Intervention Unit (CCIS- aka psych) and I have NO idea what this is. There is no reference to it in the policy/procedure maunal. Any ideas what this could be?

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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

Just a thought, but it would be great if JCACO could move to standardization of these codes from facility to facility.

That would actually be one USEFUL thing they could accomplish!:chuckle

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Specializes in Cardiac.

It should be standardized!

Combative person at our facility is Code Purple.

Believe it or not, one facility actually had a Code Brown as a real code. Not the typical Code Brown that I'm used to either. I forgot what it meant to them, but in orientation when they went over the codes and got to Brown, we all laughed.

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Code Gray was an acute stroke at the last hospital I worked at. It's interesting to hear the difference in codes from facility to facility.

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Specializes in med/surg, psych, public health.

I find it interesting to see the various codes used.

Maybe the only code that's universal is code brown?!

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Specializes in ER, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab.

My hospital actually has a Code White for when doctors throw temper tantrums. Security and administration responds.

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Specializes in med/surg, psych, public health.

Gotta love that code pink too, for when the nurses unite together (when one of their own is getting picked on) and surround an obnoxious physician!

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This is so interesting.

Our code pink is an infant or child abduction.

Code purple is ER bypass

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I work in a Psych Unit and we call a code gray in Psych when a patient is out of control and is extremely agitated. It actually means security emergency in our hospital.

abbaking said:
Last night at work a "Code Gray" was overhead paged in the Children's Crisis Intervention Unit (CCIS- aka psych) and I have NO idea what this is. There is no reference to it in the policy/procedure maunal. Any ideas what this could be?

:uhoh21:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, IM, OB/GYN, neuro, GI.
mizfradd said:
Gotta love that code pink too, for when the nurses unite together (when one of their own is getting picked on) and surround an obnoxious physician!

Around here code pink is a missing child/infant.

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

Our code gray is a bomb threat.

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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

Our code brown is a bomb threat!

I kid you not!

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Specializes in Home Health Care.
Chaya said:
Our code brown is a bomb threat!

I kid you not!

haha, I keep thinking, Sewer bomb!

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