Use of the identification bracelet in the newborn. A safe method

BACKGROUND: The placement of newborn bracelets is the most widely used method for patient identification in Argentina. OBJETIVOS: Evaluar su permanencia durante la estadia institucional segun el lugar de colocacion. POPULATION: All the term newborns who remained with their mother. Design: observational, prospective study, cohort type, randomized: forearm, leg. RESULTS: Cases observed: 914. Forearm: 457, leg: 438. At the time of discharge, the frequency of permanence of the identification bracelets as originally placed was 67% in the forearm and 72% in the leg. CONCLUSIONES: La tercera parte de los recien nacidos no tenia la pulsera en el mismo lugar en que se habia colocado al nacer. La permanencia fue mayor en la pierna.