Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...

Plain language announcements may improve hospital staff responses to nonclinical emergencies compared to traditional coded messages, according to a new nurse-led study from Cleveland Clinic. The ...

Hospital emergency codes are used to swiftly alert staff to something requiring a quick response, but a recent study suggests many healthcare workers can't accurately identify them. To learn more, ...

Many hospital employees are unable to identify the meaning of emergency codes, which could hinder an urgent response to incidents, according to a study published in the International Journal of ...

Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. For those not in the know, it’s a medical facility’s emergency code that a patient needs to be resuscitated. That isn’t the only ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. For those not in the know, it’s a medical facility’s ...