"Red Box" Duct Tape Strategy May Help Drive Down Costs, Improve Patient Safety - Becker's Hospital Review

“Red Box” Duct Tape Strategy May Help Drive Down Costs, Improve Patient Safety

A Midwestern health system saved thousands of hours and $110,000 a year by creating a “Red Box” created with red duct tape to facilitate communication with patients on isolation for infections, according to a news release from the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the Red Box strategy.

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