Zebra Patient Id Wristbands Posted By: Carl Shackelford

Patient identification is a major issue in the healthcare industry. Patient wristbands are the easiest way to identify patients in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. These bands may have different codes and information concerning a patient's age, gender and the day he/she was admitted in the hospital. In the arena of printed wristbands for hospitals, Zebra has a wide range of printers for producing wristbands suitable for all types of patients from infants to full grown adults. When choosing which Zebra printer to use to print patient wristbands there are many things to consider. Will there be a variety of different wristband sizes and colors used? Will the printed wristbands be subject to heat or direct sunlight? Will the wristbands be used for short term or long term patient stays? Will the wristbands need to have extremely small text or barcodes on it? If wristbands will be used for long term patient care, then it is better to choose a thermal transfer printer instead of a direct thermal printer because the printed image lasts longer. Thermal transfer printing is done by heating a carbon ribbon that applies an image to the wristband.Zebra HealtcareWristband printerZbandHC100Patient Wristband