Fashion Update: Accessorize
>"At hospitals, as at Tiffany’s, ruby-colored bracelets are far preferable to amethyst.
New York’s 11 public hospitals are at the forefront of a national movement to standardize color coding of hospital wristbands to designate patient conditions, in which purple — the color of amethyst — means “Do Not Resuscitate.”
Red, or ruby, indicates allergies, while yellow — call it amber — marks someone at risk for falling."
I will be shocked if this movement does not spawn a fashion trend, given the current ubiquity of colored bracelets commemorating everything from surviving cancer to preserving Social Security. I know that yellow is for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, but I couldn’t tell you anything about any other color.
I'm going to have to get one of the purple “DNR” ones to wear around the Office.
New York’s 11 public hospitals are at the forefront of a national movement to standardize color coding of hospital wristbands to designate patient conditions, in which purple — the color of amethyst — means “Do Not Resuscitate.”
Red, or ruby, indicates allergies, while yellow — call it amber — marks someone at risk for falling."
I will be shocked if this movement does not spawn a fashion trend, given the current ubiquity of colored bracelets commemorating everything from surviving cancer to preserving Social Security. I know that yellow is for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, but I couldn’t tell you anything about any other color.
I'm going to have to get one of the purple “DNR” ones to wear around the Office.