Accurate Patient Identification

Resource Overview

• Outlines core patient identification practices essential to safe pediatric emergency care.
• Highlights standardized approaches to verifying patient identity and preventing wrong-patient errors during assessment, treatment, medication administration, handoffs, and transitions of care.

How to Use This Resource

• Review to understand best practices for accurate patient identification in pediatric emergency settings.
• Use to guide staff education, process review, and safety discussions.
• Apply principles to strengthen communication, reduce identification errors, and support safer care for children and families.