title: California hospitals set uniform emergency codes to ease staff confusion.
abstract: The Healthcare Association of Southern California has released the nation's first standardized hospital emergency codes. These universal codes, which can be adopted by all healthcare facilities, will minimize confusion and danger as well as improve staff response in the face of a crisis or disaster.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelty
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004630:Emergencies / Q000145:classification*; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D012637:Security Measures / Q000145:classification*