About the Color Coding Kids Hospital System

The Color Coding Kids Hospital System is a standardized therapeutic system whose goal is to increase safety, efficiency and comfort level whenever and wherever children receive medical treatment both by health care professionals and the lay public. It is an extension and enhancement of the “Broselow Tape” which is now widely used in the treatment of pediatric emergencies.

The essence of the new system has been the development of color-coded dosing zones which are specifically designed to accommodate not only equipment selection as in the present system but also to fall within the therapeutic ranges of medications, thus allowing “zone dosing” for medications. These zones are accessed by patient weight when available, but they can also be accessed by patient length when accurate weights are not known such as for emergencies or selected home use.

Once the appropriate color has been selected, it is used to access therapeutic information utilizing the color-coded tools and references which make up the system. These tools address not only physician based aspects such as calculating and communicating the correct dose in milligrams but also nursing concerns such as translating a given order into volumetric equivalents or accessing size appropriate medication preparation and administration information. Importantly the color also functions as part of a ‘failsafe’ system, easily understood by all members of the therapeutic team encouraging a “team approach” to error prevention.

Please Note: These products are not available for individual sale. The Broselow-Luten System is only available with the purchase of the Broselow-Luten System ER/Hospital License. For contact information about the Broselow-Luten ER/Hospital System of Color Coding Kids. » Contact Us...