Standardized uniforms will help patients differentiate between nurses and other hospital workers
Patients in Stratford and St. Marys will be able to identify hospital staff by the colour of their shirt starting Monday after the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance decided to introduce standardized uniforms.
The decision to adopt a colour-coded uniform system in all four of the alliance’s hospitals, including Stratford General Hospital and St. Marys Memorial Hospital, was a direct response to patient feedback according to Chief Nurse Executive Donnalene Tuer-Hodes.
“We looked at our patient comment forms and there was a common theme that patients did not know who were the nurses and who were the other staff in the building,” she said.
