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Store Patient Belongings with Security Bags

Custom plastic medical bags, such as specimen bags, are essential to keep your patients and staff safe from bio-hazardous materials. But how do you keep their personal items safe during their stay at your hospital? Enter security bags.

Security Bags in the Hospital

Security bags aren’t just for bank deposits and other money transfers. These custom plastic bags help organize your patient’s belongings and keep them safe. Custom printing allows your plastic bag manufacturer to create security bags that capture the information that you need, such as patient name and contact information, directly on the bag. This allows you to return these items to your patients even if they are forgotten at the end of their stay. Custom printing also allows you to feature your hospital’s logo and coloring on your security bags, helping your brand resonate with patients.

Custom security bags also feature items that protect your patients’ personal items from loss and theft. Tamper evident adhesive reveals if someone has attempted to open the security bags while the barcode tracking system makes it easy to document to whom the bags – and the items in them – belong.

Stocking the ER

The ER is one of the busiest areas of the hospital. With so many patients coming in and out and so much activity going on it’s easy to misplace someone’s belongings. Stocking your ER with security bags, and creating a centralized location in which to store the bags while they are in use, helps you ensure that your patient’s personal items are accounted for. Ask your plastic bag manufacturer for a variety of sizes, but stock mostly security bags that will house the items that patients most often have in the ER: keys, wallets, jewelry and watches.

Preparing for Longer Term Stays

Larger security bags may be necessary for patients who are undergoing surgery or have extended stays in your hospital. Your patients’ clothes and other personal items must be able to fit in these security bags. Work with your plastic bag manufacturer to ensure that you are equipped to store all of your patients’ belongings.