TY - JOUR T1 - Recommendations for the unequivocal identification of the newborn JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Sanz López,Ester AU - Sánchez Luna,Manuel AU - Rite Gracia,Segundo AU - Benavente Fernández,Isabel AU - Leante Castellanos,José Luis AU - Pérez Muñuzuri,Alejandro AU - Ruiz Campillo,César W. AU - Sánchez Redondo,María Dolores SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2017.03.008 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2017.03.008 UR - https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-recommendations-for-unequivocal-identification-newborn-articulo-S2341287917301461 AB - Newborn identification is a legal right recognised by international and national laws. Moreover, improving the accuracy of correct patient identification is an important goal of patient safety solutions programmes. In this article, the Standards Committee of the Spanish Society of Neonatology establishes recommendations to ensure correct identification of the newborn whilst in hospital. Currently, the most reliable method of identification of the newborn is the combination of identification cord clamp and bracelets (mother bracelet, newborn bracelet and cord clamp with the same number and identical and exclusive barcode system for each newborn) and the collection of maternal and umbilical cord blood samples (for DNA testing only for identification purposes). ER -