Color-coded System Research Articles

THE USE OF COLOR‐CODED GENOGRAMS IN FAMILY THERAPY

A variable color-coding system has been added to the standard family genogram. Characteristics or issues associated with a particular presenting problem or for a particular family are arbitrarily assigned a color. The family is then asked to mark each family member with the colors that represent characteristics that fit. Advantages of the color-coding are presented, followed by clinical examples of the color-coding as an assessment tool and as a family task during treatment.

Stoplight Grid

What is the best way to appropriately assign per diem nursing personnel? The author describes a systematic approach to per diem staff assignment called the Stoplight Grid. The Stoplight Grid correlates staff skills and preferences with unit needs and integrates this data into a color-coded system for staff assignment.

Providing Environmental Structure by Means of a Color-Coding System

Providing Environmental Structure by Means of a Color-Coding System

Detection of intracardiac shunt flow in atrial septal defect using a real-time two-dimensional color-coded Doppler flow imaging system and comparison with contrast two-dimensional echocardiography

To evaluate the noninvasive detection of shunt flow using a newly developed real-time 2-dimensional color-coded Doppler flow imaging system (D-2DE), 20 patients were examined, including 10 with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and 10 control subjects. These results were compared with contrast 2-dimensional echocardiography (C-2DE). Doppler 2DE displayed the blood flow toward the transducer as red and the blood flow away from the transducer as blue in 8 shades, each shade adding green according to the degree of variance in Doppler frequency. In the patients with ASD, D-2DE clearly visualized left-to-right shunt flow in 7 of 10 patients. In 5 of these 7 patients, C-2DE showed a negative contrast effect in the same area of the right atrium. Thus, D-2DE increased the sensitivity over C-2DE for detecting left-to-right shunt flow (from 50% to 70%). However, the specificity was slightly less in D-2DE (90%) than C-2DE (100%). Doppler 2DE could not visualize right-to-left shunt flow in all patients with ASD, though C-2DE showed a positive contrast effect in the left-sided heart in 9 of 10 patients with ASD. Thus, D-2DE is clinically useful for detecting left-to-right shunt flow in patients with ASD.

The compact endodontic treatment record with a color-coded retrieval system

The compact endodontic treatment record with a color-coded retrieval system

Segmental pancreatic autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis: A preliminary report

A patient who underwent 95% pancreatectomy with autotransplantation of the body and tail of the gland to the femoral area for chronic pancreatitis is presented. The pain resolved, and the patient's blood glucose level remained within normal limits. High levels of insulin were found in the iliac vein on the transplanted side. Patency of the graft was demonstrated by technetium scan and arteriography and followed by a color-coded Doppler imaging system. Segmental pancreatic autotransplantation offers a method of relieving pain with preservation of endocrine function in selected patients with chronic pancreatitis.

Guidelines for the Purchase, Placement, and Use of Electrosurgical Equipment

Many excellent clinicians present a myriad of electrosurgical techniques in this tissue. If you select techniques that are applicable to your type of practice, you will be a better, happier, and more productive dentist. The type of unit you select must also fit into your approach to patient treatment. As can be deduced from the equipment guide, there is no uniformity in the manufacture of electrosurgical equipment. There is no standardized color coding system, no uniform labeling of controls and outlets, and no uniformity in the types of current offered. Each manufacturer can produce evidence for the superiority of its unit; the scope of this article is not to evaluate units. The American Academy of Dental Electrosurgery has been active in promoting the use of uniform nomenclature by manufacturers. For more detailed information, the reader can contact the secretary and founder of this organization, Dr. Maurice Oringer, at American Academy of Dental Electrosurgery, 57 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019. It is crucial for the dentist to known the uses and the refined methods of electrosurgery that he intends to incorporate into his practice. Only with such knowledge can he make the intelligent choice of unit and placement. There are at least 10 models currently available. It is hoped that the dentist will choose and effective unit to be used in the appropriate manner for the selected procedure. Electrosurgery will then be a splendid addition to the armamentarium of each dentist.

The Application of a Standard Color Coding System to Paint in Forensic Science

The procedure described for the measurement of paint colors represents an attempt to standardize the measurement of color in the forensic science service and provides a means of communicating colors between individuals. The effect of sample size on color comparisons has been discussed. It has been shown that color data collected from many control samples of paint flakes can provide the frequency of occurrence of paint colors. The errors involved in color comparisons have been assessed and the system has been shown to be a practicable one.

Perceived versus Actual Value of Color-Coding

Color-coding has become a widely-used method of information input coding. Unfortunately, little is known regarding general statements concerning under what conditions color-coding will facilitate performance. For this reason, a decision is often made on the basis of judgment if empirical data is not available. The present study is designed to examine performance in a particular short-term memory task and to assess the actual value of color-coding in the task. This actual value is then compared to the participants' judgments of the value of color-coding in that task. The task required the subject to keep track of the current state of each of several variables. One group used a color-coding system while a second group did not. The results showed performance to be significantly better without color-coding; however, all subjects from each group in a post-test interview that they felt that color-coding would be beneficial. The implication is that humans may have rather poor insight regarding the facilitating effects of color-coding.

Color coding of B-scan ultrasonograms.

The use of color coding accentuates amplitude variations in the gray scale of B-scan ultrasonography. Color coding by means of selected sliced amplitudes uses red for high amplitude echoes, green for moderate amplitude echoes, and blue for low amplitude echoes in order to accentuate spatial relationships of echoes within tumors, foreign bodies within hemorrhage or tissue, and membrane or retina within vitreous hemorrhage. Color coding systems allow for easier detection of variations in echo amplitudes and the display of these echoes over a larger portion of their dynamic range, features that are essential for ultrasonic diagnosis of tissue abnormalities.

Publications

Over the course of a year, ICI issue many Technical Information sheets. These are colour coded for easy filing, and are numbered for quick reference. They have now produced an index for the sheets, using the same colour coding system. The index sheets are separate, so that they can be filed in front of the set of notes to which they apply. There are 24 classifications to date, including dyeing, pigments for printing inks and paints, food colours, organic chemicals, flocculating agents and oil‐soluble colours. Each index sheet lists the notes that are available in that section both by number and by the full title. Other marginal notes are included, such as if the sheet is in metric units, or if it is now out of print.

The Effect of Color Coding on Performance of an Alphabetic Filing Task

Color coding in filing tasks has often been accepted as superior to no color coding. The purpose of this experiment was to explore the effect of filing names, typical of a telephone directory, color coded on the first letter and on the second letter of the last name. A no-color-code condition was used as a control. Rate of production, number of errors, magnitude of errors, and user preference served as criteria. Twenty-two subjects filed 375 appropriately color-striped IBM cards into a box of IBM cards appropriately coded. The rate of performance and subject preferences indicated that the second-letter code was better than the other two conditions. Based on quantity of errors, the first- and second-letter codes were significantly (α < .05) better than the no-color-code condition. Considering the magnitude of errors, the first-letter code was significantly better than the two other codes. The results of this experiment suggest a color-coded filing system based on a simple first-letter scheme would significantly reduce the magnitude and quantity of high inconvenience cost errors over the conventional no-color-code system …

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A color code system in blood banking.

TransfusionVolume 7, Issue 6 p. 451-452 A Color Code System in Blood Banking D. T. Hunter Jr., D. T. Hunter Jr. Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah D. T. Hunter, Jr., M.D., Director of Clinical Laboratories, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.Search for more papers by this authorE. G. Sumsion, E. G. Sumsion Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah E. G. Sumsion, B.S., M.T. (ASCP), Head Technologist, Blood Bank, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.Search for more papers by this author D. T. Hunter Jr., D. T. Hunter Jr. Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah D. T. Hunter, Jr., M.D., Director of Clinical Laboratories, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.Search for more papers by this authorE. G. Sumsion, E. G. Sumsion Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah E. G. Sumsion, B.S., M.T. (ASCP), Head Technologist, Blood Bank, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.Search for more papers by this author First published: November‐December 1967 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.1967.tb04885.xCitations: 3 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume7, Issue6November‐December 1967Pages 451-452 RelatedInformation