This Standard specifies requirements for the physical aspects of paper health records, including size, quality, reproducibility, layout, colour, division, methods of fixing, and cover. This Standard also provides advice on design of forms for incorporation into health records. This Standard does not address specific record content in terms of the quality of clinical documentation requirements.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Health record forms
4.1 General
4.2 Size
4.3 Density
4.4 Paper quality
4.5 Reproducibility
4.6 Print and formatting
4.7 Pens
4.8 Font
4.9 No carbon required (NCR) paper
4.10 Perforated forms
4.11 Check boxes
4.12 Colour and pattern coding
4.13 Drilling (punching)
4.14 Margins
4.15 Health record form identification
4.16 Patient identification
4.17 Layout
4.18 Adhesives and fasteners
4.19 Incorporation of external documents
4.20 Electronic versions of paper health record forms
