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By Terri Mauro, About.com Guide to Special Children since 2004

Color coding caution

Sunday December 12, 2004
The fad started with yellow rubber-band-like bracelets to support cancer survivors through the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and spread to a rainbow of hues supporting a variety of causes, or no cause at all. But now those original yellow bands are raising their own health concerns: Some hospitals have to put tape over them because they're the same color as the wristbands used to identify patients with a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.

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