Table 2

Free comments contributed by patients who were not in favour of the introduction of a hospital policy of a compulsory identification bracelet and who did not agree to wear such a bracelet

Category	Patients’ comments
Uselessness	N = 55
Uselessness	Example: “The responsibility and competences of the medical staff being excellent, wearing a bracelet is useless.”
Selective use of bracelet	N = 64
Selective use of bracelet	Example: “The bracelet is necessary for certain patients (with high risk), but it should not be generalised.”
Lack of respect	N = 59
Lack of respect	Example: “I refuse to be an anonymous patient who must wear a label to be recognised.”
Refusal of obligation	n = 16
Refusal of obligation	Example: “I don’t like the term ‘compulsory’, everyone must have the right to choose.”
Patient responsibility	n = 24
Patient responsibility	Example: “The patients who know their identity do not need any identification bracelet.”
Need to improve work of staff	n = 14
Need to improve work of staff	Example: “With staff in a sufficient number, I think that these problems of identification would be quasi non-existent.”
Aspect of bracelet	n = 10
Aspect of bracelet	Example: “I would agree only if the bracelet is discreet.”