Healthcare Colour Codes in Australia

Colour codes are an integral part of a healthcare emergency plan and are used to broadcast an emergency message (typically by overhead public address speakers) to healthcare workers.

Unfortunately the colour code system set out in Australian Standards AS 4083 & AS 3745 does not cater for people who have colour vision deficiency, also known as colour blindness.

We have developed proprietary artwork and registered design that has been developed specifically to help people working in healthcare with colour vision deficiency.

If you would like more information about this subject, register your details ad as a bonus, we will send you a copy of our unique artwork covering the emergency colour codes in Australia.

We are also soon launching our Essential Guide to Planning for Emergencies which will be accessed online. By registering you will receive preferential access to this amazing content that includes a suite of comprehensive videos to help both the emergency planning committee and emergency control organisations.

What you will receive when you register your details with us is a copy of the artwork that you can use in your own healthcare organisation.

What does the artwork look like?

Our Colour Code System design has FOUR features you know you will love;

The artwork has been designed for people with colour vision deficiency including Monochromatism, Dichromatism or Anomalous Trichromacy, we've got you covered. By incorporating words and illustrations into our system, even for people with colour blindness or low vision our design artwork is beautiful and informative.
The artwork has been designed for the ID-1 format meaning it has been constrained in its design to fit the size of a credit-card or identification card with the dimensions of 85.60 by 53.98 millimetres with a corner radius of 3 mm.
The pictograms have been selected to compliment the intent of each colour, making it easy to understand objective of the emergency.
The four colours used match the requirements of Table 4.1 of Australian Standard AS 3745:2010 — Planning for Emergencies in Facilities

Essential Guide to Planning for Emergencies

Our Essential Guide to Planning for Emergencies is an online course that has been developed to help an Emergency Planning Committee develop an Emergency Plan.

The course has been developed to help people who have been tasked with developing an Emergency Plan with a comprehensive series of checklists, templates, training material, video tutorials and a live support community.

Once you have registered you have access for life and you can also purchase access for other members of your emergency planning committee.

The course covers everything in Australian Standards AS 4083 and AS 3745 needed to develop your emergency plan inlacing;

Being prepared for an emergency;
Overview of the role and responsibilities of an Emergency Planning Committee;
Overview of the role and responsibilities of the Emergency Coordinator and Emergency Officers (Healthcare); or
Overview of the role and responsibilities of the Emergency Control Organisation (other buildings);
Deep dive into Emergency Colour Codes including more templates and video description of each emergency type;
How to develop an emergency plan for each type of emergency;
How to identify the training requirements to safely respond to an emergency;
How to undertake a test and review your emergency response preparedness and conduct ongoing maintenance of your emergency plan.

If you work in a transient workplace (and lets face it, healthcare facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes have people who move from department to department and even different workplaces). By using this guide you can fast-track your team for exceptional results.