Patent ID: 8028450

Claim:
A recipient verification system comprising: a band including: a base defining: a band identification portion displaying a predetermined band identifier, the band identification portion forming opposing first and second passages, a recipient information portion adjacent the band identification portion for receiving recipient-specific information, a trailing shield segment disposed over the band identification portion, a leading shield segment disposed over the recipient information portion, the leading shield segment having a first end secured to the base and a second end initially free of the base and subsequently bondable to the base for protecting recipient information applied to the recipient information portion, a strap extending from the base and terminating at a tail end; and a label strip extending from the base and including a first removable label displaying the predetermined band identifier; wherein the recipient verification system is transitionable from an initial state in which the strap is free of the band identification portion to a worn state in which the strap is wrapped about a wearer's appendage, the tail end is passed through at least one of the passages, and a section of the strap is maintained along the band identification portion, and further wherein the predetermined band identifier on the band identification portion is visible through the trailing shield segment in the worn state.