摘要 |
<p>A method of providing identification of newborn babies in, say, a hospital environment, utilises flexible portions of sheet material (8) provided with an aperture or apertures (10) so as to depict numerals or letters which when assembled together provide identification information. The portions of sheet material (8) are then used as stencil means to which is applied a semi-permanent non-allergic dye material (14) e.g. a herbal dye such as henna. A protective layer (16, figure 3) placed over the dye material during the time taken to stain the skin, after which the portions (8), the dye material (14) and the layer (16) are removed to reveal legible identification marks which may remain visible for up to three weeks. <IMAGE></p> |