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Code Yellow

Here’s a bit of advice for you folks in the Lance Armstrong “Livestrong” fad: take off that bracelet before you go to the hospital.

A hospital chain is taping over patients’ LiveStrong wristbands because they are yellow — the same color as the “do not resuscitate” bands it puts on patients who do not want to be saved if their heart stops.

No mix-ups have been reported, but BayCare Health Systems officials do not want to take any chances.

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