Protective window for medical device faceplates

A device having a protective window integrated with a faceplate, the device comprising:

• a machine-readable identifier adapted to be affixed to an interior surface of a housing of a medical device, wherein the machine-readable identifier visually encodes medical-device identifying information to enable tracking the medical device corresponding to the housing and to associate the medical device with an electronic medical record;
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• a faceplate having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an opening for housing a window, the faceplate configured to be removeably affixed to the housing of the medical device.

A device having a visual signifier to aid in locating an identification tag as integrated with a faceplate for a medical device, the device comprising:

• an identifier affixed to an interior surface of a faceplate corresponding to a medical device, wherein the identifier encodes identifying information to enable tracking of the medical device and the forming of an association between the medical device and an electronic medical record;
• a visual signifier positioned on an exterior surface of the faceplate, the visual signifier configured to visually communicate the location of the identifier affixed to the interior surface of the faceplate, wherein the position of the visual signifier on the exterior surface of the faceplate corresponds to the location of the identifier affixed to the interior surface of the faceplate such that the visual signifier visually communicates a location where a user may position a reading device in order to read the identifier.