NAHAM has long been looking into patient identity integrity
issues and advocating for greater consistency in hospital procedure. To that end, a recognized best practice for hospital care is
taking Time Outs for Safety. These can be useful at the check in desk to ensure
proper patient identification, at the bedside before giving medication, or even
in the operating room before making an incision.
In that spirit, the Joint Commission is teaming up with the
Association of periOperative nurses to observe National Time Out Day on
June 12th, 2013. The Joint Commission sent out a letter urging
healthcare practitioners to recognize National Time Out Day. While their
specific focus is on wrong-procedure or wrong-person surgery, the idea of National Time
Out Day is something that can be adapted for patient safety by any healthcare
professional.
Read more about National Time Out Day
on the Joint Commission website here.
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