[Histonet] Two patient identifiers and handwritten blocks
From: | chiggerson@memhosp.com |
For those of you that are still handwriting accession numbers on your
blocks:
1. Do you require both the accession number and the patient's name to
be handwritten on the cassettes to meet the two patient identifier patient
safety requirement?
2. If so, do you require the patient's full name? Or last name, first
initial?
3. If not using the patient's name as the second identifier, what are
you using? Medical Record Number?
4. If not using two patient identifiers (accession number only), how
are you justifying not using two identifiers to meet the patient safety
requirements?
5. For those that have implemented adding a second handwritten
identifier to blocks, how did your staff react?
The obvious solution is a cassette labeler, however it just is not going
to happen soon. Thank you in advance for your response to this very
important issue.
Thanks,
Cindy
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