True or false: Informed consent includes information on the risks and hazards of a particular treatment, the alternatives or options available to the patient, the risks and hazards of the alternatives/options, and any other information that will help the patient make a well-informed decision.
The Quality Department of Regional Medical Center of San Jose in San Jose, CA, sent in the following sample documents as their entry into our AHAP registration giveaway.
True or false: When unlabeled medications are found, it is safe to use them if you can compare the pill in the container to other medications in the patient’s medication drawer to ensure that they are the same.
Just a reminder to the AHAP members, the next working group call will take place this week on Thursday, February 11th at 1pm EST and discuss flash sterilization requirements.
Each month, we will give away one free registration to the upcoming AHAP Conference in Las Vegas on May 6-7, 2010. We will give away three free seats—one in February, one in March, and one in April.
Just a reminder to the AHAP members, the next working group call will take place on Thursday, February 11th at 1pm EST and discuss flash sterilization requirements. Joining the call will be Laure Dudley, RN, MS, a consultant with the Greeley Company. To sign up, contact Matt Phillion at...
The Joint Commission announced its latest Sentinel Event Alert, Preventing Maternal Death. This alert acts as a follow up to a previous alert examining death and injury of newborns, addressing ?the equally tragic loss of mothers,? the official report states.
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the HCPro book Effective Process Management: Improving Your Healthcare Delivery, written by Kenneth R. Rohde, senior consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA.
