Hospitals must be clear about using patient identifiers
Accreditation Connection, May 14, 2007
It may be one of the original NPSGs, but #1A (use two patient identifiers when providing care) is still causing confusion in some hospitals. Further debate surfaced when the 2007 goals were originally released and The Joint Commission omitted an implementation expectation (IE) that said facilities must use two identifiers for special treatments and procedures-an IE that had been part of the goal since its creation.
Without this IE, the number of procedures for which the goal says two identifiers are necessary would have been reduced, according to Brenda Summers, MBA/MHA, MSN, RN, CNAA, a senior consultant with TGC.
However, The Joint Commission explained that the omission was a mistake in the February-released FAQs, instructing facilities to add the IE to #1A-use two identifiers when "providing other treatments or procedures." The change has since been made to the goal on The Joint Commission's Web site.
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