Understand requirements for patient restraint and seclusion
Medical Records Briefing, July 1, 2008
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Editor’s note: This column is a continuation of our series on standards outside of the “Information Management” chapter in the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals that have documentation implications. Clark is the service line director for HIM at Roper Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston, SC, and author of Information Management: The Compliance Guide to The Joint Commission Standards, Fifth Edition, published by HCPro.
PC.11.10–PC.11.100 apply to medical and surgical care restraints for patients of any age. This includes pediatric as well as obstetric patients.
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