Mac’s Safety Space: Isolation room occupancy notification? Do tell!
Hospital Safety Insider, September 22, 2016
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I know there's been a lot of "official" activity of late occupying my thoughts, but there's one discussion I've been pondering for a bit and, as something of a change of pace, I thought I would kick this one out to you.
One of the struggles I've noticed over the years is the intermittent disconnect when it comes to the management of patients that are on one type of precaution or another. Now I recognize that sometimes those precautions are for the benefit/protection of the patient and other times they are for the benefit/protection of everyone else. As near as I can tell, that's a pretty clear set of considerations. And (also as near as I can tell), the successful management of that set of considerations often hinges on appropriate and timely communications to support staff that precautions are in place so they can plan accordingly.
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