This customizable document, Patient Identification, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Ambulatory Services Environment of Care Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Patient Identification:

	POLICY: All patients having a procedure performed will have an identification band affixed to their arm. POLICY: Principles of Identification: A system of positive identification of all patients fulfills three 3 basic functions: Provides positive identification of patients from the time of admittance of acceptance for treatment. This identification system shall apply to patients in all areas of the facility. Provides a positive method of linking patients to their medical records and treatment. Minimizes the possibility that identifying data can be lost or transferred from one patient to...
Second excerpt:
	...physician. Before any procedure is carried out the identification band shall be checked to ensure that the right patient is involved. Procedures include, for example, giving medication, performing a treatment, obtaining a specimen, or sending a patient to another department. No procedure shall be done when the patient's identity cannot be verified because the imprinted band is illegible or the band is missing. Defective or missing bands shall be replaced immediately with new...