This customizable document, Patient Safety, 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 Safety:

	POLICY: Safety and handling of patients is the Nursing staff's highest priority. PROCEDURE: Medication: Make positive identification of the patient before any treatment procedure or medication is rendered. Check the wrist ID band, verify name with patient. Report medication errors immediately to the Nursing Supervisor and attending physician. Select medicine as directed; identify it under a good light; concentrate on what you are doing. Never give medicine from an unmarked or poorly marked container. Follow directions on the label, i.e., some liquids must be shaken to ensure proper...
Second excerpt:
	...to stand. Beds shall be elevated to the proper level when transferring patient to/from gurney to table. Nurse call signal lights must be within patient's reach. Siderails must be up constantly for patients under the influence of sedation, immediate postoperative patients, children, the elderly and those whom the charge nurse or supervisor believe that rails must be up for safety measures. Lock wheels in position to keep wheelchairs and gurneys from rolling. Encourage patient to ask...