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	POLICY: It is the policy of Hospital to ensure that all patients are properly identified prior to any care, treatment or services provided. Exception: PRINCIPLES OF IDENTIFICATION: A system for positive identification of all hospital patients fulfills four 4 basic functions: Provides positive identification of patients from the time of admittance or acceptance for treatment. This identification system shall apply to patients in all areas of the hospital. Provides a positive method of linking patients to their medical records and treatment. Minimizes the possibility that identifying...
Second excerpt:
	...Whenever possible, staff should also verbally assess the patient to assure proper identification, asking the patient's name and date of birth and matching the verbal confirmation to the written information on the identification band. If the patient's date of birth is not available, the second identifier will become the patient's medical record number. Patient identification must be confirmed using the two 2 identifier system prior to conducting any healthcare procedures. Procedures may...