As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Patient Identification for Clinical Care and Treatment. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Patient Identification for Clinical Care and Treatment:

	POLICY: It is the policy of this facility 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 facility 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 facility. Provides a positive method of linking patients to their medical records and treatment. Minimizes the possibility that identifying...
Second excerpt:
	...imprinted band is illegible or missing. Defective or missing bands shall be replaced immediately with new bands. Each healthcare provider conducting assessments on the patient shall include a check of the patient's identification band to assure the band is present and legible, as a routine component of the patient assessment process. If a patient's wristband must be removed in the operating room, a new wristband must be affixed to the patient on an unaffected limb immediately. The...