2013 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals

2. The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in healthcare safety and how to solve them 2013 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals

3. NPSG 1: Improve the accuracy of patient identification

4. Use at least two patient identifiers when providing care, treatment, and services NPSG.01.01.01

5. Wrong-patient errors occur in virtually all stages of diagnosis and treatment. The intent for this goal is two-fold: • first, to reliably identify the individual as the person for whom the service or treatment is intended; • second, to match the service or treatment to that individual. Rational for NPSG.01.01.01

6. Use at least two patient identifiers when administering medications, blood, or blood components; when collecting blood samples and other specimens for clinical testing; and when providing treatments or procedures. The patient's room number or physical location is notused as an identifier. Element #1 Patient Identifiers

7. Methods to Patient Identification

8. All patients must haveon one identification band Adult and adolescent patients must have ID Bands placed on the wrist of arm Infants & Newborn patients must have ID Bands placed on the ankle

9. Check the patient’s name via the wrist band Confirm the patient’s name and medical record # on the ID band against the order or chart Ask the patient or patient’s family to state his /her name How to verify patient identity:

10. Element #2: Specimen Labeling • Label containers used for blood and other specimens in the presence of the patient.

11. How to label a specimen: • Label specimen immediately upon collection at bedside or in presence of patient. • Must be legible and include all the patient’s information.

12. “The value of identity of course is that so often it comes with purpose”- -Richard Grant-