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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. NPSG 1: Improve the accuracy of patient identification. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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

Use at least two patient identifiers when providing care,

treatment, and services

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.

• 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 not used as an identifier.

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

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

• Label containers used for blood and other specimens in the presence of the patient.

Label specimen immediately upon collection at bedside or in presence of patient.

Must be legible and include all the patient’s information.

“The value of identity of course is that so often it

comes with purpose”-