TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRocess changes to increase compliance with the universal protocol for bedside procedures
AU  - Barsuk JH, Brake H, Caprio T, Barnard C, Anderson DY, Williams MV
Y1  - 2011/05/23
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.202
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 941
EP  - 954
VL  - 171
IS  - 10
N2  - 
Wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient events can be devastating to patients. Between 1300 and 2700 such events are estimated to occur annually in the United States.1 These are also called “never events” because processes can be implemented to prevent them.2 In 2004, The Joint Commission (TJC) created the Universal Protocol (UP) as a mandatory safety standard in an attempt to eliminate wrong procedures through a preprocedure verification process, procedure site marking, and a “time-out” (correct site, procedure, and patient).3 Up to 70% of wrong site procedures may be prevented if the time-out process is used.4- 5

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.202
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.202
ER  -