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BWH requires that care providers ask all patients who are able to communicate to state their full name and date of birth prior to all procedures, including phlebotomy services, medication and blood product administration. This practice ensures that you have the right patient.
In addition to being a BWH policy and good practice, verifying patient identification also is the first of the JCAHO’s National Patient Safety Goals. To prepare for BWH’s upcoming, unannounced hospital and laboratory surveys, brush up on this goal and others by visiting www.bwhpikenotes.org/compliancecorner/JCAHO/JCAHO.asp The JCAHO surveys can take place anytime in 2007.