Communication Handoffs

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Does anyone have a policy out there on "Communication Handoffs" This is a new Joint Commission Safety Goal and I'm wondering how other facilities are handling this. We have developed a "Communication Sheet" that we use when we take report on a patient coming back from PACU or a new patient being admitted from ED or another facility which the staff really like...now we are needing to write the policy on this. What is everyone else doing?

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DeniseB

Check the jcaho web site at http://www.jcaho.org. Look under the Patient Safety tab and then National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) FAQs. Also, a good reference is the Joint Commission 2006 National Patient Safety Goals Implementation Expectations at the same site.

We have a policy, but it's much too large to send in a reply.

Rhonda

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