The document outlines 16 procedures that a healthcare organization should have documented relating to key clinical and operational areas. These include procedures for specimen collection and handling, patient discharge and medico-legal cases, emergency care, blood and medication use, equipment maintenance, emergencies, records handling, and medical record retention and destruction.
The document outlines 16 procedures that a healthcare organization should have documented relating to key clinical and operational areas. These include procedures for specimen collection and handling, patient discharge and medico-legal cases, emergency care, blood and medication use, equipment maintenance, emergencies, records handling, and medical record retention and destruction.
The document outlines 16 procedures that a healthcare organization should have documented relating to key clinical and operational areas. These include procedures for specimen collection and handling, patient discharge and medico-legal cases, emergency care, blood and medication use, equipment maintenance, emergencies, records handling, and medical record retention and destruction.
and disposal of specimens.* k 2. Process addresses discharge of all patients including Medico-legal cases and patients leaving against medical advice.* 3. Documented procedure (s) address care of patients arriving in the emergency including handling of medico-legal cases.* 4. Documented policies and procedures are used to guide the rational use of blood and blood products.* 5. Documented procedure for the administration of anaesthesia.* 6. Documented procedure addresses the prevention of adverse events like wrong site, wrong patient and wrong surgery.* 7. Documented procedure incorporating purchase, storage, prescription and dispensation of medications.* 8. Documented procedures address procurement and usage of implantable prostheses.* 9. Infection control manual, which is periodically updated and conducts surveillance activities.* 10. Documented operational and maintenance (preventive and breakdown) plan for clinical and support service equipment.* 11. The organization has a documented safe exit plan in case of fire and non-fire emergencies.* 12. Documented disciplinary and grievance handling procedure.* 13. Documented policies and procedures for maintaining confidentiality, integrity and security of records, data and information.* 14. Documented procedures exist for retention time of medical records, data and information.* 15. Define process to whom the patient record can be released* 16. Procedure on destruction of medical records*