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CE353 · 1.0 hr
JCAHO Gets Tough on Wrong-Site Surgery
Author: Suzanne Stone, RN, BAAS

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Objectives

The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with information about the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery (effective July 1, 2004) and steps facilities must take to be in compliance with it. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:

  • Identify the two most common situational risk factors in wrong-site surgeries.
  • Explain how the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations’ Universal Protocol is expected to reduce or eliminate wrong-site surgery.
  • Describe the role of the registered nurse in relation to the Universal Protocol.
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