Understand The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol

You already have a Universal Protocol™ compliance process in place. Here’s how you can improve it.

Protect your patient and stay in compliance

Data from the field shows that wrong-patient, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure surgeries are on the rise. In just 20 minutes, you and your staff can learn how to properly and effectively perform the three requirements of The Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol. By watching these realistic clinical scenarios, you can ensure staff follow the correct steps to keep patients safe and in compliance.

This easy training tool offers you and your staff:

• A clear explanation of the new, updated Universal Protocol standard
• Demonstrations of how to accurately perform pre-procedure verification, site marking, and a time out
• Common mistakes hospital staff make and methods to avoid them
• Realistic scenarios familiar to hospital staff

Continuing education credits are available for this product

This educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc.

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

This activity has been approved by the National Association of Healthcare Quality for 1 CPHQ CE credit.

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