TAKING CARE OF AND IDENTIFYING

WHO AM I?

• Senior- class of 2013
• POS- health science
• Courses taken- med term,

FUTURE PLANS

• Join the marines

WHAT IS MY ESSENTIAL QUESTION?

REASONS FOR MY PROJECT

• To prevent harm to patients by:
• reduce medication errors
• reducing nutritional errors
• safety in general

OOPS, WRONG PATIENT!

• Many long term care facilities do not provide patients with identification bands
• This is due to HIPAA laws
• Patient safety studies in nursing homes generally report poor safety culture
• Medical errors could be decreased if the staff was able to identify patients
• According to the joint commission journal on quality and patient safety

RESOURSES

• The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
• May 2012, volume 38 number 5

PORTABLE SILICONE BRACELET MAKER

• Costs anywhere from $4,800-5,150
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RESOURCES

• Alibaba.com

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CONCLUSION

• Identification bands will prevent harm to patients in long term healthcare facilities
• By reducing medication errors, nutritional errors and over all safety of the patients