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The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
The organization has not met the National Patient Safety Goal.
The goal is not applicable for this organization.
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Ambulatory Care		 Mendocino Community Health Clinic, Inc.
Org ID: 241659
2006 Safety Goals Organizations Should Implemented
Improve the accuracy of patient identification. Use at least two patient identifiers (neither to be the patient's room number) whenever administering medications or blood products; taking blood samples and other specimens for clinical testing, or providing any other treatments or procedures.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers. For verbal or telephone orders or for telephonic reporting of critical test results, verify the complete order or test result by having the person receiving the order or test result "read-back" the complete order or test result.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Standardize a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols that are not to be used throughout the organization.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Measure, assess and, if appropriate, take action to improve the timeliness of reporting, and the timeliness of receipt by the responsible licensed caregiver, of critical test results and values.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Implement a standardized approach to "hand off" communications, including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Improve the safety of using medications. Standardize and limit the number of drug concentrations available in the organization.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Identify and, at a minimum, annually review a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used in the organization, and take action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Label all medications, medication containers (e.g., syringes, medicine cups, basins), or other solutions on and off the sterile field in perioperative and other procedural settings.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections. Comply with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Manage as sentinel events all identified cases of unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function associated with a health care-associated infection.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care. Implement a process for obtaining and documenting a complete list of the patient's current medications upon the patient's admission to the organization and with the involvement of the patient. This process includes a comparison of the medications the organization provides to those on the list.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
A complete list of the patient's medications is communicated to the next provider of service when a patient is referred or transferred to another setting, service, practitioner or level of care within or outside the organization.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.
Reduce the risk of surgical fires. Educate staff, including operating licensed independent practitioners and anesthesia providers, on how to control heat sources and manage fuels, and establish guidelines to minimize oxygen concentration under drapes.
The goal is not applicable for this organization.
 
Universal Protocol Beginning July 1, 2004, the Universal Protocol for preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong person surgery became effective.
The organization has met the National Patient Safety Goal.

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