Teaching Plan to Implement the Universal Protocol

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Wrong Site Surgery

An in-service update for the revised Universal Protocol policy

BACKGROUND

POPULATION  |  PROBLEM STATEMENT  |  IN-SERVICE  |  EVALUATION

REVISED UNIVERSAL PROTOCOL POLICY

Objectives

Learning Goals: • Identify three components of the Universal Protocol • Demonstrate correct marking of the surgical site • State proper use of the patient pre-procedure verification • Correctly perform pre-surgical/procedure time-out • Compare and contrast former policy with new policy

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