Revisions to The Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol include simplified pre-procedural verification requirements, clarification on site-marking requirements and streamlined time-out and documentation procedures. More than 2,100 respondents completed the survey, which was meant to determine organizations’ ability to implement the revisions.
Results from the survey include the following:
• Eighty-eight percent of surveyed individuals agreed or strongly agreed that their organizations were able to fully implement the revisions.
• Ninety-two percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the preprocedure verification requirements were appropriate.
• Eighty-seven percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the site-marking requirements were appropriate.
• Eighty-nine percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the time-out procedure requirements were appropriate.
• Ninety-three percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that there is a benefit in using the Universal Protocol in ASCs.
Read The Joint Commission’s report about its findings about the Universal Protocol survey (pdf).
Read other coverage about the Universal Protocol:
– Joint Commission Updates Universal Protocol
– Best Practices to Meet the Top 10 Joint Commission Standards With the Highest Non-Compliance Rates
