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This regulation provides guidelines for accountability of items used during operative and other invasive procedures (inclusive of minimally invasive procedures) to ensure they are not retained in a patient. This regulation addresses which items will, at a minimum, be counted, as well as when, how, and by whom the surgical count will be performed.
This policy memo provides standardized definitions, standardized guidelines for insertion and maintenance of urinary catheters, and standardized processes for data collection and reporting of CAUTIs.
This policy memorandum directs Commanders to incorporate health care delivered to patients placed on ventilators at the patient's bedside whose measures that have been shown to prevent or reduce VAP as described in the current scientific literature.
This regulation provides standardized guidance to promote maximum effectiveness and safety to the maternal-fetal unit during trial of labor (TOL) for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) section delivery and to provide an optimal environment and psychosocial support to the patient.
This regulation directs standardized implementation of endorsed evidence-based falls risk assessment tools: the Johns Hopkins Hospital Fall Risk Assessment© (adult) and the Miami Children’s Hospital’s Humpty Dumpty Scale© (pediatric). In addition, this regulation requires incorporation of falls assessment documentation into the inpatient (Essentris) electronic medical record (EMR).
The purpose of this regulation is to provide policy and recommendations that will help ensure minimal risk of fires associated with the performance of surgical procedures in any healthcare setting to include, but not limited to, the following: operating room (OR), office-based, ambulatory surgery, and intensive care unit type.
This instruction establishes policy, publishes procedures, and assigns responsibility for the accreditation of Navy Medicine's (NAVMED) medical treatment facilities (MTFs). This instruction is a complete revision and must be read in its entirety.
This instruction outlines military treatment facility (MTF) roles and responsibilities in the area of clinical performance improvement (PI), explains patient safety and risk management (RM) programs, PI/accreditation/self-inspection requirements, credentials and privileging processes, and scope of practice in order to provide optimal healthcare delivery.
This instruction establishes Navy Medicine strategic policy for the promotion of organizational transparency and full disclosure following unanticipated or adverse outcomes of care; to assist the enterprise in "doing the right thing" when there are unanticipated outcomes of care, treatment and services; to train and coach providers in disclosure techniques and to resolve complex healthcare issues at the earliest opportunity, outside a legal venue, with equitable resolutions for patients, providers, and the organization.
This consolidated regulation prescribes policies, procedures and responsibilities for the administration of the Clinical Quality Management Program. It includes DoD and statutory policies addressing medical services quality management requirements. In addition, it implements DoD 6025.13 – R, DoDD 6000.14 and other DoD guidance.
This memorandum requires military treatment facilities to use a patient's full name and date of birth for patient identification to standardize the patient identification process.
This memorandum established a list of standardized "do not use" medical abbreviations for all handwritten orders and medication-related documentation, including free-text computer entries and pre-printed forms.
This Department of Defense (DoD) Regulation (6025.13-R) identifies the various components comprising the DoD's efforts to ensure that beneficiaries receive quality care.
This instruction requires all military and civilian practitioners who are assigned to, employed by or contracted to the Department of the Navy to participate in the National Practitioner Data Bank.
This instruction requires all shore-based commands providing medical and dental services, providing care, or participating in the health care delivery system to support the MHS Patient Safety Program.
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