Ask HRC: Surgeon Presence when Anesthesia Induction Starts
February 20, 2017 | Health System Risk Management
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A Healthcare Risk Control (HRC) member recently inquired whether any federal or accreditation requirements address a surgeon's presence in the operating department or even the facility before anesthesia induction starts.
Joint Commission's Universal Protocol provides some guidance. The protocol recommends that the time-out be conducted before anesthesia...