National Patient Safety Goal 3: Improve the safety of using medications.
Requirement 3B: Standardize and limit the number of drug concentrations available in the organization.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of standardizing and limiting the number of drug concentrations available in the organization.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 3: Improve the safety of using medications.
Requirement 3C: 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.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of identifying and, at a minimum, annually reviewing a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used in the organization, and taking action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 3: Improve the safety of using medications.
Requirement 3D: 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.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement to label all medications, medication containers (for example, syringes, medicine cups, basins), or other solutions on and off the sterile field in perioperative and other procedural settings.
Result
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In 2006, Joint Commission-accredited hospitals achieved national average performance of 91.1 percent in labeling 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.
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 4: Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery.
Requirement 4A: Create and use a preoperative verification process, such as a checklist, to confirm that appropriate documents (e.g., medical records, imaging studies) are available.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of creating and using a preoperative verification process, such as a checklist, to confirm that appropriate documents (e.g., medical records, imaging studies) are available.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
Note: This requirement is surveyed under The Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery™.
National Patient Safety Goal 4: Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery.
Requirement 4B: Implement a process to mark the surgical site and involve the patient in the marking process.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of implementing a process to mark the surgical site and involving the patient in the marking process.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
Note: This requirement is surveyed under The Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery™.
National Patient Safety Goal 7: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.
Requirement 7A: Comply with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 7: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.
Requirement 7B: Manage as sentinel events all identified cases of unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function associated with a health care-associated infection.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of managing as sentinel events all identified cases of unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function associated with a health care-acquired infection.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 8: Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care.
Requirement 8A: 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.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of implementing 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.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 8: Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care.
Requirement 8B: A complete list of the patient’s medications is communicated to the next provider of service when it refers or transfers a patient to another setting, service, practitioner or level of care within or outside the organization.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of communicating a complete list of the patient’s medications 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.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.
National Patient Safety Goal 9: Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.
Requirement 9B: Implement a fall reduction program and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
What this information tells us
These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement to implement a fall reduction program and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Result
What one should know about the data
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1,429 hospitals underwent on-site surveys during 2006.
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North Dakota did not have any surveys in 2006.