O'Neill Kathleen A, Shinn Deidre, Starr Kristopher T, Kelley Joan
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Emergency Services, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Jul;20(7):487-92. doi: 10.1097/01.pec.0000136895.99271.86.
Emergency departments across the nation are faced with ever-increasing high volumes, overcrowding, and patient acuity. Along with these growing trends, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is instituting new patient safety initiatives to reduce patient medical errors in the hospital setting. The emergency department is one area under great scrutiny with patient identification as primary concern. This article discusses a case study involving patient misidentification in the pediatric emergency department and reviews the legal and safety programs implemented at a children's hospital to improve patient safety outcomes.
全国各地的急诊科都面临着不断增加的高就诊量、过度拥挤和患者病情严重程度等问题。随着这些趋势的不断发展，医疗组织认证联合委员会正在推行新的患者安全举措，以减少医院环境中的患者医疗差错。急诊科是受到严格审查的领域之一，患者身份识别是主要关注点。本文讨论了一个涉及儿科急诊科患者身份错误识别的案例研究，并回顾了一家儿童医院为改善患者安全结果而实施的法律和安全计划。
