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What is the goal of universal protocol?
The Universal Protocol was mandated by the Joint Commission 5 years ago with the aim of increasing patient safety by avoiding procedures at the wrong site or in the wrong patient.
What is the primary aim of the circulating nurse during operating room preparation patient transfer and positioning and anesthesia team assistance?
The circulating nurse manages the operating room and protects the safety and health needs of the patient by monitoring activities of members of the surgical team and checking the conditions in the operating room.
What is the universal protocol for preventing wrong site surgery called?
Text Box 1. The Joint Commission Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery™ Wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery can be prevented.
What is the primary purpose of an operating room's physical environment designed for?
What is the physical environment of a surgery suite primarily designed to promote? Although all of the factors listed are important to the safety and well-being of the patient, the first consideration in the physical environment of the surgical suite is prevention of transmission of infection to the patient.