Q&A

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) governs how patients are transferred from one hospital to another. When a patient requests a …

Consent to treat signatures provide written acknowledgement by the patient or representative that the informed consent process occurred.  How Often …

Paramedics are allowed to supplement nursing care in the ED as long as their practice is in accordance with their scope of practice regulation in …

The pharmacy line of demarcation separates the non-hazardous drug sterile compounding area (SGA) from the hazardous drug compounding section. What Is …

Question: Currently, our anesthesiologists are completing the anesthesiology assessment, not the H&P.   The providers take the …

Question: I was rounding in our Endo Department and in one of the charts we reviewed, the patient signed a consent for a colonoscopy and the post …

Question: Do hospital laundry services require a current hospital-accredited certificate or can they just provide the evidence that they …

Question: Our hospital is having difficulty in maintaining a Radiology Medical Director.   They are under the impression that perhaps it is …

Question: I have a medication management question that seems a little silly to ask, but I don’t want to provide incorrect information.  In a …

Question: In the past, we met PC.02.01.03 by adding automatic firing orders for venous access to all intravenous medication orders. Is IV …