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Re: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Sun May 4 18:10:38 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr. Ainsworth: "venous thrombosis." Previous message: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL" "The government which governs best, governs least." Thomas Jefferson At Sun, 4 May 2003, Dr. Ainsworth wrote: > >Can I brand it with the initials of my favorite team also? ;)-O > >>I just was at a meeting and this is part of JCAHO's push for safety. All >>surgical sites must be marked and the patient identified to prevent errors. >>I agree with Jane this is overkill. But if you do not do it is a Type 1 >>sanction. >> >>Myer >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Jane >>Helwig, MD >>Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:42 PM >>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >>Subject: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL >> >>Our hospital has been told by a JCAHO surveyor that marking the surgical >>site for those surgeries with a possible left or right approach (i.e. >>breast biopsy) is not enough. Now the surgeon is to mark the surgical >>site, prior to the patient going to the OR, for our cesarean section and >>postpartum tubal ligation patients as well. Apparently AORN thinks this >>is overkill but the JCAHO surveyor seemed to think we should begin to do >>it now. >> >>Even though it is Friday, I am having trouble conjuring up a situation >>in which marking the surgical site for a c/s or BTL would prevent an >>error. Anybody else heard of this? >> >>Common sense seems in short supply. >> >>-- >>Jane Helwig, MD, FACOG >>Private practice, 2 MDs, 1 CNM >>Franktown, VA >> -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Dr. Ainsworth: "venous thrombosis." Previous message: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: Marking surgical site for c/s and BTL"

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