All orders for treatment shall be in writing. Electronic texting or emailing of orders is not acceptable. A verbal order shall be accepted if dictated to a Registered Nurse or other authorized person and signed by the attending physician. Orders dictated over the telephone to a Registered Nurse or other authorized person shall be signed by that person with the name of the physician per their own name. The following professional staff members are allowed to transcribe (record in writing) a physician's verbal orders on the physician's order sheet of the patient's medical record. All verbal orders will be signed by the attending or alternatephysician within forty-eight (48) hours. Any verbal order not documented as described above will not be accepted or carried out.

*MD handwashing compliance has improved from 78% to 85%. Please remember: either apply detergent and rub your together hands vigorously for at least 15 seconds or use a waterless antiseptic agent and rub your hands together vigorously until they are dry.
*SGH will implement a safe surgery pilot project for the next two months in an effort to work with the proposed policies and provide input into the final policies. The proposed policies are currently being reviewed by all appropriate medical staff supervisory committees.

The Surgical Services Steering Committee (SSSC) is comprised of members of the medical staff, executive team and surgical services management. The purpose of the SSSC is to improve the overall quality in the surgical services arena. Efficiency and throughput in the Main Operating Room are always on the forefront of our quality goals. The operating room staff members have made efforts to improve on-time surgical starts by dedicating resources and increasing efficiencies. We decided to monitor our on time start for the 0730 cases on an ongoing basis. Starting the first cases of the day on time can set the stage for the entire day. In November of 2011, we started documenting the arrival time of the surgeons and the anesthesiologists. At that time our 0730 start rate was at 61%. As of May 2012, our on time start rate is at 78%. We would like to thank the physicians for making efforts to be on time for surgeries and for improving our goals of starting the first procedures of the day on time

September 19 - General Medical Staff Meeting
December 4 - SGH Medical Staff Holiday Party

Watch for specific details on each event or call Lesley Bradley at 619-740-4145 or email her at lesley.bradley@sharp.com.

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