JCAHO standard is patient name and date of birth for the 2 unique identifiers.
Becky Garrison Pathology Supervisor Shands Jacksonville 904-244-6237, phone 904-244-4290, fax 904-393-3194, pager -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Una McGiven Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:50 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] CAP question Hi everyone, On the most recent CAP checklist there is a requirement for 2 patient identifiers. For those labs who are CAP and receive all or a large portion of their cases from outside facilities (=not from your facility), what are you using as the identifiers on your specimen containers? Name and birthdate? SS#? Med record? Something else? Thank you in advance! _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
