Task 1 C493 Western Governors University

A1. Identifying a Problem or Issue The presence of all primary team members during the time-out and to have all primary team members engaged during the time-out process to include suspending all activity during the time-out except any activity that is necessary for patient safety.
A1A. Explanation of the Problem or Issue Prior to performing a procedure in the Interventional Radiology department a procedural time-out is always conducted. The procedural time-out is the last part of the Universal Protocol, which is a mandatory quality standard that the Joint Commission first introduced into practice on July 1, 2004 (Stahel, et. al., 2009). The development of the Universal Protocol was to ensure that the correct patient identity, the...