We are wondering how others determine when a requester order special item if the item is intended for patient use without it being a manual process. With JCAHO rules about availability of instructions for use for supplies in the healthcare environment we are trying to find the best possible solution to easily identify these items. This will help to identify if there is a need to capture instructions for Use for items that are to be used in patient care situations.
We did put an enhancement ticket in with INFOR to add a field to the main tab in RQC for Special Items to identify possible use in patient care situations. This field would have the following options selectable:
0- Not for Patient Use
1 - Single Patient Use
2 - Multiple Patient Use
Any feed back on how other HealthCare organizations are handing this would be very helpful.
Thanks
