Advertisement for orthosearch.org.uk
Results 1 - 5 of 5
Results per page:
Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 13, Issue 1 | Pages 7 - 8
1 Feb 2024
Jamal B Round J Qureshi A


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 10, Issue 5 | Pages 7 - 10
1 Oct 2021
Morris DLJ Cresswell T Espag M Tambe AA Clark DI Ollivere BJ


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 9, Issue 6 | Pages 5 - 11
1 Dec 2020
Sharma V Turmezei T Wain J McNamara I


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 7, Issue 4 | Pages 3 - 8
1 Aug 2018
White TO Carter TH


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 3, Issue 1 | Pages 7 - 10
1 Feb 2014
Stahel PF

The “Universal Protocol” (UP) was launched as a regulatory compliance standard by the Joint Commission on 1st July 1 2004, with the primary intent of reducing the occurrence of wrong-site and wrong-patient surgery. As we’re heading into the tenth year of the UP implementation in the United States, it is time for critical assessment of the protocol’s impact on patient safety related to the incidence of preventable never-events. This article opens the debate on the potential shortcomings and pitfalls of the UP, and provides recommendations on how to circumvent specific inherent vulnerabilities of this widely established patient safety protocol.