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can also be mitigated by including the facility management staff in developing scenarios that incorporate the
need for finding and appropriately using shut-off valves
for medical gases, fire alarms, and other life safety
practices.

Even our
p*tty signs
are creative.

Medication
From the delivery of medications at the shipping dock
to charting administered doses and their effect, the
medication system will almost always be affected by a
number of features in a new facility. Frequently, each
of these process steps are managed and designed
solely by the various departments responsible, such
as materials management, pharmacy, or nursing; and
often, the key safety issue-how well those individual
processes have been integrated into the complete
process-is left to chance. Clinical operations simulations can effectively test each of these steps, as well
as the integrated process as a whole, focusing on any
electronic interface as well as other issues such as safe
storage, safe dispensing, and safe administration.
Information technology
Testing the reliability and efficiency of information
systems for the proper flow of reports, documentation,
and placement of data entry equipment has always
been an industry standard for safe IT adoption. During
clinical commissioning, the focus is on testing the
efficacy of each of these needs while providing patientand family-centered care. Finding if the proposed
system supports the information needs of the providers
for the right person, at the right time, is the goal.
Implications for practice
A methodical approach to clinical operations commissioning can reduce the number of items that will need
to be changed or modified after a new facility opens,
by reducing negative or unsafe experiences for patients
and staff. Just as systems commissioning for utilities
and major equipment is conducted after full installation,
it's imperative that this process be conducted after
staff orientation, equipment training, and scavenger
hunts are completed, so that all parts of the clinical
care system can be integrated and tested for their
readiness. HCD

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Kathy Reno, PhD, MBA, RN, EDAC, is a safe health
design consultant with Joint Commission Resources/
Joint Commission International. She can be reached
at kreno@jcrinc.com. David Grazman, PhD, is global
manager of safe health design consulting at Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International. He
can be reached at dgrazman@jcrinc.com.

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