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Telemetry monitoring on wrong patient!Rating: (votes: 0) Whoever admitted the pt to tele should have verified the name was correct. However, at my hospital we are supposed to verify the correct pt is on tele with the correct tele box number if on a portable monitor. So, anyone taking care of him that did not check is also guilty. Comment:
Just like the previous post, we also have to identify the tele box with the correct patient every shift, and enter it into the computer charting system so that this does not happen. I don't know how this could have been prevented otherwise.
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No harm, no foul, but the staff should take it as a cautionary tale to be more careful in the future.
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