Page 23 - 2020 ARE eGuide for Clinical at Nonhospital Sites

2020 Annual Required Education

Improve the Accuracy of

Patient Identification

Step 1:

Ask your patients to tell you:
• Their name
• Date of birth

Step 2:
Match patient's verbal
information with the patient
name and date of birth on
identification band.

Step 3:
Verify these 2 identifiers - patient name and date of birth.