Problem Statement Graft Documentation Term Paper

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goal of modern research has been to try to improve overall nursing quality so that patients receive better care. A number of studies have focused on nursing behavior that can be improved to thus improve the quality of care patients receive. The recent discourse clearly illustrates a problem regarding nursing staff and the proper handling of tracking biological allografts.

In the surgical field, one of the areas of safety that needs to be addressed is the tracking of biological allografts. This activity is a mandatory requirement of The Joint Commission. A number of the top cell and tissue banking organizations have understood the crucial need for appropriate labeling, and have thus worked on creating working labels that are easily read and recognized by nursing and physician staff (Brubakerm 2010). Zabel (2009) also discusses how the Transplantation Transmission Sentinel Network was established to help strengthen security and safety controls to improve the accuracy of graft labeling and processing.

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However, circulating nurses fail to fill out and document the appropriate paperwork as part of the overall tracking of biological tissue in the operating room. The current system of tracking requires nurses to find and locate binders containing received biological tissue information from the manufacturer. If the binders are not in their specified location, the nurse fails to follow through with the documentation because of the busy nature of the surgical area. Grafts are then used and are not being tracked. This is a serious concern because of the lives that depend on the proper labeling to ensure that patients get exactly what they need when they need it (Bren, 2005). Mislabeling can ultimately result in potentially dangerous risks for patients.

These nurses are in a unique position to understand and implement, with some adjustments, the procedure of documenting biological allografts in a much simpler and more efficient manner.….....

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