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WorksheetsPatient Tracers
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 2mins
What are the effective Tracer Tips?
Review the medical record with a staff member
Indicate staff did something “wrong”
Don’t assess best practices, focus on what the standards require
During Tracers, we should avoid these type of questions..
Have you been trained to operate this equipment?
Do you educate patients on their treatment?
You perform this patient falls risks assessment, right?
During Tracers, we should use Neutral questions like these...
Do you always wash your hands before interacting with a patient?
What kind of hand-washing protocols have you adopted? How effective have hand-washing protocols been
During Tracers, we should avoid leading questions like these...
I assume you would put this type of patient in a negative-pressure room. How would you treat this patient?”
There are many different ways to treat this type of patient. How would you handle this case?
In preparation for a Tracer, I need to do these...
Plan to do tracers within your own department
Know and interpret the standards correctly
Understand the intent of the standard
Consider pre-determining types of questions (i.e. a focused topic area) until you are proficient at free-flowing.
