How does the Sitemarx correct surgery site, sterile stamp meet the JCAHO requirements?
Our single use, sterile, indelible ink, disposable surgical site marking stamp provides a consistent, lasting, and unambiguous mark on the surgical site. Facilities that adopt this stamp as part of their process for site marking can achieve complete uniformity, consistency and lack of ambiguity by providing these stamps for all of their surgeons and physicians to mark their patients. This is JCAHO’s goal. In addition, multiple facilities utilizing this stamp in the same geographic area further meets JCAHO’s goal of achieving consistency and uniformity within a region. JCAHO recognizes that since physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists and other health care workers work in multiple institutions. It is strongly believed that consistency between institutions, not just within an institution, improves patient safety and decreases patient errors. “The ‘plan to use single use, sterile, disposable, indelible ink stamps’ is consistent with joint commission requirements and goes beyond them to ena
