TITLE: “Stop the Line” Policy Page 1 of 2
TITLE: “Stop the Line” Sample Policy Page 1 of 2
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I. POLICY:
All Hospital employees, medical staff, students and volunteers have the responsibility and authority to immediately intervene to protect the safety of a patient, to prevent a patient safety event and subsequent patient harm. It is the expectation that any person providing patient care will immediately stop and respond to the request to stop for clarification to reassess the patient’s safety. This is a proactive practice to SPEAK UP in advocating for patient safety and is applicable for all patients receiving Hospital services.
II. PURPOSE:
The specific purpose of the “Stop The Line Policy” is to protect patients. In order to advance the Hospital culture of patient safety and eliminate avoidable patient harm, all Hospital staff are empowered to “stop the line” when potential sources of patient care errors are identified without fear of blame or retaliation. The goal is to create the safest possible environment in which to deliver care to patients.
III. DEFINITIONS:
Patient Safety Event
An actual or potential patient safety event that might result in permanent harm to a patient, regardless of whether the accident is a sentinel event.
Sentinel Event
Sentinel events include:
Events that result in death or major permanent loss of function, not related to the patient’s natural course of illness or underlying condition. Other specific situations as noted in the Sentinel Event Policy. These are aligned with Joint Commission definitions and the MN Adverse Health Event Reporting Law.
“STOP THE LINE”
Authority to stop the care process when it appears that there is an imminent and significant issue regarding patient safety.
Imminently Harmful Situation
There is an immediate or potential threat to life, limb, organ or function.
IV. GUIDELINES:
1. Any person who observes or becomes aware of an imminently harmful situation in patient care has the authority and responsibility to speak up and request the process be stopped in order to clarify the patient safety situation. This person needs to say in a firm, clear and respectful manner: “STOP, I have a patient safety concern.”
2. This “Stop the Line” request is not subject to any prior, express physician and/or LIP order.
3. The “Stop the Line” request needs to be clear and timely to restore patient safety while minimizing intrusion into the process of care.
Staff are to assertively voice concern at least two times to ensure the request has been heard.
4. When there is noncompliance in responding to the “Stop the Line” request, the Chain of Command process is invoked.
5. Situations, in which a “Stop the Line Request” needed to be used and was not, will be reported, reviewed and followed up by the appropriate Leadership and/or medical staff leadership as needed.
6. If any threat of or actual retaliation to a person requesting a “Stop the Line” occurs, follow-up as described in the Hospital Disruptive Behavior policy will be conducted.
V. REFERENCE:
Morath, Julianne M, RN, MS.; Turnbull, Joanne E., PhD.; Leape, Lucian L. To Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations. 2004.
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