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Responsible Person Policy Question
Posted By Lindsay Fox, Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Please share any feedback to the following information request from an ASDIN member:

 

They would like to know what policies other centers have in place in regards to a responsible person staying in the waiting room for the duration of the patients procedure. We would like to implement this, but there are a few variables. Some patients do not have anyone and rely on share a fare or other transportation options, some have someone to drop them off, and return after procedure. 

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Eric Ladenheim says...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2018
We do our assessment on the day of the procedure and usually just skip sedation if the patient is not going to be discharged to the care of a responsible adult. About once a year we get tricked and the patient says they have someone to pick them up when they really don't. In those cases deal we with it as well as possible and then flag their computer records to warn us not to do procedures on them without a responsible adult present.
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