Policy Who?
Consent Content
Consents 101
100

The person who's responsibility it is to explain the nature of the treatment, benefits, risks, side effects, and potential problems that might occur during recovery.

Who is the physician

100

An example, such as this, should never be used on a consent: RT.

What is an abbreviation?

100

The patient must put their signature and these two pieces of documentation on the consent in their own hand writing.

What are the date and time that they signed the consent?

200

The department responsible for periodically reviewing and revising the informed consent templates.

Who is TriHealth Risk Management?

200

A patient who requires multiple procedures on one visit to the operating room requires these.

What is a consent for each procedure?
200

If the consent is wrong, when interviewing the patient in pre-op, this is the process that follows.

What is write out a new consent?
300

The person who confirms that the patient has signed, dated, and timed the consent.

Who is the witness?
300

This is the number of days a consent is good for when a treatment will occur multiple times over a period of time.

What is 180 days?

300
The healthcare provided that is the witness to the patient signing the consent.

Who is the nurse?

400

This person can witness the consent in the office and does not need to sign the witness line if their date and time match the patient's date and time.

Who is the practioner?

400

The consent is compared to this document to ensure the consent is correctly written.

What is the OR schedule?

400

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What is red?

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