PROCEDURES ON ENDORSING/RECEIVING ENDORSEMENT

OBJECTIVE:

The principal goal of patient transfer is to ensure the optimal health

and well -being of the patient.

PROCEDURE WORK RATIONALE PERSON INVOLVE

INSTRUCTION
1. Emergency All patients should Physician/Nurse
physician and be provided a
hospital personel medical screening
should abide all examination and
applicable laws stabilizing
regarding patient treatment with in
transfer. the capacity of the
facility before
tranfer. If a
competent patient
request transfer
before the
ampletion of the
MSE and
stabilizing these
should be offered
to the patient and
documented.
Hospital policies
and procedure
should articulate
these obligation Nurse
2. The tranfering and ensure safe
physician should and efficient
inform the patient tranfer.
or resposible party
of the risk and the
benefits of transfer Before transfer,
and document patient consent
these. should be obtain
and documented Physician/NUrse
whenever possible.
3. The hospital
policies and
procedure and/ or
medical staff by
laws should
identify the The policies and
individuals procedures or by
responsible for and law must defined
qualified to who is responsible
perform MSEs. for accepting and
transfering
patients on behalf
4. The examining of the hospital.
physician at the
tranferring hospital
will use his/her Transfers are
best judgment affected through
regarding quilified personel
regarding the and transportation
condition of the equipment, as
patient when required including
determining the: the use of
-timing of transfer necessary and
-mode of medically Physician/Nurse
transfortation Appropriate life
-level of care support measures
provided during during the transfer
transfer, and the
-destination of
patient

5. Agreement to When a patient

accept the patient requires a higher
in transfer should level of care other
be obtained from a than that
physician or providedor
responsible avialable at the Physician/Nurse
individual at the transfering facility,
reciecing hospital a hospital with the
in advance of capability and
transfer capacity to provide
a higher level of
care may not
refuse any request
for transfer

6. An appropriate
medical summary When transfer of
and other pertinent patient is part of a
records should regional plan to
accompany the provide optimal
patient to the care at a
receiving facility or specialized medical
 be electronically facility, written
tranferred as soon transfer protocol
as is practical and interfacility
agreements should
be in place
To ensure optimal patient care, non hospital satellite medical
facilities should abide by transfer standards much the same as
those outline above.