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HRES 150 109th Congress House Health Accreditation (Medical care) Commemorations Congress Congressional tributes Human engineering Nurses Preventive medicine Quality of care Special days Surgeons Surgery

Recognizing the goals and ideals of a National Time Out Day to support the universal protocol, developed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, for preventing errors in the operating room, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 10, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E420-421)
Mar 10, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes the goals and ideals of National Time Out Day (June 22, 2005) to support the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room.

Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to reduce medical errors.

What's happening now March 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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