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How the medical records can be maintained? |
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Answer» 1. The records are kept under the safe custody of the GDA in each ward or department. 2. No individual sheet is separated from the complete record. 3. Records are kept in a place, not accessible to the patients and visitors. 4. No stranger is ever permitted to read the records. 5. Records are not handed over to the legal advisors without the written permission of the administration. 6. All hospital personnel are legally and ethically obligated to keep in confidence all the information’s provided in the records. 7. All records are to be handled carefully. Careless handling can destroy the records. 8. All records are filed according to the hospital custom so that they can be traced easily. 9. All records are identified with the bio-data of the patients such as name, age, ward, bed no., diagnosis etc. 10. Records are never sent out of the hospital without the doctor’s permission. |
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