Goal: Improve Effective Communication
Requirement 2: Implement a process/procedure for taking verbal or telephone orders, or for the reporting of critical test results that requires a verification "read-back" of the complete order or test result by the person receiving the information.
NOTE: Not all countries permit verbal or telephone orders.

Goal: Improve the Safety of High-alert Medications
Requirement 3: Remove concentrated electrolytes (including, but not limited to, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, sodium chloride >0.9%) from patient care units.

Goal: Eliminate Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure Surgery
Requirement 4: Use a checklist, including a "time-out" just before starting a surgical procedure, to ensure the correct patient, procedure and body part.
Requirement 5: Develop a process or checklist to verify that all documents and equipment needed for surgery are on hand and correct and functioning properly before surgery begins.
Requirement 6: Mark the precise site where the surgery will be performed. Use a clearly understood mark and involve the patient in doing this.

Goal: Reduce the Risk of Health Care–acquired Infections
Requirement 7: Comply with current published and generally accepted hand hygiene guidelines.
NOTE: This should recognize that not all countries have a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) or may not recognize the US CDC.

Goal: Reduce the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls
Requirement 8: Assess and periodically reassess each patient's risk for falling, including the potential risk associated with the patient's medication regimen, and take action to decrease or eliminate any identified risks