Patient belongings

Patient belongings should be charted and described specifically upon admission. For instance, instead of simply documenting "clothes", write "blue jeans", "wool sweater", "fur coat", etc. Do the same with jewelery, but you need to be general with this as we cannot determine what is a diamond or 14 karat gold. An example would be "ring with white stone", "gold pendant necklace", etc. Specific documentation can protect the hospital from litigation if a patient claims that the hospital misplaced their fur coat. If you have any questions, please see Peggy.