Division/Hospital Policies

This is a list of current Division of Emergency Medicine, Surgery Department, Stanford Hospital & University Policies. Also listed are County/State/Federal policies for patient care and healthcare delivery.

Stanford University Hospital

• Abandoned Newborns
• Admitting Services Dispute Resolution
• Admitting Team Timetables
• Advanced Directives/Living Wills
• Ambulance Diversion/ED Closure
• Conscious Sedation: Adults
• Conscious Sedation: Pediatrics
• Disaster Plan
• Informed Consent
• Massive Transfusion Guidelines
• Minor's Consent for Treatment
• MRI Transfers
• Non-Human Primate Bites
• Patient Flow Chart
• Pediatric Rule-out Appendicitis Imaging
• Pediatric Heme-Onc Pre-registration Procedure
• "Prevent Mode"
• Safety Codes

County/State/Federal

• Ambulance Diversion
• Autopsies
• Bioterrorism: "Zebra Packet"
• Blood Transfusions (Paul Gann Act)
• Child/Domestic/Elder Abuse Reporting
• COBRA/EMTALA Regulations
• Hazmat
• Radiation-Chemical Disasters
• Medical Screening Exam
• Natural Disasters
• Pandemic Flu
• Psychiatric 5150 Hold: Adults
• Pyschiatric 5150 Hold: Minors
• Reportable Cases
• Inter-Facility Transfers
• Restraint Orders
• Sexual Assault: County "SART"
• Worker's Compensation