“Stop the line” is a very familiar term to me, through my years of experience in the hospital setting.
It is a term that is more commonly used in the OR suite, but not uncommon in all patient care areas of the hospital.
Having the authority—or more importantly, the responsibility—to take a stand and “stop the line” when something is not safe, policies are not being followed, or the patient is being put at risk is an important role for any hospital associate. It’s a term that drives the message home that we all have a responsibility in patient safety.
Increasingly, more and more clients are asking credentialing-related questions about neuro-monitoring technicians in the OR as well as neurologists who are remotely reading and/or interpreting the tests being monitored. I find the questions surprising—not only because this is not a new practice, but because of the question itself, “Who is credentialing the neuro-monitoring techs and do we also need to credential the physician even if he is not in the OR?”
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