ABSTRACT
Follow hospital protocols Most hospitals develop protocols for managing certain medical conditions. These protocols may vary from hospital to hospital. Although hospitals generally do not make it mandatory that their physicians follow their protocols strictly, it is usually advisable for physicians to adhere to them. Protocols are developed by committees composed of local physicians and are generally regarded as ‘standard of care.’ Therefore, therapies that are aberrant from written hospital protocols are difficult to defend in court. Furthermore, you can be assured that the plaintiff attorney will have a giant-sized poster of the protocol to show the court.
