The lead article in March 2017 Joint Commission EC News is entitled IC in the EC and that concept ties in well with how many environmental issues we are seeing scored against IC standards thus far in 2017. The Clarifications and Expectations column continues with an article on some key changes in the life safety code, which also ties in well with what is being seen thus far in 2017, but perhaps the article has too narrow a focus as it concentrates on openings in walls, fire doors and smoke doors and the new things hospitals are being hit with is far broader.
There is also a small announcement in EC News indicating that NIOSH has published a new list of hazardous medications which you will want to make sure your pharmacy staff takes a look at. We still see RFI’s for failure to have a list of hazardous medications the hospital stocks and this document will also be useful as you prepare for USP Chapter 800 which takes effect in mid 2018.
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