2018 Prepublication Standards
Environment of care and life safety changes will occur in 2018. An article in Perspectives provides a link to the 2018 prepublication standards which …
New Pain Management Standards FAQs
Recently, the Joint Commission posted 10 FAQ’s addressing the new pain management standards that take effect January 2018. These are hot topics …
Reducing Suicide Risks – Recommendations
In the November edition of Perspectives, the Joint Commission unveiled it’s conclusions on reducing suicide risks in inpatient hospital …
Essential Medication Refrigerator Standards
Electrical backup. That’s the guideline for essential medication refrigerator standards under EC.02.05.03. It requires you to establish and …
Signed Held Medication Orders
What signed and held medication orders do you have in place today? MM.04.01.01, EP 1 discusses the types of medication orders that are acceptable for …
Hospital Egress Doors and Stairwell Signage
The May issue of The Joint Commission Perspectives includes another in the continuing series of articles entitled “Clarifications and Expectations.” …
Ligature Risks in Behavioral Health Areas
The Joint Commission announced in its publication Online dated March 1 that surveyors would be placing additional emphasis on assessment of ligature …
Q&A: Transporting Contaminated Instruments From Point of Use to SPD
Question: The article in the March 2017 Patton newsletter titled, “More Sophistication Mandated in High-level Disinfection & Sterilization” …
Focus on Infection Control and Hazardous Medications
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 …