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Although many 2009 NPSGs have moved to standards, still important to work toward compliance

Although the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) are a much smaller set than last year’s version, keeping up with those goals that moved to the general standards is important for maintaining best practices as well as receiving fewer requirements for improvement on your next Joint Commission survey, according to Lisa Eddy, RN, CPHQ, CSHA, senior consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. Eddy spoke at the 4th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals Conference in May.

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