After much anticipation from patient safety experts, on October 20, The Joint Commission released its new Patient Safety Systems chapter, which will be included in the 2015 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. As The Joint Commission previously indicated, the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 1
In a memo dated October 31, 2014, the CMS Center for Clinical Standard and Quality/Survey and Certification Group targeted patient safety in a number of announcements.
Specifically, the memo addresses the 2015 Hospital Patient Safety Initiative (PSI). First, the...
As a new year dawns, accreditation professionals look ahead at where the problematic and challenging areas will be for the coming 12 months. A good starting point for many is the annual list of most-cited standards from The Joint Commission. This year, as in years past, the top 10...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 1
The Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems (AAHHS) will now offer an accreditation program for critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with less than 200 beds.
Medications prepared and used in the OR and other procedural areas must be labeled. The label should include the name of the medication, the strength, quantity, and diluents, if used, to include volume of diluents if it is not apparent from the container. Explain how and when date and time...
A former University of Wisconsin Hospital nurse accused of stealing morphine could also face a reckless homicide charge for allegedly fatally infecting a patient with a pathogen.
True or false: A postoperative patient who is receiving pain medication should be educated about his or her pain medication as well as other pain management techniques.
