True or false: When preparing to administer blood or blood products, it is important to use a two-person verification process to ensure that the correct patient is getting the correct product.
In order to comply with changes to CMS Conditions of Participation for hospitals regarding who may order respiratory services, The Joint Commission has implemented changes to...
The Joint Commission continues to accept comments from the field on new and revised laboratory standards, available on The Joint Commission’s Web site.
Previously, BOJ spoke with Northwest Texas Healthcare System (NWTHS) in Amarillo about its Continuous Readiness Review (CRR) plan that was implemented for survey preparation. NWTHS recently had a chance to see how the new CRR plan worked—Joint Commission surveyors arrived in May, and the...
