Survey Preparation

“Because we are still on the 2012 edition [of the Life Safety Code^® (LSC)], there isn’t anything new,” Wytosick says...Read More »

Can you tell what’s wrong in this photograph? If so, you are not alone.Read More »

The Joint Commission (TJC) has several updated antibiotic stewardship elements of performance (EP) that will take effect on January 1, 2023. These...Read More »

In the last few months, surveyors have been repeatedly tagging the failure to properly clean glucometers, and the use of common household items as...Read More »

The most ubiquitous tools in healthcare include blood pressure cuffs (BPC) and other blood pressure (BP) measuring devices, and their importance...Read More »

What’s the problem in this photograph and how would you fix it if you were to find this in your hospital’s kitchen?Read More »

Primary source verification (PSV) is required for confirming a practitioner’s identity before they join your organization. This can include...Read More »

Presentations at the annual Executive Briefing held by The Joint Commission (TJC) are designed to provide key information for hospital leaders,...Read More »

I think we all know that rounding as it might have once been...Read More »

The Joint Commission is training a lot of new Life Safety surveyors as it tries to catch up with the backlog and limit split surveys in which...Read More »