Survey Preparation

This should be a relatively quick news item that will impact organizations being surveyed by our friends in Chicago starting January 1, 2023. So,...Read More »

Myths and mysteries about surveys and why some Joint Commission RFIs are more about the hospital's policies than about the actual requirements. Read More »

Check patient units to ensure breast milk and other patient foods are stored correctly, encourage staff to reach out to providers if medication...Read More »

Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, has many years’ experience as a Life Safety Code^® (LSC) professional....Read More »

During the 2021 Executive Briefing session, Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, chief...Read More »

These threats are everyone’s game, and that means anyone in charge of life safety and healthcare security from a physical and technical...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 »

TJC is increasing its number of LS surveyors and they are all being trained that nothing can hang from or even touch sprinkler pipes unless it is...Read More »

The Joint Commission (TJC) is training new life safety surveyors as fast as it can, wants to trim accreditation requirements that increase burden...Read More »

This month, we continue our review of The Joint Commission’s new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1...Read More »