One of the Joint Commission’s 2013 patient safety goals calls for hospitals to implement “evidence-based practices to prevent central line–associated bloodstream infections. This requirement covers short- and long-term central venous catheters and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines.” A good…
The silos that separate patient safety and worker safety are coming down. Preventing medical errors and protecting health care workers are part of the same continuum, The Joint Commission accrediting body asserts in a new monograph. For employee health professionals,…
In yet another sign that infection control is becoming a national priority across a wide range of accreditors, regulators and state and federal agencies, the Joint Commission has created a new web portal to combine its full array of initiatives…
The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on preventing indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections — which emphasizes prompt removal of unnecessary devices and surveillance for CAUTIs — is effective January 1, 2012 for hospitals. Though there has been…
The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections – which emphasizes prompt removal of unnecessary devices and surveillance as warranted for CAUTIs — is effective January 1, 2012 for hospitals and critical access hospitals. According…
Give the stick a rest and pick up the carrot. In an era when controversial mandatory flu vaccine policies threaten to end up in some high court as a cause celebre, the Joint Commission is urging health care systems to…
Conceding its current standards are out of touch with the growing pressure to protect patients by immunizing health care workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza, the Joint Commission is proposing what appear to be generally more rigorous requirements that are open…