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Joint Commission Addresses Laryngoscope Blade Processing

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is reporting that the Joint Commission has released a new standards-related FAQ that addresses the processing and storing of laryngoscope blades in perioperative-care settings. The FAQ emphasizes that Joint ...More
November 3, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Flu Vaccination Challenge Participants Surpass National Average for Healthcare Workers

Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announces the results of its third annual Flu Vaccination Challenge, a national program to increase flu vaccination rates among healthcare workers. Participating healt care organizations (n=826) reached an 80 percent flu vaccination average ...More
October 7, 2011
Posted in News
New R3 Report From the Joint Commission Examines CAUTIs

An estimated 450,000 catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) occur annually in hospitals and represent the leading cause of health care-associated infection in hospitals. A new R3 Report from The Joint Commission provides hospitals with in-depth information ...More
September 28, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Aims to Reduce Risk of Wrong-Site Surgery

Healthcare professionals and patients all agree that wrong-site surgery is a serious and preventable adverse event that should never happen. Although reporting is not mandatory in most states, some estimates put the national incidence rate, which includes wrong patient, ...More
June 29, 2011
Posted in News
Joint Commission Announces New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal for CAUTI

The Joint Commission has approved one new National Patient Safety Goal for 2012 that focuses on catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) for the hospital and critical access hospital accreditation programs. There are no new NPSGs for the other accreditation ...More
May 25, 2011
Posted in News
Pharmacy OneSource Announces Webinar on National Patient Safety Goal 7

Pharmacy OneSource will host a complimentary webinar, "Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal 7: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infection,” to be presented by Louise Kuhny, senior associate director of standards interpretation at the Joint Commission, on ...More
May 23, 2011
Posted in News
Joint Commission Releases Second Video in the "Speak Up" Series

The Joint Commission announces the release of its second animated Speak Up™ video, "Speak Up: Infection Control," which encourages patients to speak up and become active participants in their healthcare. The first video was released last month, and points out that patients ...More
April 6, 2011
Posted in News
Pharmacy OneSource Hosts Webinar on Infection Prevention Preparation for a Joint Commission Survey

Wolters Kluwer Health announces that Pharmacy OneSource, a software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time infection prevention surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is hosting a complimentary webinar with Brenda Helms, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, CIC on ...More
March 24, 2011
Posted in News
Joint Commission Offers Tips for Survey Readiness

Healthcare-associated infections claim the lives of 99,000 people every year, according to CDC statistics, and several nationwide initiatives are linked to reducing the risks of adverse events and increasing patient safety. ...More
March 18, 2011
Posted in Articles
Experts Agree U.S. Needs to Step Up Infection Control Efforts, Starting With Hand Hygiene Practices

U.S. healthcare facilities are grossly underperforming in hand hygiene compliance, which could impact healthcare-associated infections and patient safety, said two of the world's foremost experts on infection prevention and hand hygiene. Speaking last week before more than ...More
March 17, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene