Searching for COVID-19 behavioral healthcare resources? We know as a Behavioral Healthcare organization you’re facing some unique challenges with COVID-19 in terms of your patient population and your varied settings. Clearly, you want to continue to provide your...
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Infection control issues are high on The Joint Commission’s radar these days. While psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health organizations admittedly do not have the same types of infection control challenges as med/surg hospitals, there are...
read moreBe prepared for increased scrutiny and more stringent scoring of hand hygiene compliance during your next TJC survey. Effective January 1, 2018, if a surveyor observes an individual staff person failing to perform hand hygiene during direct patient care, this single...
read moreIn our October 2016 newsletter, we covered the new TJC requirements on antimicrobial stewardship. Now, it’s clear that TJC is incorporating a significant emphasis on this topic into the 2017 survey process for hospitals. The recently released 2017 Survey Activity...
read moreIn July, 2016 TJC introduced its new standard on antimicrobial stewardship. The standard is contained in the Medication Management chapter (MM.09.01.01) of the Hospital manual and goes into effect January 1, 2017. At first, it might seem that this new standard...
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