If you are a psychiatric hospital anticipating a TJC survey, it’s important to know the details of how TJC is currently surveying ligature risks. They recently provided an update for the field on this topic in follow-up to their March 2017 communication on the scoring...
read moreThe Joint Commission recently announced that it is increasing scrutiny during surveys on ligature, suicide and self-harm risks in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units of med/surg hospitals. Specifically, TJC surveyors will document in their report all...
read moreAs we monitor TJC survey reports, we continue to see surveyors cite environmental safety risks in behavioral health settings including psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric units in acute care hospitals and sometimes in BH residential settings. Examples of issues cited...
read moreDuring surveys of inpatient psychiatric units (and sometimes in residential programs) TJC surveyors continue to cite suicide risks they identify in the environment. Commonly occurring issues are plastic trash can liners, loopable hardware in bedrooms and bathrooms,...
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