Founded in 1951
An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. To earn and maintain The Gold Seal of Approval® from The Joint Commission, an organization undergoes an on-site survey by a Joint Commission survey team at least every three years (Laboratories are surveyed every two years).
The Joint Commission is governed by a 21-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, administrators, nurses, employers, quality experts, a consumer advocate and educators. The Joint Commission employs approximately 1,000 people in its surveyor force, at its central office in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and at an office in Washington, D.C.
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Find out about the current National Patient Safety Goals® (NPSG) for specific programs.
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The Joint Commission regularly updates its requirements for accreditation. As part of that process, we seek input from health care professionals and others with knowledge in a variety of settings. You can help by reading and commenting on proposed requirements related to your practice area.
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Prepublication standards are used to communicate upcoming changes to our standards and Elements of Performance (EPs). The reports are posted before being published in E-dition and the comprehensive manuals.
Requirements
Joint Commission Requirements is a free listing of all policy revisions to standards published in Joint Commission Perspectives that have gone into effect since the accreditation/certification manual was last issued.
The Joint Commission (TJC)
This is an independent, non-for-profit organization charged with, among other things, establishing standards for the operation of hospitals and other health-related facilities and services.
The purpose of this procedure is to provide instructions on how to properly identify patients prior to specimen collection to ensure an accurate match will be made to the laboratory order received.
This should be completed when an occupational injury or exposure, such as an accidental needle stick, has occurred, or a delayed medical condition has developed, no matter how minor.
Breach of confidentiality
Failure to keep privileged medical information private.
A type of negligence committed by a professional.
Failure to exercise due care.
Which of the following is the oldest and largest healthcare standards-setting body in the nation?
The CLIA federal regulations are administered by
Which of the following are set up to monitor all areas of care that tend to cause problems?
Proper patient identification means
actively involving patients in their own identification.
What manual describes the necessary steps to follow in patient preparation for laboratory tests?
Which of the following can identify trends for risk management?
Informed consent means that a
patient agrees to a procedure after being told of the consequences associated with it.
A national organization that develops guidelines and sets standards for laboratory procedures is the
A physical is sued for negligence due to the actions of an inexperienced, contracted phlebotomist hired to cover summer vacations. This is an example of
A young adult comes to an outpatient lab to have his blood drawn. The phlebotomist refuses to draw this patient's blood because the patient
has not reached the age of majority in the state
TJC's annual safety requirement goals
comparing current test results with previous one.
Blood culture contamination is a quality indicator for the
Failure to exercise "due care" is
The statute of limitations timing can begin
on the day the negligent act took place.
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