Recent Joint Commission announcement

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The Joint Commission recently announced that this National Patient Safety Goal would no longer be scored as of January 1, 2009 during survey and will be refined during 2009:

 

  1. NPSG 3, concerning the safe use of medications

     

  2. NPSG 7, concerning the reduction of healthcare-associated infections

     

  3. NPSG 2, concerning communication among caregivers

     

  4. NPSG 8, concerning medication reconciliation