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January 22, 2008
Joint Commission Presents Resident Safety Goals
The Joint Commission wants to improve the accuracy of resident identification and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.
These are just two goals in the commission's newly released draft of 2009 national resident safety goals for long-term care. The commission also released patient safety goals and requirements for hospitals, home care and other healthcare settings.
Among the commission's other 2009 goals for long-term care: accurately and completely reconcile resident medications across the continuum of care, and encourage residents' active involvement in their own care as a resident safety strategy. Briggs Infection Control products has the answers and guides you easily through protocols, procedures and documentation processes to stay complaint.
To see all the commission's safety goals, go to http://www.jointcommission.org/Standards/FieldReviews/09_npsg_fr.htm.
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