Category: cat-rtn_1402

  • RTN1402_B6_EC.02.06.01 – Gas Cylinder Storage

     * EC: Clarifications and Expectations: Maintaining Medical Gas Safety Clarifying storage requirements for freestanding medical gas cylinders[®] [REF: EOC] EC News, February 2014, Vol 17, #2, Pg 5  JCe14102_B6 EC.02.06.01, EP1 requires segregation of full and empty medical gas cylinders.  This article reports on the recent clarification of the terms segregation and empty.  Here are the bottom…

  • RTN1402_B7_EC040101 – EC Documentation Checklist

    * EC:Not Documented, Not Done: How to keep track of what you need to do for Joint Commission standards compliance—and prove that you’ve done it[®]  [Pearl: EOC, JCSC] EC News, February 2014, Vol 17, #2, Pg 8  JCe1402_B7 80% of EP’s in the 17 chapters of TJC standards are found in the 3 chapters of EC,…

  • RTN1402_E

    Act: Activity/Occ Therapy, Rehab, CHP: Chaplain, C&P: Credentialing & Privileging, EOC: Environment of Care/Engineering & Maint, FB: Finance/Business, FdDt: Food services/Dietary, GB: Gov Body, HR: Human Resources/Personnel, HST: Human Service Tech/Aid, IC: Infection Control, IM: Info Mgt/Med Records, IT: Info Technology, JCSC: Jt Com Survey Coordinator, LDR: Leadership/Mgt,  MD: Medical Director/Medical Staff, PI: Performance/Quality Improvement com/dept, P&T: Pharmacy/Pharmacy…