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RTN1304_B1_Top Standards
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls •PR: – Top Standards Compliance Issues for 2012[®] [REF:BHC, EOC, JCSC, RN] Perspectives, April 2013, Pg 1, Vol 33, #4 TJC has now compiled data on compliance issues for the whole of 2012. The resulting list of Top 10 compliance concerns is largely the same as that published last December for the…
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RTN1304_B2_Sentinel Event Alerts
• PR: – Sentinel Event Alerts and the Survey Process [Ref: JCSC, Ldr, MDx, RNx] Perspectives April 2013, Pg 12, Vol 33, # 4 It may not be fully appreciated that the topics for SEAs are carefully chosen by safety and other industry experts appointed to TJC’s Patient Safety Advisory Group (PSAG). Each alert describes underlying causes…
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RTN1304_B3_CAUTI
• TS: – Implementing Nurse-Driven Protocols to Reduce CAUTI[®] [REF: IC, RNx] The Source, April 2013, Vol 11, #4, Pg 1 There are still a few State Psychiatric hospitals that must comply with NPSG.07.06.01 because they serve patients who require management of urinary catheters. According to this article, CAUTI “is the most frequently occurring type of…