| Subject: | Review of New NPSG.01.03.01, Effective January 1, 2009 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission (TJC) recently issued the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG). Please see the StayAlert notice published on June 19. 2008 for a review of all of the changes/additions for the 2009 goals.NPSG.01.03.01 is a new requirement effective January 1, 2009. It requires an elimination of transfusion errors related to patient misidentification and is applicable to the Ambulatory, Critical Access Hospitals, Hospitals and Office-Based Surgery Accreditation... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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