| Subject: | TJC Announces that Accreditation Decisions for Laboratories Will No Longer Immediately Affect Hospital Accreditation Decisions |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 5 Nov 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced that as of January 1, 2009 laboratory accreditation decisions will no longer have an immediate impact on hospital accreditation decisions. This new policy creates comparability in the way laboratories with adverse accreditation decisions (from either TJC, The College of American Pathologists (CAP) or COLA) impact affiliated hospitals or organizations. Currently, a laboratory's accreditation decision has a direct impact on the accreditation... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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