| Subject: | JCAHO Revises the Rationale for Standard IC.8.10 Effective January 1, 2006 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 - 10:00 am |
| JCAHO Standard IC.8.10 states that a hospital's infection control program must be a collaborative effort with representation by all germane departments/areas and functions. Effective January 1, 2006, JCAHO has revised the Rationale for IC.8.10 to note that the number of representatives will differ from hospital to hospital dependent on the size of the hospital. Regardless of hospital size the departments/areas and functions that comprise membership within an Infection Control Program should... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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