| Subject: | Review of JCAHO Standard MM.4.10 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Tue, 12 Sep 2006 - 12:00 am |
| The StayAlert Administrator has been asked to review JCAHO standard MM.4.10 as it applies to the administration of oral and rectal contrast media.
MM.4.10 states that all prescriptions or medication orders must be reviewed for appropriateness. JCAHO has clarified information about this requirement with regards to oral and rectal contrast media.
According to JCAHO, in circumstances where an oral/rectal contrast media is ordered to be administered to a patient for a non-urgent test, the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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