| Subject: | Review of the New National Patient Safety Goal 15B |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 - 12:00 am |
| New NPSG 15 states that healthcare organizations identify safety risks inherent in its patient population.
Requirement 15B, which applies to Home Health only, states that the healthcare organization identifies risks associated with long-term oxygen therapy such as home fires.
The Joint Commission states that since 1997, eleven sentinel events were reviewed which were related to the death or injury of home health care patients caused by home fires. In each of these 11 cases, home oxygen... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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