| Subject: | Review of JCAHO Standard EC.7.20 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Mon, 13 Nov 2006 - 12:00 am |
| The StayAlert Administrator has been asked to review JCAHO Standard EC.7.20. Standard EC.7.20 states that the hospital provides an emergency electrical power source.
This requirement ensures that all accredited hospitals have properly installed emergency power systems that are appropriately sized, designed, and fueled for the size and services that a hospital provides, as mandated by the LSC occupancy requirements.
Elements of Performance for this standard state that hospitals shall have... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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