| Subject: | JCAHO Updates Standard IM.3.10, EP 2 and EP 3, Effective January 1, 2007 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 - 12:00 am |
| JCAHO has updated Standard IM.3.10, EP 2 and EP 3 effective January 1, 2007.
Standard IM.3.10 EP 2 states that hospitals shall standardize a list of abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and dose designations that are not to be used throughout the hospital. This requirement is not scored here, but is scored at NPSG 2, Requirement 2B.
IM.3.10 EP 3 states that minimum data sets, terminology definitions, classifications, vocabulary and nomenclature, including abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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