| Subject: | JCAHO Revises Requirement for "Free Flow" Protection on Infusion Pumps |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 - 10:00 am |
| The JCAHO in their January, 2005 edition of JCAHOnline has clarified the requirement of "free flow" protection on infusion pumps under the National Safety Goal that calls for improving the safety of using infusion pumps. Requirement "A" states that organizations must ensure free flow protection on all general use and PCA intravenous infusion pumps used in/by the organization. The JCAHO's article notes that in the surveyor's interpretative guidelines, when IV administration sets are used with... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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