| Subject: | Review of JC Standard EC.1.30 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 20 Jun 2007 - 06:00 am |
| The StayAlert Administrator has been asked to review Joint Commission (JC) standards related to smoking within the hospital.Joint Commission standard EC.1.30 addresses the topic of smoking in the hospital. The goal of this standard is threefold: to decrease the adverse effects of smoking for patient's who do smoke, to reduce the risks from secondhand smoke, and to prevent fire. EC.1.30 states that hospitals shall develop and implement a policy to prohibit smoking except in... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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