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Preventing Surgical Fires

  • Issued June 2003
  • Compliance with National Patient Safety Goals
  • Compliance assessed and scored
 Headline on paper is JCAHO Recommendations

 

Joint Commission on Accreditationof Healthcare Organizations(JCAHO)6/2003

Sentinel Event Alerts identify specific sentinel events, describe common underlying causes and suggest steps to prevent occurrences. JCAHO surveyors assess the accredited organization's familiarity with and use of Sentinel Event Alert information. Accredited organizations are expected to:

  1. Review and consider relevant information from each alert
  2. Incorporate relevant information provided by an alert when designing or redesigning processes
  3. Evaluate systems in light of information in an alert
  4. Consider implementing relevant suggestions or reasonable alternatives provided in the alert
These recommendations are part of the joint commission's National Patient Safety Goal.

 

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