With the new year fast approaching, it is imperative that hospitals are ready for the various changes that are being proposed and going into effect with the updated Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.

In this session, our expert will cover all of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for hospitals as well as resources available to help hospitals comply with the National Patient Safety goals. Additionally, our expert will be going over all of the specific changes that were made over the past few years, including medication reconciliation standards, CMS revised blood transfusion, and more.

After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Describe the NPSG relates to reducing catheter associated infections.
2. Recall the proposed changes to NPSG 15 on prevention of suicide.
3. Discuss the infection control goals and how to prevent multi-drug resistant organisms and why not doing this can cost the hospital a lot of money.
4. Recall that TJC allows a one person verification process for checking the blood if accompanied by bar coding.
5. Recall the current five medication reconciliation standards and that CMS is looking at this issue in their revised worksheets.

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Target Audience:

Anyone who is involved in implementing and following the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), including but not limited to: Joint Commission Coordinator, Quality Improvement staff, chief nursing officer (CNO), patient safety officer, nurse educator, all nurses with direct patient care, pharmacist, pharmacy staff, infection preventionist, nurse manager, chief medical officer (CMO), nursing supervisor, nurse manager, nursing director, policy and procedure team, compliance officer, risk manager, hospital legal counsel, and medication team members.