5 Hot Topics for Joint Commission Surveys: What Your SPD Needs to Know

Weston “Hank” Balch Senior Principal Consultant Beyond Clean Consulting Preparing to pass accreditation surveys for your Sterile Processing department is never an easy feat. Even though surpassing the standards of infection control and safety is our constant goal — regardless if there are surveyors on-site or not — there is something really stressful and anxiety-producing…

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Making Your Department Survey Ready

MAKING YOUR DEPARTMENT SURVEY READY by Rose Seavey MBA, BS, RN, CNOR, CRCST, CSPDT President/CEO Seavey Healthcare Consulting, LLC Healthcare accreditations surveys, such as those preformed by The Joint Commission (TJC) or The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, focus on safety and quality of patient care. In the last few years, accreditation surveyors have increasingly…