2009 Standards for Ambulatory Care (SAC)

by Joint Commission Accreditation Healthcar

• ISBN13: 9781599402536
• ISBN10: 159940253X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Joint Commission on

Summary

New and Improved! This compact, easy-to-use book contains the 2009 ambulatory care standards, rationales, elements of performance, scoring categories, and measures of success designations, as applicable. Prepared as a compact companion to the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Care (CAMAC), this new book has the following features: A quick overview of the standards, rationales, and elements of performance, including information on the revised numbering and scoring process, The 2009 National Patient Safety Goals for ambulatory care, Portable in size and spiral-bound making this a convenient and flexible handbook for busy ambulatory care staff, Everything your organization needs for continuous standards compliance! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book (HB)	p. 1
Requirements for Accreditation
Accreditation Participation Requirements (APR)	p. 15
Environment of Care (EC)	p. 23
Emergency Management (EM)	p. 45
Human Resources (HR)	p. 61
Infection Prevention and Control (IC)	p. 79
Information Management (IM)	p. 91
Leadership (LD)	p. 101
Life Safety (LS)	p. 127
Medication Management (MM)	p. 147
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)	p. 165
Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC)	p. 191
Performance Improvement (PI)	p. 209
Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC)	p. 215
Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI)	p. 225
Transplant Safety (TS)	p. 237
Waived Testing (WT)	p. 245
Policies, Procedures, and Other Information
The Accreditation Process (ACC)	p. 255
Standards Applicability Process (SAP)	p. 355
Sentinel Events (SE)	p. 385
Glossary	p. 401
Index	p. 423
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.