Contact: (Administrator/Laboratory Director, Title) (Telephone Number)
(NAME OF ORGANIZATION)
AWARDED ACCREDITATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION
City, Date – By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety, (name of organization) has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™.
"We continually strive to improve the quality of our services, and meeting The Joint Commission's rigorous national standards is an important recognition of our efforts," says (administrator/laboratory director). The Joint Commission evaluated the laboratory's performance in complying with nearly 300 standards related to quality control, safety, infection control, leadership, management of human resources, management of information, ongoing performance improvement activities and other issues.
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission is dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of the nation's health care through voluntary accreditation.
"The accreditation process helps promote continuous, systematic and organization-wide improvement in health care organizations," says Gina Zimmermann, M.S., senior executive director, The Joint Commission. "Achieving accreditation demonstrates (name of organization's) commitment to providing high quality and safe services."
(Administrator/laboratory director) says efforts to improve don't stop when The Joint Commission survey is over. "Meeting the standards and achieving excellence is a continuous process," (He, She) says. "No matter how well we did today, we continue to strive to do better tomorrow."