The Joint Commission Saves Lives

,,By following Joint Commission standards, we have been able to reduce catheter infection rates in patients. By collecting metrics and looking at trends, we can pinpoint changes and quickly react to improve the patient outcome.,,

,,Accreditation has made us better. We have seen not only an increase in continuous compliance, we have seen a decrease in our incidents. We have actually improved safety.,,

,,We fully attribute the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare’s Hand Hygiene Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) for the drop in our healthcare-acquired infection rates to zero or near-zero system-wide. This actually saves lives.,,

,,The Joint Commission has helped us in our quest for zero harm. Their Targeted Solutions Tools … are so vital in our world. Having these resources available really does make a difference and impacts the care we are able to provide.,,