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Standards
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National Patient Safety Goals
- National Patient Safety Goals
- Ambulatory Health Care: 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Behavioral Health Care and Human Services: 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Critical Access Hospital 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Home Care 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Hospital: 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Laboratory Services: 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Nursing Care Center 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
- Office-Based Surgery: 2021 National Patient Safety Goals
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Prepublication Standards
- Prepublication Standards
- Certification Participation Requirement Revisions
- Editorial Changes to Care, Treatment, and Services Chapter
- Home Health and Hospice Requirements Updated to Maintain Alignment with CMS
- New Interoperability and Patient Access Requirements for Hospital and Critical Access Hospitals
- New Water Management Requirements
- Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Revisions for Critical Access Hospitals
- Revised Medical Staff (MS) Chapter Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
- Revisions for Advanced Disease-Specific Care Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Certification
- Revisions related to the APR Chapter
- Applicability of MM.04.01.01 to the Office-Based Surgery
- EC and LS Changes for BHC
- Emergency Management Standard EM.03.01.03 Revisions for Home Care
- New Life Safety Code Business Occupancy Requirements
- Revised Requirements for Organizations Performing Operative or High-Risk Procedures
- Updates to the Patient Blood Management Certification Program Requirements
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R3 Report
- R3 Report
- R3 Report Issue 27: New and Revised Standards for Child Welfare Agencies
- R3 Report Issue 26: Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Certification Standards
- R3 Report Issue 25: Enhanced Substance Use Disorders Standards for Behavioral Health Organizations
- R3 Report Issue 24: PC Standards for Maternal Safety
- R3 Report Issue 23: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Ambulatory Health Care
- R3 Report Issue 22: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Home Health Services
- R3 Report Issue 21: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Nursing Care Centers
- R3 Report Issue 20: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Behavioral Health Care
- R3 Report Issue 19: National Patient Safety Goal for Anticoagulant Therapy
- R3 Report Issue 18: National Patient Safety Goal for Suicide Prevention
- R3 Report Issue 17: Distinct Newborn Identification Requirement
- R3 Report Issue 16: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Office-Based Surgeries
- R3 Report Issue 15: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Critical Access Hospitals
- R3 Report Issue 14: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Ambulatory Care
- R3 Report Issue 13: Revised Outcome Measures Standard for Behavioral Health Care
- R3 Report Issue 12: Maternal Infectious Disease Status Assessment and Documentation Standards for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
- R3 Report Issue 11: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Hospitals
- R3 Report Issue 10: Housing Support Services Standards for Behavioral Health Care
- R3 Report Issue 9: New and Revised NPSGs on CAUTIs
- R3 Report Issue 8: New Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
- R3 Report Issue 7: Eating Disorders Standards for Behavioral Health Care
- R3 Report Issue 6 - Memory care accreditation requirements for nursing care centers
- R3 Report Issue 5: Alarm System Safety
- R3 Report Issue 4: Patient Flow Through the Emergency Department
- R3 Report Issue 3: Influenza Vaccination
- R3 Report Issue 2: CAUTI
- R3 Report Issue 1: Patient-Centered Communication
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The Universal Protocol
The Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery is part of the National Patient Safety Goals® chapter of the Joint Commission accreditation manual.
Safe Surgery Resources
Visit the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare website for safe surgery resources.
Universal Protocol Poster
The Universal Protocol provides guidance for health care professionals. It consists of three key steps: conducting a pre-procedure verification process, marking the procedure site, and performing a time-out.
