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Joint Commission posts its 2009 safety standards

Emergency Management Alert, July 15, 2008

The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) has posted its 2009 safety standards online.

Changes include a new emergency management chapter in the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, which relocates current disaster planning standards EC.4.11 through EC.4.20.

These changes become effective January 1, 2009. Click here to view the 2009 standards.

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