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• The Joint Commission appoints new laboratory executive director

  The Joint Commission has named Jennifer F. Rhamy, MBA, MA, MT(ASCP), SBB, HP to the role of executive director of the Laboratory Accreditation Program, according to a press release on its official Website.

• Joint Commission changes preliminary denial of accreditation rules

  The Joint Commission has announced two changes to its Preliminary Denial of Accreditation (PDA) decision— the elimination of one rule and revision of another.

  Rule PDA06, which addresses the need to have a license, certificate, or permit, has been altered.

• Greeley Reflections

  Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will discuss a hot-button topic or challenging issue facing hospitals in the areas of accreditation, survey preparation, and more. To learn more visit The Center for Healthcare Accreditation.

  Steve MacArthur
  Safety Consultant

  Gray matters: Red alert

  Part 1 of 5
  

  I will freely admit that things are a little calmer this year on the survey front, at least in terms of survey jeopardy (Preliminary Denial/Conditional Accreditation), but even though the 2010 survey year appears not to represent an increased risk in Environment of Care, there are still two areas (located in the Life Safety chapter) that can run you afoul of those most very adverse accreditation decisions.

• Study finds MRSA strain resistant to treatment

  One strain of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), USA600, has been found to be partially immune to an antibiotic that is used to treat the condition, according to HealthDay.com. MRSA causes infections in the skin and bloodstream, and can infect surgical wounds and pneumonia.

• Rhode Island hospital fined after fifth wrong-site surgery in two years

  The Rhode Island Department of Health will fine Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, $150,000 after a surgeon operated on a patient's wrong finger last month, according to ABC News. Since 2007, five wrong-site surgeries have occurred, three of which were brain surgeries performed on the wrong location.

• Greeley Reflections

  Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will discuss a hot-button topic or challenging issue facing hospitals in the areas of accreditation, survey preparation, and more. To learn more visit The Center for Healthcare Accreditation.

   

  Claude (Bud) Pate
  REHS, Vice President, Content and Development

  Taking a quick look at the NPSG updates

   

  Part 4 of 4
  

  NPSG.03.04.01 now requires that solution labels include both quantity and volume. Volume need not be on the label if it is apparent from the container. Quantity always needs to be on the label. That does not make sense.

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