Enhancing Patient Safety Through Understanding Joint Commission Standards

The Joint Commission Standards are founded on the principles of patient safety science and encompass a wide range of critical areas including medication use, infection control, surgery, anesthesia, transfusions, restraint and seclusion, staff competence, fire safety, medical equipment, emergency management, and security. Ensuring patient safety and the quality of care in healthcare settings requires a competent and well-trained staff.

Today, we’re going to dive into the crucial role of Joint Commission Standards in ensuring patient safety and quality of care in healthcare organizations. Healthcare facilities rely on these standards to maintain high levels of safety and care, covering vital areas such as medication use, infection control, surgery, anesthesia, transfusions, and many more. We will also review how can help organizations retrain and hire skilled medical staff. 

It’s imperative for healthcare organizations to comply with these standards, which require a competent and well-trained staff. This is where Competency Exchange comes into play. Competency Exchange offers a comprehensive range of inservices specifically designed to address the Joint Commission Standards and support staff in achieving the necessary education and competencies.

The diverse library of inservices provided by Competency Exchange effectively addresses Joint Commission Standards and supports staff in meeting the necessary education and competencies with assessments of skills in nursing.

By utilizing Competency Exchange for skills assessment tests in Houston and the surrounding areas, healthcare organizations can effectively train their staff and ensure compliance with the highest standards of patient safety and care. With their tailored inservices, they enable healthcare professionals to stay up-to-date and equipped to provide the best possible care for their patients with assessments of skills in nursing in Houston and more.

In conclusion, collaboration between healthcare organizations and Competency Exchange plays a significant role in upholding the standards set by the Joint Commission, ultimately improving patient safety and quality of care.

Healthcare organizations can gain substantial benefits from utilizing Competency Exchange for staff training and compliance with Joint Commission Standards. By leveraging this platform, organizations can ensure that their staff is well-prepared and competent in meeting the highest standards of patient safety and care.

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Follows is a list of Interactive Inservices

  • Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (Child, Domestic, Elder)
  • Advance Directives
  • Advanced Dysrhythmia Interpretation EKG
  • Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug Therapy Monitoring
  • Age Specific
  • Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Training (8-hr)
  • Aseptic Technique
  • Basic Dysrhythmia Interpretation/EKG
  • Behavior Crisis Intervention
  • Blood Glucose Monitoring
  • Blood Product Administration
  • CNA Escalating to Nurse
  • Color Vision
  • Complaints and Grievances
  • Compliance (Fraud, Waste, Abuse)
  • Comprehensive Core Competency Allied Health
  • Comprehensive Core Competency CNA and UAP
  • Comprehensive Core Competency Nursing/Providers/Clinicians
  • Coronavirus COVID-19
  • Cultural Competence
  • Customer Relations and CAHPS
  • Dementia Care and Communication
  • Diabetic Care for Bedside Nurses
  • Documentation of Patient Care
  • Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
  • EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)
  • End of Life Care
  • Environment of Care (Management: Safety, Emergency, Environmental, Medical Equipment, Hazardous Materials & Waste, Utilities, Security, Life Safety)
  • Fall Prevention
  • Healthcare Ethics
  • HIPAA
  • Infection Control (with Blood Borne Pathogens)
  • IV Drips General
  • IV Drips ICU
  • IV Therapy LVN LPN (Peripheral IV Therapy)
  • IV Therapy RN (Peripheral IV Therapy)
  • IVP Medication
  • Laboratory Safety
  • Latex Allergy
  • Long Term Care Core
  • Medication Safety Non-Nursing
  • Medication Safety Nursing/Providers/Clinicians
  • Mental Health Training for Caregivers
  • Mental Health Training for Caregivers (24 hr)
  • Moderate Conscious Sedation
  • National Patient Safety Goals Allied Health
  • National Patient Safety Goals CNA and UAP
  • National Patient Safety Goals Nursing/Providers/Clinicians
  • Oasis-E
  • Organ and Tissue Donation
  • OSHA Healthcare Safety
  • Pain Management
  • Patient Rights
  • Patient Safety
  • Plan of Care
  • Quality Improvement
  • Radiation Safety
  • Rapid Response and Code Blue
  • Respiratory Therapy for Nurses
  • Restraints
  • Safe Food Handling
  • Safe Patient Handling (Patient Transfers and Back Safety)
  • SBAR
  • Scalding and Burning Prevention
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Skin Care for UAPs and CNAs
  • Substance Abuse Recognition
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Surgery Core Competency (Aseptic Technique, Malignant Hyperthermia and Universal Protocol)
  • Vascular Access Device Management (Central Lines and PICCs)
  • Ventilators for Nurses
  • Workplace Violence (Active Shooter, Bleeding Control and Bioterrorism)
  • Wound Care for Bedside Nurses
  • Risk Management and Legal Issues in Healthcare and Do Not Use Abbreviations