Hi, it’s Scott Wallask checking in quickly. I was on The Joint Commission’s Web site earlier today and saw that three new and/or revised FAQs had been posted last week dealing with the 96-hour rule, supplies during a disaster, mounting sharps boxes, and the use of fans.
Remember, FAQs carry the same weight as standards, so it’s worth reviewing the posted topics every now and then — or as the case has been this year, every few weeks.
Filed Under: EC • Emergency management • Joint Commission • OSHA
About the Author: Scott Wallask is senior managing editor for HCPro's Hospital Safety Center (www.hospitalsafetycenter.com) and the award-winning newsletters, Briefings on Hospital Safety and Healthcare Life Safety Compliance. He has written about healthcare for HCPro since 1998, with a focus on occupational and building safety, emergency management, fire protection, and infection control. Prior to joining HCPro, he worked as a reporter for several newspapers in eastern Massachusetts. He holds a BA in print journalism, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University in Boston. Contact Scott at swallask@hcpro.com.
Comments: 1 | Post a Comment | Trackback URLPost a Comment | Trackback URL
Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company
Scott Wallask, senior managing editor for the Hospital Safety Center
D. LaHoda | Mar 16, 2009 | Reply
For mounting sharps containers, the Joint Commission’s FAQ defers to and references NIOSH sources which are nicely summarized in “Location, location, location: The keys for sharps disposal containers safety,” (http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/03/location-location-location-are-the-keys-for-sharps-disposal-containers/ ) on the OSHA Healthcare Advisor.