Joint Commission Corrects Infection Control Element of Performance

The Joint Commission has announced it has corrected an element of performance (EP) note on level of disinfection.

 

The correction, published in the Joint Commission Online, a complimentary publication of The Joint Commission, is made to the note under infection prevention and control standard IC.02.02.01 EP2 that refers to intermediate-level disinfection for specula.

 

According to the report, high-level disinfection must be used for items such as specula.

 

This change took effect April 1 and applies to the ambulatory care, hospital, office-based surgery, critical access hospital and long term care programs.

 

Read the Joint Commission Online issue which discusses the Joint Commission standard update (pdf).


Read more from The Joint Commission:

 

- Joint Commission Releases Second Animated Patient Safety Video, Focuses on Infection Control

 

- Joint Commission: Have Your "Ready to Go List" Assembled at the Start of Survey

 

- Joint Commission Updates Easy-to-Read Version of Ambulatory Health Care 2011 NPSGS

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