The new patient safety goal will be gradually implemented over two phases.
The first phase began on Jan. 1, 2014, and calls for hospitals to establish alarm safety as an organizational priority and identify the alarms most important for their organization.
The second phase, beginning on Jan. 1, 2016, expects hospitals to develop and implement alarm safety policies and procedures.
The Joint Commission also names other pre-existing Patient Safety Goals, including patient communication, medication safety, reducing patient falls, healthcare-associated infections and risk assessments.
To see the PowerPoint presentation briefing on the 2014 National Patient Safety Goals, please click here.
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