Patient safety
Subtitle: essentials for health care
By: Joint Commission International, Joint Commission Resources.
Contributors: Joint Commission International.; Joint Commission Resources, Inc.; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Edition: International ed.
Publisher: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oakbrook Terrace, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780866889926
Subjects: Medical care -- United States -- Quality control; Risk management -- United States; Medical errors -- United States -- Prevention; Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration; Risk Management -- organization & administration; Medical Errors -- prevention & control; Patient Care -- standards; Safety -- standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Patient safety: the Joint Commission international initiative; title: The 2006 international patient safety goals; title: Patient safety standards: a look at Joint Commission international requirements; title: Patient safety: related requirements in JCI health care organization management standards; title: Addressing patient safety in Joint Commission international's accreditation process; title: Patient safety tools; title: Patient safety standards applicability matrices; title: International patient safety web links.