THE JOINT COMMISION: TJC is a United States based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c) organisation that accredits more than 21000 health care organizations and programs in the US. Its accreditation is considered as a condition of licensure of medicaid and medicare reimbursements.its based in Chicago. The purpose of this portal is to share information and useful resources with the field regarding preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings. MISSION OF TJC: To continously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. VISION OF TJC: TJC aims at extending services and standards that all people alwsays should experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings. NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GROUP: In 2002, The JOINT COMMISSION established its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program, the first set of NPSGs program, the first set of NPSGs was effective January 1, 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regard to patient safety. A panel was created called the Patient Safety Advisory Group, is composed of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk managers, clinical engineers and other professionals who have hands on experience in adressing patient safety issues in a wide variety of health care settings. It was set up because of: 1, to identify emerging patient safety issues 2. sentinel event alerts 3. standards and survey processes 4, performance measures 5. education materials 6. centre for transforming health care projects. TJC ACCREDITATION: TYPES OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACCREDITED BY TJC ARE: hospitals, doctor\'s offices, nursing homes, office-based surgery centres, behavioural health treatment facilities, and provuders of home care services. BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION: 1. Helps organize and strengthen patient safetyu efforts. 2. Strenghtens community confidence in the quality and safety of care, treatment and services. 3. Provides a competitive edge in the marketplace. 4. Improves risk management and risk reduction. 5. may reduce liabilty insurance cost. 6. provides education to improve business operations. 7. Provides professional advice and counsel, enhancing staff education. 8. provides a customized, intensive review. 9. Enhances staff recruitment and development. 10. Provides deeming authuority for medicare certification. 11. Recognized by insurers and other third parties. 12. Provides a framework for organizational structure and management and may fulfill regulatory requirements in select states. 13. Provides practical tools to stregthen or maintain performance excellence and aligning health care organizations with one of the most respected names in health care. 2016 NPSG fact sheet: The purpose of the NPSG is to improve patienyt safety. The goal focus on problems in health care safe.

1. THE JOINT COMMISION: TJC is a United States based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)
organisation that accredits more than 21000 health care organizations and programs in the US.
Its accreditation is considered as a condition of licensure of medicaid and medicare
reimbursements.its based in Chicago. The purpose of this portal is to share information and
useful resources with the field regarding preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings.
MISSION OF TJC: To continously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with
other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in
providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.
VISION OF TJC: TJC aims at extending services and standards that all people alwsays should
experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings.
NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GROUP: In 2002, The JOINT COMMISSION established its
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program, the first set of NPSGs program, the first set of
NPSGs was effective January 1, 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited
organizations address specific areas of concern in regard to patient safety. A panel was created
called the Patient Safety Advisory Group, is composed of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk
managers, clinical engineers and other professionals who have hands on experience in adressing
patient safety issues in a wide variety of health care settings.
It was set up because of:
1, to identify emerging patient safety issues
2. sentinel event alerts
3. standards and survey processes
4, performance measures
5. education materials
6. centre for transforming health care projects.
TJC ACCREDITATION:
TYPES OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACCREDITED BY TJC ARE: hospitals, doctor's
offices, nursing homes, office-based surgery centres, behavioural health treatment facilities, and
provuders of home care services.
BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION:
1. Helps organize and strengthen patient safetyu efforts.
2. Strenghtens community confidence in the quality and safety of care, treatment and services.
3. Provides a competitive edge in the marketplace.
4. Improves risk management and risk reduction.
5. may reduce liabilty insurance cost.
6. provides education to improve business operations.

2. 7. Provides professional advice and counsel, enhancing staff education.
8. provides a customized, intensive review.
9. Enhances staff recruitment and development.
10. Provides deeming authuority for medicare certification.
11. Recognized by insurers and other third parties.
12. Provides a framework for organizational structure and management and may fulfill
regulatory requirements in select states.
13. Provides practical tools to stregthen or maintain performance excellence and aligning health
care organizations with one of the most respected names in health care.
2016 NPSG fact sheet: The purpose of the NPSG is to improve patienyt safety. The goal focus
on problems in health care safety and how to solve them. The goals lists are:
1. Identify patients correctly: Use at least 2 ways to identify patients eg; name and date of birth
to ensure each patient should get correct medicine and treatment and correct blood type when
they get a transfusion.
2. Use medicines safely. label medicines that are not labelled. eg ; medicines in syringes, cups
and basins, this is done where supplies are set up. taking extra care with medicines used to
thining of blood. record and pass along correct information about patients medicine record.
patient should know about the medicines they are taking and give daily updates on their
administration to their doctors.
3. use alarms safely: make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipements are well
heard and responded on time.
4. prevent infections.use the hand cleaning guidelines from the CENTRE FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION or the WHO. use proven guidelines to prevent infections that
are difficult to treat, infections from central line to blood, infections from surgery and infections
caused by catheter in UTIs.
5. Identify patients safety risks: find out which patient is more likely to commit suicide.
6. prevent mistakes in surgery: make sure that correct surgery is done and at the correct place,
mark the correct place before doing surgery and give a pause and think before doing it.
7. Improve staff communications: get important test results to right staff on time.
Solution
THE JOINT COMMISION: TJC is a United States based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)
organisation that accredits more than 21000 health care organizations and programs in the US.
Its accreditation is considered as a condition of licensure of medicaid and medicare
reimbursements.its based in Chicago. The purpose of this portal is to share information and

3. useful resources with the field regarding preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings.
MISSION OF TJC: To continously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with
other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in
providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.
VISION OF TJC: TJC aims at extending services and standards that all people alwsays should
experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings.
NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GROUP: In 2002, The JOINT COMMISSION established its
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program, the first set of NPSGs program, the first set of
NPSGs was effective January 1, 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited
organizations address specific areas of concern in regard to patient safety. A panel was created
called the Patient Safety Advisory Group, is composed of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk
managers, clinical engineers and other professionals who have hands on experience in adressing
patient safety issues in a wide variety of health care settings.
It was set up because of:
1, to identify emerging patient safety issues
2. sentinel event alerts
3. standards and survey processes
4, performance measures
5. education materials
6. centre for transforming health care projects.
TJC ACCREDITATION:
TYPES OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACCREDITED BY TJC ARE: hospitals, doctor's
offices, nursing homes, office-based surgery centres, behavioural health treatment facilities, and
provuders of home care services.
BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION:
1. Helps organize and strengthen patient safetyu efforts.
2. Strenghtens community confidence in the quality and safety of care, treatment and services.
3. Provides a competitive edge in the marketplace.
4. Improves risk management and risk reduction.
5. may reduce liabilty insurance cost.
6. provides education to improve business operations.
7. Provides professional advice and counsel, enhancing staff education.
8. provides a customized, intensive review.
9. Enhances staff recruitment and development.
10. Provides deeming authuority for medicare certification.
11. Recognized by insurers and other third parties.

4. 12. Provides a framework for organizational structure and management and may fulfill
regulatory requirements in select states.
13. Provides practical tools to stregthen or maintain performance excellence and aligning health
care organizations with one of the most respected names in health care.
2016 NPSG fact sheet: The purpose of the NPSG is to improve patienyt safety. The goal focus
on problems in health care safety and how to solve them. The goals lists are:
1. Identify patients correctly: Use at least 2 ways to identify patients eg; name and date of birth
to ensure each patient should get correct medicine and treatment and correct blood type when
they get a transfusion.
2. Use medicines safely. label medicines that are not labelled. eg ; medicines in syringes, cups
and basins, this is done where supplies are set up. taking extra care with medicines used to
thining of blood. record and pass along correct information about patients medicine record.
patient should know about the medicines they are taking and give daily updates on their
administration to their doctors.
3. use alarms safely: make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipements are well
heard and responded on time.
4. prevent infections.use the hand cleaning guidelines from the CENTRE FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION or the WHO. use proven guidelines to prevent infections that
are difficult to treat, infections from central line to blood, infections from surgery and infections
caused by catheter in UTIs.
5. Identify patients safety risks: find out which patient is more likely to commit suicide.
6. prevent mistakes in surgery: make sure that correct surgery is done and at the correct place,
mark the correct place before doing surgery and give a pause and think before doing it.
7. Improve staff communications: get important test results to right staff on time.