According to an article on the Health Facilities Maintenance website, sweeping changes to the Joint Commission standards and survey process will include (but will not be limited to) the following:
• Prior to the survey, hospitals will need to complete a required documentation checklist and sign an attestation to its accuracy. An EC/LS pre-survey checklist also will be required
• The 2017 standards will reflect deletion of the tags for A and C standards, direct and indirect impact, measures of success and risk
• In the Environment of Care chapter there are 13 new EPs; 31 modifications of existing elements; and one additional deletion
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