Session Information
2008 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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The Joint Commission and USP Home Care Update
Track:
Educational Sessions
Program Code: 231-L03
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location:
S220ABCD
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LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Describe ten techniques or methods to comply with the more challenging new and existing standards in USP Chapter <797>, effective June 2008.
- Describe the 2009 requirements for NPSG 3E related to anticoagulation management and the revised NPSG 8 related to medication reconciliation as it applies to home care organizations.
- Describe the recent revisions to the USP Chapter <797>, effective June 2008, as it applies to home infusion pharmacies.
- List at least 5 major changes in standards and NPSG for 2009.
- List the ten most problematic standards and National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) in terms of non-compliance by home care organizations surveyed in early 2008, including the most common reason why each was scored non-complaint.