In its Joint Commission Online article, dated June 26, 2013,(www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/23/jconline_June_26_13.pdf) The Joint Commission announced a new 2014 National Patient Safety Goal NPSG .06.01.01 on clinical alarm safety for both hospitals and critical access hospitals.

The July 2013 issue of Joint Commission Perspectives discusses the new NPSG in detail. The NPSG requirements include 4 elements of performance (EP s) all with the Risk [R] icons that were recently established by TJC to identify patient risks due to a system’s proximity to patient, probability of harm, severity of harm, and number of patients at risk.

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