Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Fourth Edition

A Guide to The Joint Commission Standards
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHPS

Product Description:

The Environment of Care Compliance Manual: A Guide to The Joint Commission Standards, Fourth Edition is a safety officer’s roadmap to the EC standards, providing tools and tips to ensure your compliance success.

Author Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHPS, who has more than 23 years experience as an in-the-trenches hospital safety professional, pulls apart the EC standards and delivers expert advice on such topics as:

  • EC strategies
  • Safety and security
  • Hazardous materials and waste
  • Fire prevention
  • Medical equipment
  • Utilities management
  • Appropriate environment
  • Crafting your management plans

    • Bonus CD-ROM included with your binder

    The accompanying CD-ROM contains electronic versions of all the forms and tools, making it easy to download and customize them to meet your facility's unique needs.

    A customizable tool that you'll refer to daily

    This manual is packaged in a portable 10 x 11 binder, making it easy to snap it open and add your own documents and policies.

    This manual also offers:

  • Need-driven policies and procedures to comply with standards affecting all areas of the EC
  • Tools to align your program with the revised EC standards
  • Strategies to avoid Joint Commission survey hot spots
  • An up-to-date, blow-by-blow look at the standards and EPs
  • Evaluation procedures to validate your processes
  • Tips specifically designed to help safety professionals achieve and maintain compliance
  • Helpful advice to build a successful program from the ground up

    • About the author:

    Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, is a safety coordinator for a healthcare system in Indianapolis where he has specific responsibilities for emergency preparedness and hazardous materials management. He has more than 23 years of healthcare and public safety experience. Huser has published more than a dozen articles in the Journal of Healthcare Security on topics including disaster drill planning, emergency decontamination, the incident command system, and the hazard communication program. He has authored four editions of the HCPro, Inc.'s Environment of Care Manual and has presented at numerous national safety conferences.

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    Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
     
    Product Types : Departments :
    This valuable resource not only updates the standards, it also offers tips and advice to stay compliant with new and expanded Joint Commission requirements. Author Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHPS, pulls apart the revised EC standards and breaks down what is really new and what has simply been recast.
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    ORDER CODE: EOC4
    SOURCE CODE: EXCROSS
    ISBN: 978-1-60146-293-0
    PUBLISHED: 09/11/2008

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