AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: Environment of Care for 2009 Seminar, Boston, September 5
presented on August 27, 2008
Learn about important EC changes before they take effect
The environment of care standards as you know them will drastically change on January 1, 2009. Expect completely renumbered standards, amended requirements, and traditional safety provisions that will move out of the EC chapter. You’ll need understand how to handle safety and security mandates under one standard and how various changes translate into your annual evaluations of the EC management plans.
Listen to HCPro for this 90-minute audio conference EC Compliance in 2009: Meet The Joint Commission's Revised Standards. Experienced hospital safety professionals Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP and Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) are prepared to give you an overview of the EC standard changes along with helpful compliance tips to help you stay ahead of citations. You’ll get information on the re-structuring of the EC standards, why they are being revised, and what steps you need to take to comply. You’ll also get strategies to evaluate your performance measures under the new changes.
Purchase today and get a complete understanding of what the EC standards will look like in 2009.
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:
- Standards crosswalk between the 2008 and 2009 EC chapters
- Sample utility management risk assessment form
- Sample EC employee competency and education tracking form
- Sample security incident report form
These materials are provided with PDF links.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Explain why the current EC chapter is splitting into three standards chapters
- Recognize the new structure of the EC standards and how it differs from the old structure
- Determine how the revised EC standards will affect your next survey
- Implement tips and best practices for avoiding EC citations in 2009
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- Current EC chapter splitting into three chapters in 2009
- EC
- Life safety
- Emergency management
- Reasons for this change
- Digging into the revised EC chapter
- New standards numbering overview
- The pros and cons of combining safety and security under one EC standard
- Which fire safety standards will remain in the EC chapter, and how they tie into the new life safety chapter
- Revisions to the no-smoking policy requirements
- The return of employee competencies to the EC chapter and what it means for staff education about safety
- Changes to hazardous materials and wastes and infection control elements of performance previously within the EC chapters.
- Annual evaluation of the EC management plans, including how to amend your performance improvement efforts in 2009
- Five best practices to stay ahead of EC citations
- With Joint Commission surveys being unannounced, a suggested approach to cross-educating safety committee members
- Strategy for random sampling of staff knowledge to tie into EC competency requirements
- And more . . .
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, is a safety coordinator for a healthcare system in Indianapolis, IN. He's a health and safety professional with more than 21 3 years of health care and public safety experience. Huser’s specific responsibilities include hazardous materials and emergency preparedness. Huser has published over 13 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 HCPro’s "The Environment of Care Manual" and has presented at Ascension Health Safety Conference in 2000, 2001 and 2002, NFPA World Safety Safety Conference in 2003, and has been a presenter for HCPro as well as the National Earthquake Conference in 2004.
Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) is currently the Wisconsin Hospital Preparedness Program Exercise (HSEEP) Coordinator and part time safety coordinator for Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI. Prior to her position with the state, she was the lead for the environment of care committee at Sacred Heart Hospital and has been involved with hospital safety since 1990. She is involved in a wide range of activities related to emergency preparedness at the hospital, county, regional, and state level. She has over 34 years of hospital experience and is a frequent presenter in the area of safety, bloodborne pathogens, infection control for construction, emergency preparedness, and hospital exercise design.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Safety officer, facilities director, plant operations director, security director, hospital fire marshal, director of engineering, survey coordinator, occupational safety and health officer, emergency management coordinator, vice president of operations, quality and risk managers
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
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