Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Fourth Edition (Book)

The Joint Commission's 2009 overhaul of the environment of care (EC) standards requires safety officers and facility directors to reexamine their plans to ensure their facilities support a safe, functional, and supportive environment.

The tool they use to ensure they comply is the Environment of Care Compliance Manual: A Guide to The Joint Commission Standards, Fourth Edition. It's their roadmap to the updated 2009 EC standards, and it's the resource you need for EC compliance success.

You need to contend with renumbered standards, expanded elements of performance, and new life safety and emergency management chapters. It's crucial for you to understand the elements of the revised EC and know what you need to do to comply. This valuable book and CD-ROM package not only updates the standards-it delivers tips and advice to stay compliant with new and expanded Joint Commission requirements.

Author Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHPS-who has more than 23 years experience as an in-the-trenches hospital safety professional-pulls apart the revised EC standards and breaks down what is really new and what has simply been recast. You'll get his expert advice on such topics as:

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:

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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