Joint Commission Releases Stricter Alarm Safety Guidelines

The Joint Commission has released the “R3 Report,” a document detailing the rationale behind the organization’s national patient safety goal requiring hospitals to improve the safety of their clinical alarms.

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The first phase of the goal will go into effect Jan. 1, 2014 and will charge hospital leaders with collecting input on alarm signal management from frontline staff and compiling best practices. The second phase will become effective Jan. 1, 2016 and will require hospitals to have specific policies for alarm safety in place.

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The “R3 Report” contains a history on the need for and development of the guideline, information about feedback on the goal and a list of sources informing the goal.

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