A community hospital's response to the Joint Commission's "Agenda for Change".
With the development of the Joint Commission's "Agenda for Change," traditional surveillance techniques must be modified. Our response as a community, not-for-profit hospital has been to discontinue total housewide surveillance and move toward focused reviews of five hospital-specific indicators. The development process, the indicators, and the schedule of activities are outlined, along with a few of the limitations.
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Infection Control Department, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, CA 90301.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors