title: "Conscious sedation". Questions about the anesthesia continuum.
abstract: In this column, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) addresses the issue of conscious sedation, which standards apply and what JCAHO expects in regard to the development, implementation and evaluation of hospital-developed protocols for the care of sedated/anesthetized patients.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobs
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards*; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care