title: Bathroom blitz it!
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Staff development specialists are always looking for new and better ways to get the JCAHO message to their organization's staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  The staff development department used a novel method, the Bathroom Blitz, to educate captive audiences, one-person-at-a-time, thereby using the common situation in an uncommon way.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve hundred employees had the opportunity to regularly become informed of JCAHO topics without having to leave the unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Bathroom Blitz approach was an effective tool for educating staff in preparation for the many "mock surveys" conducted prior to Joint Commission and the actual onsite JCAHO visit.
authors.affiliation: PEER Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, USA.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Launius
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D014038:Toilet Facilities