title: Assessment tool assists in complying with many JCAHO standards.
abstract: How a Pennsylvania medical center found a unique and time-saving approach to satisfying compliance with JCAHO's Management of the Environment of Care standards. Several members of the Safety Committee and the Education Resources Department developed a 25-question quiz, the "Safety Challenge Assessment Tool," to see what employees really knew.
authors.affiliation: Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, PA, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000592:standards; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D010414:Pennsylvania; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*