title: JCAHO'S National Patient Safety Goals 2006.
abstract: The Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations released their first set of National Patient Safety Goals in 2002, which became effective in January 2003. This original set of goals is reviewed and a new set published every year. This article provides a review of the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals with an emphasis on perioperative/perianesthesia implications.
authors.affiliation: Regulatory Compliance Services, PHNS Inc., One Lincoln Centre, 5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75240, USA. Kathleen.Catalano@phns.com
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Catalano
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000592:standards; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000592:standards*; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States