title: Helping to solve healthcare's most critical safety and quality problems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181, USA. ablouin@jointcommission.org
authors.forename: Ann Scott
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Blouin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States