Medical professional thoroughly washing hands with soap, with colleagues in the background.

The Joint Commission’s New Hand Hygiene Standards and What You Need to Know to Stay Compliant

As of January 1, 2018, if a Joint Commission surveyor sees just one clinician fail to clean his or her hands while in the process of direct patient care, the hospital will be cited with a deficiency, resulting in a Requirement for Improvement under the Infection Prevention and Control chapter for all accreditation programs. One …

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