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IC.01.02.01, needed resources for your IC program

Briefings on Infection Control, December 1, 2008

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  • Describe what standard IC.01.02.01 requires of hospitals
  • Explain how surveyors will assess your hospital’s -compliance with the standard

Under Joint Commission standard IC.9.10, soon to become IC.01.02.01 in January after the implementation of the standard revisions for 2009, hospital leaders must allocate needed resources for their infection prevention and control program.

There’s been recent debate about the types of resources an effective IC program requires. For example, what constitutes adequate staffing levels?

But when Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) surveyors examine your facility, they’ll look for a more telling indicator—the overall health of your IC program. Ultimately, surveyors want to know whether your department has a process in place to achieve its desired outcome, says Raed M. Khoury, MA, MPH, MT(ASCP), CIC, ARM, CHSP, CPHQ, CSHA, director of accreditation, regulation, and licensing at Kaiser Permanente in Fresno, CA.

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