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The Joint Commission (TJC) has approved a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on clinical alarm safety (NPSG.06.01.01) for 2014 for hospitals and critical access hospitals.
The new goal will be implemented in two phases: Phase one begins Jan. 1, 2014, when hospitals will be required to establish alarm safety as an organizational priority and identify the most important alarms to manage based on their own internal situations. Phase two begins Jan. 1, 2016, when...