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With new surge capacity standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, EDs are finding that their preparation for any type of patient surge translates into preparation for the infectious patients specifically targeted in the new standard (IC.6.10), which says, “As part of emergency management activities, the organization prepares to respond to an influx, or the risk of an influx, of infectious patients.”

ED Accreditation Update: Hospitals’ preparation for surge of patients helps with new Joint Commission standards

With new surge capacity standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, EDs are finding that their preparation for any type of patient surge translates into preparation for the infectious patients specifically targeted in the new standard (IC.6.10), which says, As part of emergency management activities, the organization prepares to respond to an influx, or the risk of an influx, of infectious patients.