Joint Commission Releases New and Revised Emergency Management Chapter for Laboratories

Published: 09/20/2024

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Clinical Lab

The Joint Commission (TJC) has published new and revised Emergency Management (EM) requirements for their laboratory accreditation program. The revisions reduce the number of elements of performance by 60% and are effective January 1, 2025.

According to TJC, the intention of the revision is to assist laboratories in taking a comprehensive approach to emergency management and to help laboratories to be better prepare emergencies or disaster incidents like a natural disaster, cybersecurity atta

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