{"id":53597,"date":"2021-07-01T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=75884"},"modified":"2021-07-01T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:07:19","slug":"joint-commission-international-publishes-fourth-edition-of-international-accreditation-standards-for-laboratories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/joint-commission-international-publishes-fourth-edition-of-international-accreditation-standards-for-laboratories\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Commission International publishes fourth edition of International Accreditation Standards for Laboratories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Standards and policies in latest edition become effective 1 January 2022<\/i><\/p>\n

OAK BROOK, Ill., July 1, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ — Joint Commission International (JCI) today published Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Laboratories, Fourth Edition<\/a><\/i>. The manual provides requirements for laboratories outside of the United States to address continuous patient safety and quality improvement. The standards and policies in the latest will become effective on 1 January 2022.<\/p>\n

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JCI standards are the basis for the accreditation of laboratories around the world. The standards define performance expectations, structures and functions that must be in place to achieve JCI accreditation. They address accreditation participation, patient-centered care, laboratory organization management and laboratory quality control.<\/p>\n

“JCI laboratory standards are robust and centered on patient safety and quality care,” says Joel Roos, MD, MBA, MHCDS, CPE, vice president, International Accreditation, Quality Improvement and Safety, Joint Commission International. “Health care organizations will also find that our laboratory standards are consistent with ISO 15189 policies, along with additional standards that emphasize patient-centric care.”<\/p>\n

The fourth edition introduces new chapters on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QPS) and the Prevention and Control of Infections (PCI) within the manual’s section on laboratory organization management. It also expands the Quality Control Process (QCP) chapter to align with the most recent advances in laboratory medicine, including requirements for different laboratory specialties such as:<\/p>\n