By Dean Samet, CHSP
TJC is giving their Life Safety Code® Specialist Surveyors additional days on site as reported in the October 20, 2010 Joint Commission Online and November 2010 The Joint Commission Perspectives®. Effective January 1, 2011, both hospitals and critical access hospitals will have an LSC Specialist on-site from one to three extra days, depending on the size of the hospital. The LSC Specialist surveyors will be assessing compliance against both Life Safety (LS) and Environment of Care (EC) chapters. Fire safety equipment and fire safety building features standard EC.02.03.05 and emergency power systems standard EC.02.05.07 will be particular areas for review and discussion as they have historically ranked as some of the more challenging standards with which to comply. The extra days should result in a more thorough and enhanced LS and EC assessment and opportunity for additional educational training.
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