By Dean Samet, CHSP
The Joint Commission has a number of time notations designated in the Environment of Care standards’ elements of performance for its expectations when certain inspections, tests, tasks, functions, events, or drills are to occur. TJC recognizes that it will not always be possible to meet the exact time frames cited in their EPs. Therefore, as delineated in the November 2010 Environment of Care News article Time Defined, TJC has provided the following definitions which include some leeway and allowable deviation.