Accreditation Audit..... Help!

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Its that time again.... Our ambulatory center is being audited for another accreditation. Any tips on what the auditors look for?

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

anything related to infection control - the simple things like washing hands, crash cart with expired items, labeled containers. They are also interested in continuity of care.

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Specializes in Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele.

Patient identifiers and hand hygiene. Also I agree with PP... check your expiration dates!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

You should have a copy of the accreditation standards - along with explanations of what is required for each one. Otherwise, you'd need ESP to be adequately prepared.

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Should this audit be pretty straight forward or should I really be worried?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

What is your position at the facility.....if you are staff your management will prepare you.

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Im a newly hired Lead so Im still learning what I should be doing

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