"Your attention, please. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A."

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Specializes in ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac.

Yes, Code J.

=JCAHO surveyors are in the building.

I ask myself, WHY make an announcement overhead? The rules of 3's: 3 minutes without oxygen, three days without food, three weeks without water. If they call Code J, they cant call Code Blue at the same time.

I mean, what does it do anyway? Either you're gonna pass inspection or fail it, but I don't think you could fix everything if JCAHO is headed to your unit in 2 minutes.

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Yes, Code J.

=JCAHO surveyors are in the building.

I ask myself, WHY make an announcement overhead? The rules of 3's: 3 minutes without oxygen, three days without food, three weeks without water. If they call Code J, they cant call Code Blue at the same time.

I mean, what does it do anyway? Either you're gonna pass inspection or fail it, but I don't think you could fix everything if JCAHO is headed to your unit in 2 minutes.

You'r right. If they're not ready by that time, they never will be. Besides do they thing JCAHO, doesn't know what's going on. I don't think they would think much of it. Seems the survey would be more difficult . I've found the more up front , honest the workers are the better off you are. If your sneeky and trying to "hide" things then ,, they are good at investigating further than they would normaly.

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Yeah; if I were a surveyor and heard that ridiculous "code", I'd want to dig deeper to find out just why such a thing was necessary.

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BTW, JCAHO is famous for asking staff to show them locations of policies and the like; I think it would be hilarious if they asked to be shown the emergency code policy and the definition of what constitutes a 'Code J'.

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BTW, JCAHO is famous for asking staff to show them locations of policies and the like; I think it would be hilarious if they asked to be shown the emergency code policy and the definition of what constitutes a 'Code J'.

lol i was thinking the same thing!!

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Specializes in ICU, Tele, Dialysis.

I've never heard of such a thing! Code J, really? That's pretty crazy. We still use the old fashioned word of mouth, which I find pretty entertaining, you get to see all the managers and suits out running around, eyes bulging, sweat pouring.....

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Specializes in Travel Nursing, ICU, tele, etc.

I would like to respond to the OP with disbelief, but after witnessing the insanity that comes with JCAHO surveys where I work, it doesn't surprise me. Oh my God! It is amazing. Where I work, we have this JCAHO Scavenger Hunt to do, finding obscure policies etc...what is really absurd is that the website where all that information is kept is completely user unfriendly, so to find something takes forever...part of me hopes that we get written-up on how hard it is to find policies, so that they improve a crappy website....but, I'm off the subject....

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.

One place I worked at page Dr. Pittauque overhead as the "JCAHO is in the building" code. We didn't have a Dr. Pittauque at that hospital. I always thought to myself, if your not ready by the time they show up you are just not going to be ready....

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One place I worked at page Dr. Pittauque overhead as the "JCAHO is in the building" code. We didn't have a Dr. Pittauque at that hospital. I always thought to myself, if your not ready by the time they show up you are just not going to be ready....

They could at least page a fun name, like Doctor Whoopee or something

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I have heard about all kinds of pages to alert staff that The Joint Commission is in the building, but never Code J!

What we do is announce the following overhead - "Attention, please join in welcoming The Joint Commission Surveyors to our hospital."

The surveyors have come to expect some type of announcement and seemed please with the one we chose. It is straightforward and to the point. All the cutsey codes do make it seem like you are trying to sneek something by.

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.
They could at least page a fun name, like Doctor Whoopee or something

"Dr. Whoopee please come to the kitchen STAT. Dr. Whoopee to the kitchen STAT."

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Or something more fitting administration's mood, like Dr. O'Crappe.

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