Publications & Resources

The Joint Commission (JC) has updated its 2011 memo regarding texting orders. It now allows for the immediate use of texting for medical orders providing certain criteria are met.

Ineffective communication and transfer of patient information has been associated with medical errors, patient harm and patient dissatisfaction.

Unsafe injection practices put your patients at risk for infectious and non-infectious diseases, and have been associated with adverse events in a wide variety of health care environments.