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Approved: 2010 National Patient Safety Goals.
Jt Comm Perspect. October 2009;29:1, 20-31.
 

This newsletter article provides an overview of the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) and explains revisions made to the NPSGs to address concerns about the resources needed to meet the NPSG requirements and to allow organizations to focus on the most urgent issues. The revisions include clarifying or deleting some of the requirements.
 
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Resource Type:  Newspaper/Magazine Article

Setting of Care:  Hospitals

   Psychiatric Facilities

   Residential Facilities

   Ambulatory Care

Target Audience:  Health Care Providers

   Health Care Executives and Administrators

   Non-Health Care Professionals > Safety Scientists

   Non-Health Care Professionals > Policy Makers

Approach to Improving Safety:  Quality Improvement Strategies

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America
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