The Joint Commission
Patient Safety Topics
Safety is what patients, families, staff and the public expect from Joint Commission-accredited organizations.
Patient Safety Portals
Numerous resources arranged by topic are available for patients and practitioners. Resources developed by The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Resources® (JCR®), in addition to external resources, are provided to assist health care organizations in improving the safety and quality of care provided.
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Patient Safety Topics
- Emergency Management
- Workforce Safety and Well-Being
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Infection Prevention and Control
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Toolkit and Monograph
- Ambulatory Health Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Behavioral Health Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
- Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Critical Access Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Dental
- Disinfection and Sterilization
- General Infection Prevention and Control
- Guidelines
- Hand Hygiene
- High Reliability and Infection Prevention
- Home Care Infection Prevention and Control
- Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Infection Prevention and Control Hierarchy
- Infection Prevention and Control Safety Alerts
- Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Response
- Influenza and Other Related Diseases
- Laboratory Infection Prevention and Control
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
- Nursing Care Center Infection Prevention and Control
- Respiratory Protection
- Sepsis
- Surgical Site Infections
- Vaccination
- Report a Patient Safety Concern or Complaint
- Suicide Prevention
- Zero Harm