Information from the Joint Commission Website

• 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (Pre-publication) 
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals 
• 2008 National Patient Safety Goals 
• National Patient Safety Goals Manual Chapter :: This includes Implementation Expectations & Requirements for #3E (Anticoagulation Therapy)  
• Facts about the 2008 National Patient Safety Goals  
• Look-alike-sound-alike drug list 2006-2007
• FAQs for 2007 National Patient Safety Goal #3 - Medication Safety (updated 1/07)
• FAQs for 2007 National Patient Safety Goal #8 - Reconcile Medications (updated 1/07)
• 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals
• Facts about the 2007 National Patient Safety Goals
• The Official “Do Not Use” list
• Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety
• Joint Commission Standards Online Question Submission Form
• Inpatient Hospital Pharmacy related Q&A as posted on JCAHO website

Additional Resources

• Resource for complying with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal #3E :: Iowa Healthcare Collaborative Anticoagulation Resource Center
• Pharmacists Section of the Joint Commission Website
• The Compliance Guide to the JCAHO's Medication Management Standards, 2nd Edition by:Michael R. Hoying, RPh, MS
• Four JCAHO Medication Management Standards to Change July 1 :: July 1, 2006 from AJHP News