AFT2: Accreditation Audit Task 4
Western Governors University
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Compliance Status
An internal compliance audit was performed in preparation for the Joint Commission
survey. This audit found that of 18 Joint Commission standards, Nightingale Hospital needed to
make changes to comply with ten standards. This overwhelming non-compliance must be
addressed immediately for patient and employee safety. The standards and the hospital’s
compliance are listed below:
Accreditation Participation Requirements (APR): compliant
Environment of Care (EC): not compliant
Emergency Management (EM): compliant
Human Resources (HR): compliant
Infection Prevention and Control (IC): compliant
Information Management (IM): not compliant
Leadership (LD): not compliant
Life Safety (LS): not compliant
Medication Management (MM): not compliant
Medical Staff (MS): not compliant
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG): not compliant
Nursing (NR): not compliant
Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC): not compliant
Performance Improvement (PI): compliant
Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC): not compliant
Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI): compliant
Transplant Safety (TS): compliant