Joint Commission Seeks Your Input for a New Monograph

• 4/8/2010
• Author: Jim Parker
• Category: Perspectives on Patient Safety Blog
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This blog (and the newsletter itself) has covered the importance of influenza vaccines for health care workers.  However, we have to remember that influenza is not the only communicable disease from which health care providers and their patients need protection.

The Joint Commission is currently looking for health care organizations of all types that are willing to share their experiences implementing tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination programs for patients and employees. This information will help The Joint Commission and its partners develop a new monograph that will describe strategies that have improved vaccination rates for people between the ages of 11 and 64. To create this monograph, The Joint Commission is partnering with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). The monograph is expected to become available for free download from The Joint Commission Web site later this year.

If your organization has a Tdap vaccination program, please click here to submit a description of your program by April 26, 2010.