Compliance with IPSG has been monitored in JCI-accredited hospitals since January 2006.[1] The JCI recommends targeted solution tools to help hospital to meet IPSG standards.[2]
The Joint Commission has updated the IPSGs over time:
2006 version
Identify patients correctly
Improve effective communication
Improve the safety of high-alert medications
Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery
Joint Commission International (2017). Joint Commission International accreditation standards for hospitals: including standards for Academic Medical Center Hospitals. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (6thed.). Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources. ISBN978-1-59940-988-7. OCLC986229323.
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