Joint Commission Publishes Monograph to Improve Patient & Worker Safety Efforts

Preventable medical errors result in 44,000 to 98,000
patient deaths each year, according to an Institute of Medicine report. These
statistics are well known among patient safety professionals. However, SH&E
professionals are familiar with BLS statistics, which show that healthcare
workers experience some of the highest rates of nonfatal occupational illness
and injury.

In an effort to