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Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge
| September / October 2008 Issue | healthcarejournalbr.com
Ochsner Health Center
Baton Rouge Mid-City
3401 North Blvd., Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
OLOL Neighborhood
Clinic-Scotlandville
9422 Scotlandville Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70807
Our Lady of the
Lake Regional Medical Center
5000 Hennessy Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Outpatient Pediatric
Rehab and Assessment Center
8415 Goodwood Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Pediatric Medical
Center-PCN 9
9191 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Renal Care Group Dialysis Center
1333 O'Neal Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
South Baton Rouge
Outreach Clinic at EKLMC
950 Washington
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Southeast Pediatrics-PCN 12
8415 Goodwood Blvd.,
Suite 104
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Surgical Specialty Centre
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
TAU Mental and
Behavioral Health
8080 Margaret Ann Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Trauma
Specialists Clinic
5000 Hennessy Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
VitalSource
Specialty Hospital
8225 Summa Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Woman's Center for Wellness
9637 Jefferson Hwy.
Baton Rouge, LA 70895
Woman's Hospital
9050 Airline Hwy.
Baton Rouge, LA 70815
Zachary Family
Practice Clinic
2335 Church St.
Zachary, LA 70791
Home Health Deemed Status
Health Care Options
6639 Sullivan Rd., Suite A
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Health Care
Options Clinical Services
6639 Sullivan Rd.
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Health Care Options
Hospice, Inc.
6639 Sullivan Rd., Suite B
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Home Health
Apria Healthcare Inc.
12123 Industriplex Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Baton Rouge KCI USA, Inc.
6756-B Langley
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Baton Rouge Home Care
8490 Picardy Ave., Bldg 500-1B
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Health Care Options
6639 Sullivan Rd., Suite A
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Health Care
Options Clinical Services
6639 Sullivan Rd.
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Health Care
Options Hospice, Inc.
6639 Sullivan Rd., Suite B
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Health Management
Services, Inc.
5215 Essen Ln., Suite 10
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Home Care Supply, LLC
12232 Industriplex Blvd., Suite 19
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Home Health Care 2000
11603 Newcastle, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Infusion Network of Louisiana, Inc.
5225 O'Donovan Dr., Suite 101
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Lane Memorial
Hospital Home Health
6300 Main St., Office Bldg. G
Zachary, LA 70791
Lane Regional Medical Center
6300 Main St.
Zachary, LA 70791
National Pharmacy
Acquisition, LLC
5344 Brittany Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Regional Medical Rental & Sales
11712 Florida Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70815
St. Joseph Hospice
8923 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Taylor Home Health Supply
4716 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Woman's Home Care
7662 Goodwood Blvd., Suite B201
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Joint Commission Releases 2009 Goals
The Joint Commission recently announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and the
related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care
Certification Program. These goals apply to the more than 15,000 Joint Commission-
accredited and -certified healthcare organizations and programs. Compliance with the
requirements is a condition of continuing accreditation or certification for Joint Commission-
accredited and -certified organizations.
Major changes for 2009 include three new hospital and critical access hospital requirements
related to preventing deadly healthcare-associated infections due to multiple drug-resistant
organisms (MDROs), central line-associated bloodstream infections, and surgical site infec-
tions. These additions build on an existing National Patient Safety Goal to reduce the risk
of healthcare-associated infections, and recognize that patients continue to acquire prevent-
able infections at an alarming rate within hospitals. The new requirements related to central
line-associated bloodstream infections will also take effect for ambulatory care facilities and
office-based surgery practices, home care organizations, and long term care organizations.
In addition, prevention of surgical site infections will be a new requirement for ambulatory
care facilities and office-based surgery practices. Full implementation is expected by
January 1, 2010.
A revision of the requirements for the existing medication reconciliation goal is based on
feedback obtained from a Medication Reconciliation Summit convened in late 2007 and is
included in the 2009 update. Other changes to the National Patient Safety Goals include a
requirement to eliminate transfusion errors related to patient misidentification in hospitals,
critical access hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, and office-based surgery practices. New
requirements for several programs focus on engaging patients in their care regarding infec-
tion control, prevention of surgical adverse events, and the patient identification process.
The requirements associated with the existing Universal Protocol were also improved for
2009. These changes, which address the topics of procedure verification, marking the pro-
cedure site, and conducting a “time out” immediately prior to starting procedures, were
based on feedback received at the Wrong Site Surgery Summit in 2007.
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