Thought you might find this interesting. This was sent to me earlier today. Looks like TJC will soon announce they are rescinding the annual fluoroscopy education requirements. Stay tuned!
Michael Bohl
Dose Registry Support Services
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:48 PM
To: Michael Bohl
Subject: TJC fluoro training
From a recent release:
(To
be published in the August 2019 Perspectives)
Effective immediately, The Joint Commission is deleting Standard HR.01.05.03,
element of performance (EP) 15 from the Ambulatory Care, Critical Access
Hospital, Hospital, and Office-Based Surgery programs.
For reference, the text of the deleted EP is as follows:
Standard HR.01.05.03, EP 15: The verifies and documents that individuals
(including physicians, non-physicians, and ancillary personnel) who use
fluoroscopic equipment participate in ongoing education that includes annual
training on the following:
– Radiation dose optimization techniques and tools for pediatric and
adult patients addressed in the Image Gently® and Image Wisely®
campaigns
– Safe procedures for operation of the types of fluoroscopy equipment
they will use
Note 1: Information on the Image Gently and Image Wisely initiatives can
be found online at http://www.imagegently.organd http://www.imagewisely.org.
Note 2: This element of performance does not apply to fluoroscopy
equipment used for therapeutic radiation treatment planning or delivery.
Since the launch of HR.01.05.03, EP 15 on January 1, 2019, The Joint Commission
has determined through stakeholder and customer feedback that this requirement
is redundant to other accreditation requirements and would be burdensome to
conform with annually. Therefore, an annual training requirement will not be
required, and an assessment of staff and physician competency to provide
fluoroscopy services will continue to be assessed during the on-site survey
using accreditation standards that currently exist in the “Human
Resources” and “Medical Staff” chapters.
This deletion will be posted on The Joint Commission website at https://www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/prepublication_standards.aspx. It will no longer be
part of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manuals for the above programs as of
the January 2020 E-dition® update and January 2020 hard copy publications.
