Heightened Attention to Hand Hygiene: Joint Commission's Stricter Standard Enforcement

- Stricter Joint Commission Standards go into effect on January 1, 2018.
- Each employee delivering direct patient care must be 100% compliant with hand hygiene.
- Available resources from Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and The Joint Commission.
- Targeted Solution Tool available to assist organizations.
- Individual employee hand hygiene failure will result in JC citation.