Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center has been denied full accreditation by the Joint Commission after the hospital failed to meet nearly 30 standards during a surprise review in May, according to an article on Seattle Times website.
Some of the 29 areas out of compliance include:
• The hospital conducts fire drills.
• The hospital establishes and maintains a safe, functional environment.
• The hospital has an infection prevention and control plan.
• The hospital reduces the risk of infections associated with medical equipment, devices and supplies.
The notice comes more than a year after revelations that 39 people were sickened, including 18 who died, during an outbreak of multidrug-resistant infections tied to contaminated medical scopes.
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