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Maintain continuous readiness — surveys are unannounced. Conduct walk-throughs quarterly. Focus on what staff at the bedside know and what documentation shows.
A pre-survey preparation checklist for accreditation coordinators and quality directors assessing hospital readiness for a Joint Commission unannounced survey. Covers the standards chapters most frequently cited — National Patient Safety Goals, Environment of Care, Life Safety Code compliance, medication management, infection prevention, and human resources — mapped to the tracer methodology surveyors use.
Joint Commission surveys are unannounced and use individual and system tracers to follow patient care across departments. This checklist helps facilities identify gaps before surveyors do, focusing on the areas that generate the most Requirements for Improvement and Immediate Threat to Life findings.
This checklist template is provided as a general-purpose resource and is not tailored to the regulatory requirements of any specific country, region, or jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each organisation to review and adapt this template to ensure compliance with all applicable local laws and regulations. Miratag does not accept liability for any inaccuracies or omissions, or for any actions taken based on this template.
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