PCGH Awarded Accreditation from the Joint Commission for Laboratory Services
From left to right: Holly Jarreau, Taylor Gros, Nicole Pourciau, Gretta Roberts, Mathilda Guidroz, Shaleigh Hicks, Rachel Temple, and Yvette Garrett-Major
Pointe Coupee General Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Laboratory Services Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
Pointe Coupee General Hospital Laboratory underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site survey from January 5 to January 6, 2016. During the review, a Joint Commission expert surveyor evaluated compliance with laboratory standards related to several areas, including document and process control, healthcare-associated conditions, risk reduction, and staff qualifications and competency. The surveyor also conducted on-site observations and interviews.
“We commend Pointe Coupee General Hospital for its efforts to have laboratory services contribute and support the overall health care delivery system.”
The Joint Commission has accredited hospital laboratory services since 1979 and freestanding laboratories since 1995. More than 1,500 organizations, including laboratories in hospitals, reference labs, blood transfusion and donor centers, public health laboratories, and point-of-care test sites, currently maintain Laboratory Services Accreditation from The Joint Commission, awarded for a two-year cycle.
"Joint Commission accreditation provides laboratories with the processes needed to improve in a variety of areas from specimen collection to result reporting,” said Stacy Olea, MT(ASCP), FACHE executive director, Laboratory Services Accreditation program, The Joint Commission. "We commend Pointe Coupee General Hospital for its efforts to have laboratory services contribute and support the overall health care delivery system.”
"Pointe Coupee General Hospital Laboratory is pleased to receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, the premier health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” added Lab Manager, Yvette Major-Garrett, MT (ASCP), "Pathologists and other laboratory staff continue to work together to develop and implement approaches and strategies that have the potential to improve care for the patients in our community.”
The Joint Commission’s laboratory standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients. The standards are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help organizations measure, assess and improve performance.
The Joint Commission, founded in 1951, seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, non-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
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