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Several perennial worries of risk managers are under consideration by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as new National Patient Safety Goals for 2005, and experts in two of the hottest topics — harm from patient falls and the risk of surgical fires — say you should assess your efforts in these areas now.

Prevention of falls and fires may make their way to the top of new safety goals