Patient- and resident-focused functions addressed in The Joint Commission (formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Organization [JCAHO]) standards for long-term, subacute care, and home care include which of the following?

1. Patient education
2. Treatment
3. Rights and ethics
4. Infection control
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1, 2, and 4 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 2, 3, and 4 only

ANS: B
The patient safety goals target for improvement, common problem areas for health care organiza-tions such as proper patient identification, medication safety, and infection control.