Looking to the standards to address flash sterilization

Editor's note: This feature explores problematic Joint Commission standards with expert advice from BOJ advisors. This month, Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CNAA, BC, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, CA, discusses challenges surrounding medication management and black box labels. When looking at a facility's use of flash sterilization, any number of standards could apply. The appropriate standard to consult is entirely situational. Infection control would be at the forefront-IC.2.10, IC.3.10, IC.4.10, and IC.5.10 would all have some bearing on the process-but Leadership standards are also important in this situation.