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# On July 29, 2016, the Joint Commission recommended an annual "Patient Safety Purge" during which the Joint Commission would suspend safety measures for 12-hours. The move was inspired by the movie ''The Purge'' with the hope of restoring the moral of health care practitioners and getting "all their dangerous and reckless behaviors out of their system once a year." Some of the safety measures not enforced during the 12-hour window include handwashing, open beverages or eating at the [[Nurses Station|nurses station]], isolation, documentation, blindfolded procedures, codes, duty-hour restrictions for residents, [[Vital Signs|vital signs]], [[Correlatus clinicus|clinical correlation]], use of profanity, or a having a medical license to practice. In fact, the Joint Commission ended its recommendation with the statement ''Blessed be the Joint Commission, a health care system reborn. May God be with you all''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/joint-commission-patient-purge/ The Joint Commission Announces First Annual “Patient Safety Purge”]</ref>
'''Balance of Power'''
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To counter the unchecked power of the '''Joint Commission''' that has led to the aforementioned burgeoning of regulations and policies not backed by science, doctors and nurses joined forces to form the [http://gomerblog.com/2015/01/hospital-regulations/ Gigantic Commission], an independent organization dedicated to accredit, certify, and inhibit the '''Joint Commission.'''<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/01/hospital-regulations/ Doctors and Nurses Form “The Gigantic Commission” to Accredit The Joint Commission]</ref>
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