Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Violence in healthcare has escalated over the years and constitutes approximately 74% of workplace violence events reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is imperative that organizational leaders develop plans to prevent violence and train staff to identify and de-escalate violent behaviors as well as respond appropriately when an event occurs. This toolkit contains many resources to help facilitate the development of comprehensive violence prevention programs within your organization.

Maternal health encompasses the health of the pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in women’s healthcare. Healthcare provider’s goals in maternal care are to reduce morbidity and mortality by providing safe, quality services to the mother and her baby. This objective can be accomplished by identifying risks, educating patients and following recommended guidelines of evidence-based practice. This toolkit supplies resources to benefit in the improvement of maternal health.

Partner with this collaboration to provide quality care to all patients who experience ambulatory surgery. This web page is composed of a detailed guide to quality measures, reinforces public reporting of data, and provides resources to support quality care in ambulatory surgery centers.

The ASPF, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, prioritizes no one patient to experience harm under anesthesia. This site focuses on patient safety and provides many resources, including videos initiating safety protocols and providing recommendations to maintain safety during anesthesia.

This is the only organization solely focused on telehealth. Data on this site includes initiatives to adopt telehealth, policies, and numerous resources to assist providers on the appropriate use of this platform.

The American Society for Health Care Risk Management is accessible 24/7 for members. This Association organizes an annual conference, which includes the educational session, networking, and vendors. Visit the site to view the many available resources, access to continued education, and upcoming events.

This society serves nurses practicing in all phases of pre-anesthesia and post-anesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, and pain management. It offers these clinicians information on clinical practice, education, research, events, resources, and forums.

ASHE is one of the largest associations in optimizing health care facilities. They are dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe environment, both clinically and structurally. Visit the site for the many resources available to its members.

It is important to incorporate certain characteristics into your organization which are associated with improved outcomes in other industries where safety is paramount. This section is organized into the five key characteristics of highly reliable organizations and contains tools and other resources to help you strive toward incorporating these characteristics into your organization’s culture.

Highly reliable organizations tend to display certain characteristics in their processes and systems that make them exceptionally successful in meeting goals and avoiding errors. This section provides more information on the key traits that these organizations share and how to set off on your organization's own jouney toward high reliability.

Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support the journey to high reliability. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations.

Creating an organizational culture of safety is a daunting task that requires patience, persistence and consistency. This section provides a collection of resources to help guide the organization in creating an environment committed to a Just Culture.

Healthcare professionals may be one of the first professionals to come in contact with a potential human trafficking victim when they seek medical treatment. Women and girls are the most common victims of human trafficking and it is important for healthcare providers to have the skills and resources available to assess and address potential victims as it may be the last chance a victim has to be identified and get help. These resources provide the healthcare provider with tools to assess and identify victims.

Healthcare providers treat many different types of patients and it is important to be able to screen and identify potential signs of a human trafficking victim. These resources provide tips on diagnosing human trafficking victims.