Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

LHATF provides insurance solutions for healthcare facilities and physicians throughout the state of Louisiana. The insurance solutions consist of professional liability, general liability and workers' compensation resources and patient, employee and physician resources.

LONL is a nursing executive leadership and nurse managers society providing resources that affect the health status of individuals and communities across the state.

LOPA is a non-profit organ and tissue recovery agency in Louisiana and manages the states donor registry.

LHA is a non-profit association representing hospitals and healthcare systems in the state of Louisiana. Their goal is to foster collaborative efforts through out the healthcare arena.

LHIMA is the association of health information management professionals providing resources to benefit patients and healthcare providers. It is recognized as a leader in health information management processes, education and research.

This organization is a private not-for-profit organization focused on clinical quality improvement, patient centered care, health information technology and end of life resources for healthcare providers and patients in Louisiana.

A collection of resources to support a fall prevention program. These resources are comprehensive and provide detailed information from beginning of the performance improvement initiative through measuring the end results. Innovative and evidence-based practice ideas are offered to help an organization implement processes to improve patient fall rates.

A concise, easy-to-use risk assessment, created by the LHA Trust Funds, to evaluate your current fall prevention program against best practices. This simple tool can help provide a quick snapshot as to whether your program is addressing basic patient fall prevention functions.

Staff members should be aware of things that contribute to patient falls and how to implement fall prevention strategies. Resources in this section are recommended as staff educational materials to help prepare staff to help reduce patient fall rates.

These tools provide an analysis of current emergency preparedness plans. This analysis advises on how to evaluate and test procedures and implement improvements of identified hazards.

Hospital-acquired infections can lead to severe illness or death. The following data gives guidance on assessment of work areas, staff practices and interventions to reduce infection spread.

Emergency Preparedness and Response plans recommended for transplant centers, ambulatory surgical centers, and critical access hospitals are provided. There is also a podcast regarding the handling of PHI during a disaster situation.