Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

LEPA is a non-profit state organization focusing on emergency preparedness and response and improving public safety in emergencies.

The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy manages the licensure and professional practice of pharmacists in Louisiana.

LASN represents nursing students in Louisiana through philanthropy, academic excellence and patient focused care.

LANP organization supports nurse practitioners and is focused on advancing, supporting and promoting excellence in healthcare.

LANREMT- enhances the EMS profession through education and awareness in the state of Louisiana.

LAHQ provides quality resources for healthcare organizations through networking, education and advocacy in the state of 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.

Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support clinical alarm management. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations in the area of clinical alarm management.

Conducting a risk assessment is a proactive way to identify opportunites in your cyber security program. This resource provides a step-by-step guide.