Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This checklist from the NFPA helps guide for inspection for swinging fire door assembly.

CDC Resources to supplement efforts to prevent oversdose or substance abuse harm.

National Helpline for treatment referral available 24 hours daily,

Resources from the DOJ support anti-trafficking.

Developed by Homeland Security, this assessment combines THIRA and SRA for communities to assess specific threats and threats and set targets for core capabilities.

Resource bundles by the CDC to promote efforts on Antibiotic Stewardship The resources are broken down into different healthcare settings such as outpatient, long term care, and dental care.

The following is a list of Professional Healthcare Societies providing numerous resources for specialties in healthcare. Each one’s mission is to improve the quality of care given to patients. View each organization to review specific information relative to each service.

Louisiana has a wealth of professional organizations supporting many aspects of the healthcare arena. Listed are the organizations found in the state of Louisiana.

This section of the toolkit includes multiple links for nationwide public access to numerous regulatory and governmental resources on public health, emergencies, prevention and treatment of disease, standards, regulations, safety, security, accreditation bodies, public assistance, and guidelines.

This set of regulatory and governmental resources center around the state of Louisiana. Guidance is available on the following subjects: patient compensation, the state workforce, Louisiana law, and law enforcement.

Raising awareness of how to avoid injuries from needlesticks and sharps is an important step in prevention. Through employee education and visual reminders, your organization can help all employees both understand and prevent needlestick and sharp injures.

Patient education is an important part of ensuring success with the plan of care. Including information on how to handle sharps and needles will help prevent injuries from occurring to patients or others if they are part of the home care plan.