Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Flyer from The Joint Commission that provides pointers and education for caregivers to prevent the spread of infection through hand hygiene.

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.

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.

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.

Awareness and evaluation of the types of sharps within your organization and where these sharps are used can be helpful in implementing injury prevention plans.

A worksheet, developed by the CDC, that can help an employer calculate the average cost of a sharp related injury. This type of worksheet can help build a campaign to obtain leadership commitment of the problem or it can be used as a PI tool.