Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This resource provides updated Life Safety Codes for the environment of care and life safety elements for the Hospital Accreditation Program, the Ambulatory Healthcare Accreditation Program and the Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program.

A publication from American Nurse Today in 2015 presents a successful program from the Patient Safety Center at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, FL. The article reviews problems identified, patient fall risk assessment, fall risk precautions, creating a culture that facilitates fall prevention and a roadmap that outlines an effective fall prevention program.

A quick 2-page guide focusing on how to prevent patient falls in ambulatory surgery. This resource is short, to-the-point and would be excellent as a staff education tool.

A report provided by The Joint Commission that discusses patient fall occurrences and provides insights into the top contributing factors to patient falls. The report offers helpful ideas on how to mitigate risks to the contributing factors.

This resource presents an overview for development of an effective fall prevention program, including a policy development template that addresses the components of a fall prevention policy. In addition, resources are provided on the effects of specific drugs on fall risk and a fall prevention checklist to help promote the safety of patients.

Patient falls are one of the most common adverse events. This fall prevention self-assessment tool allows you to evaluate your organization’s current practices against best practices to prevent falls. The tool is designed to help you assess the overall program from unit level interventions to overall data collection.

Healthcare organizations should take the possiblity of an active shooter event occuring in their facility very seriously. These resources provide key tactics on managing violent and disruptive behavior as a risk reduction process.

Active shooter training is vital for all staff in a healthcare organization as they are the eyes and ears of the facility. These resources help ensure staff are trained and prepared to address violent/aggressive behavior/situations.