Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

A companion document to the Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. The implementation guide is an overview of the aims, recommendations, and suggested tactics for implementing the recommendations for each of the foundational areas of the National Action Plan; and carefully curated organizational case examples, selected resources, and additional reading to support implementation efforts.

This toolkit highlights four general strategic areas for interventions that are the most impactful in targeting MRSA and SSI prevention.

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Modified for Adolescents (PHQ-9-M) is a self-report tool used to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms in teenagers.

A guide on compromised credential material. It includes elements that help recognize risks and strategies to mitigate these risks.

This document assists in identifying a viable threat and using the proper channels to report an emergency incident to appropriate authorities.

This attachment teaches how to manage these behaviors with appropriate responses through communication, gestures and the demeanor utilized to control the event.

The following information is provided to improve safety and decrease maternal and neonatal events. This information includes a guide for oxytocin administration, breastfeeding recommendations related to opioid misuse, and bundles for better maternal outcomes.

In using telemedicine, it is essential to monitor the outcomes and effectiveness of programs and processes implemented. The following information includes a series of resources to measure these processes.

Attached are resources that pertain to the care of a newborn. The Apgar score is a tool that assesses the health status of an infant at birth and helps guide the future care of newborns. AWONN suggests recommendations on the power of touch between a newborn and mother after birth and appropriate staff training to proceed with this process.

Telehealth has its own unique risks and liability. Resources provided in this section will discuss the types of issues organizations should consider in order to proactively mitigate risks.

Maternal-Child Safety includes toolkits to enhance and improve patient care. These toolkits identify risks and discuss how they can impact both mother and baby. Education, training, intervention and much more are provided to overcome these struggles.

This section includes pertinent information on rules and regulations that apply to telehealth, including information specific to Louisiana healthcare providers.