Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Healthcare facilities can use this assessment for practitioners who prescribe, dispense, and/or administer opioid products. The assessment tool addresses selection, dosing and patient monitoring when using opioid products. This tool was developed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Aggregating and analyzing the results of practitioner assessments can help healthcare facilities identify opportunities for improvement and aid in the development of targeted, high-leverage strategies to improve the safe use of opioids.

This is a PowerPoint presentation on the practical use of the Pasero Opioid-Induced Sedation Scale (POSS) as well as when and how to utilize it within the hospital. Healthcare professionals may use this presentation to educate their staff on how to monitor a patient’s response to opioid administration by monitoring their level of sedation. This presentation will help staff understand how to evaluate a patient’s response to opioid pain therapy and when it is safe to administer additional medication to patients.

A patient risk assessment to help determine the level of risk a patient may have for being over-sedated with the use of opioid pain management.

Compiled by the CDC, this toolkit is meant to provide information to healthcare providers, community members, patents and family who deal with the use of opioid prescriptions. It includes facts for the community, essential steps for first responders, information for prescribers, safety recommendations for patients and their family members and information about recovering from and preventing opioid overdose .

This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. This resource provides key elements to consider when developing an overdose response plan for your facility. These considerations include prior opioid overdose events, heightened risk locations within the building, offsite encounters and staff emergency response training.

This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. This resource provides guidelines for assembling a proper naloxone take home kit and describes the appropriate educational and instructional materials to include for the recipient.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.

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.