Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Chapter 10 of the AHRQ book, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, that focuses on Fall and Injury Prevention. This chapter presents a background and statistical analysis of patient falls and also gives evidence-based fall prevention recommendations.

A Fall Prevention toolkit created by the National Center for Patient Safety that is designed to help organizations develop comprehensive fall prevention programs. This toolkit contains sample policies, performance improvement tools, educational videos and other resources that they have developed and used in the VA system.

A resource to support organizations through the entire process of implementing a program to reduce patient falls. This toolkit addresses organizational readiness for change, development and measurement of fall prevention programs.

This resource, developed by the American Nurses Association, provides information on how to measure success with a fall prevention program while tying into the journey to being a highly reliable organization. This is an excellent resource to show incorporation of patient safety into organizational commitment to zero harm.

This resource provides information for practitioners as well as the public on how occupational therapy can help prevent falls. Clincal staff education and patient educational materials are provided.

A framework for a performance improvement methodology to help reduce patient falls. This Targeted Solutions Tool uses Lean Six Sigma concepts to facilitate change and an organization's journey to zero patient harm.

Reducing the risk of encountering an active shooter situation is important to any business, especially healthcare. These resources provide tools on how to plan what to do in the event of an active shooter/violent situation.

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.

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.