Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This tool assists staff in identifying patients who are at risk for elopement and provide interventions to mitigate this risk.

Guide for screening and interventing for alcohol and drug use.

Toolkit from the VA to assist staff to prevent patients from eloping or wandering from facility grounds due to mental conditions.

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting, local programs that provide voluntary, ongoing home visits from trained professionals.

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting, local programs that provide voluntary, ongoing home visits from trained professionals

Advancing Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW), a program supporting advanced nursing education programs for registered nurses preparing to become primary care nurse practitioners, primary care clinical nurse specialists, and nurse midwives.

These resources intend to reduce SSI by providing evidence-based interventions and guidance to prevent and control infections. This information shares processes and strategies to improve communication, answer questions and educate staff and patients. The goal is to decrease risks and increase care quality by addressing essential components and primary surgery factors.

Assessment of pressure ulcers requires skill, knowledge and competency. Resources are provided to aid in properly assessing these types of wounds for accurate documentation.

Here is a list of surgical site infection prevention tools to improve processes. A training module, along with checklists, promotes a safe surgical area and reduces the risk of spread of infection within this department.

Documentation of pressure ulcers can be a challenging task. Resources here provide information on how to properly document pressure sores and the healing process, including use of photography.

The CDC and APIC have implemented Healthcare and Infection Prevention Best Practices. These guidelines consist of tools and resources to address high risk infections frequently encountered in hospitals and help healthcare personnel control infection within the facility.

Prevention of wounds is the best strategy for patient care. These resources offer information on best practices in preventing skin breakdown in patients.