Toolkits

Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Browse our extensive toolkit library for helpful tips, tools and resources designed to make your job easier!

Our toolkits are your one-stop-shop for information pertinent to improving processes, identifying best practices, reducing risks, obtaining education information, and much more.

Have an idea or a specific need for a toolkit you don’t see listed here? Please contact Vice President of Patient Safety & Risk Stacie Jenkins at staciejenkins@lhatrustfunds.com to share your suggestion.

  • Violence Prevention Toolkit View Full Toolkit

    Violence in healthcare has escalated over the years and constitutes approximately 74% of workplace violence events reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is imperative that organizational leaders develop plans to prevent violence and train staff to identify and de-escalate violent behaviors as well as respond appropriately when an event occurs. This toolkit contains many resources to help facilitate the development of comprehensive violence prevention programs within your organization.
  • Maternal Health Toolkit View Full Toolkit

    Maternal health encompasses the health of the pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in women’s healthcare. Healthcare provider’s goals in maternal care are to reduce morbidity and mortality by providing safe, quality services to the mother and her baby. This objective can be accomplished by identifying risks, educating patients and following recommended guidelines of evidence-based practice. This toolkit supplies resources to benefit in the improvement of maternal health.
  • Nursing Communication Tools

    Communication breakdowns can be a root cause in many adverse events in healthcare. Therefore, developing processes to improve communication among staff is an important aspect of any patient safety program. Tools are provided in this section to help improve communication at critical transfers of patient care.
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  • Pain Management Safety

    This section of the toolkit consists of many tools related to pain management safety covering standards, patient agreement forms, screenings, practices, safety interventions and oversedation risks related to post administration of opioid therapy.
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  • Opioid Management Resources

    The overdose of opioids can be fatal. The following attachments are provided to assess and treat patients at risk and prevent and reduce overdoses.
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  • Opioid Overdose Response and Prevention Tools

    Due to the rise of opioid overdoses, it is vital to implement a plan to manage these circumstances. Strategies to prepare staff response, prevent overdose and attend to an overdose patient can be viewed below.
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  • Opioid Prescribing Best Practices

    Recommendations, tools, sample policies and protocols can be found in Opioid Prescribing Best Practices. This data distributes information on chronic pain, pain experienced by specific age populations and particular requirements involved with these medication's dispensing.
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  • Educational Resources

    Education is crucial to the prevention of an overdose. The following presentation shares concerns related to the risks, patient monitoring and development of policies. This material prepares staff to maintain safety with the administration of opioids.
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