Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Information on numerous programs available to fund Maternal Child Programs to improve care and access.

Toolkit by AHRQ. It helps to improve patient safety, team communication, and quality of care for mothers and thier newborns.

Flyer from The Joint Commission that provides pointers and education for caregivers to prevent the spread of infection through hand hygiene.

This checklist from the NFPA helps guide for inspection for swinging fire door assembly.

CDC Resources to supplement efforts to prevent oversdose or substance abuse harm.

National Helpline for treatment referral available 24 hours daily,

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.

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.

The overdose of opioids can be fatal. The following attachments are provided to assess and treat patients at risk and prevent and reduce overdoses.

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.

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.

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.