Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

The Environmental Services department is exposed to many hazards related to lifting. This risk assessment is designed for the EVS Manager to do an evaluation of the department to identify common hazards against best practices related to safe lifting plans and hazard identification, job design, workplace practices, and training.

A comprehensive white paper to address Safe Patient Handling and Mobility from the perspective of technology, physical facility design and construction, and the business case for SPHM programs. This white paper is based on a wealth of research which recognizes the significant risks of manual patient handling to caregivers and to patients.

This PowerPoint presentation was created for organizations to use when training general staff members about antibiotic stewardship. This is only a PowerPoint presentation with no voiceover and is set up for staff to be able to read through and understand. The information is directed at clinicians and provides a basic overview of the antibiotic resistance crisis, what resistance means in the real world and how general staff members can make an impact in reducing the problems associated with antibiotic misuse.

The article discusses surgical fire prevention and measures to mitigate risks.

Highly reliable organizations tend to display certain characteristics in their processes and systems that make them exceptionally successful in meeting goals and avoiding errors. This section provides more information on the key traits that these organizations share and how to set off on your organization's own jouney toward high reliability.

It is important to provide safe medication practices in order to avoid mistakes and serious medication errors. The following resources provide tips for healthcare providers, patients and pharmacists.

Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support the journey to high reliability. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations.

Proactively conducting assessments of medication safety practices is imperative for ensuring patient safety. These resources provide assessment tools for healthcare providers.

Creating an organizational culture of safety is a daunting task that requires patience, persistence and consistency. This section provides a collection of resources to help guide the organization in creating an environment committed to a Just Culture.

Education is crucial to ensure safe medication practices. The following resources provide patient and staff education materials.