Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

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 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.

The forum for the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners includes assistance for its members through a nurse portal, licensure information, and scope of practice, forms, disciplinary response, education, and resources.

The goal of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing is to promote regulations effectively, maintain patient safety in response to nursing care, define roles of registered nurses, and advance practice registered nurses. This can be achieved through the many avenues available for users: education, licensure, practice discipline, complaints, monitoring, and the Recovery Nurse Program.

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is responsible for the licensing, regulations, and protecting the rights and privileges of physicians and allied health professions. These are addressed for both practitioners and the consumer. Laws, rules, news, minutes, and many resources can be found on the link.

The Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund allows the provider financial responsibility while also protecting the healthcare system. This website includes information relative to worker's compensation. It delves into statutes, rules and regulations, strategic plans, instructions on filing and request, and FAQs.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections specifies a website specific to the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal. The site offers information on inspections, investigations, safety, plans, code review, education, and training.

The Louisiana Department of Health developed a Covid-19 website. This forum provides a wealth of information and provides viewers with key updates about the virus, information on testing, contact tracing, guidance, and resources on preventing the spread of this illness.

Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support clinical alarm management. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations in the area of clinical alarm management.

Conducting a risk assessment is a proactive way to identify opportunites in your cyber security program. This resource provides a step-by-step guide.

Learning how to protect your organization from cybersecurity attacks starts with understanding the risks within your organization. These resources provide information on risk reduction strategies to identify and address potential risks.

Implementing best practices in cybersecurity is important for healthcare organizations to have in place to reduce cybersecurity risks and potential attacks.

Online Cybersecurity resources are provded for healthcare providers to minimize the risk of a cyber security attack.

The ED is the point of entry into an organization for many patients. Ensuring the safety of patients begins where ever the patient presents and often times quality initiatives base timing of critical care from the patient's point of entry. Information and sample tools to help improve internal processes and compliance with national quality measures are assembled in this section.