Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This form should be provided to the treating physician at every visit to provide the employer with a current work status of the injured worker if they have been given restrictions from full duty employment.

This guide features an overview of workers’ compensation and what steps you should take as the employer of an injured worker. It gives insight to the responsibilities of employers and our staff to successfully handle each claim.

This Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Risk Management Plan Checklist is designed to support the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of a comprehensive risk management program within ASC settings.

This checklist is designed to serve as a practical tool to guide FQHC leadership, compliance officers, and risk managers through the key components of an effective Risk Management Plan.

This form is required by the Office of Workers’ Compensation within 10 days of the incident. Similar to the Employee Interview Form, the FROI form documents the information of the employer, carrier, employee, occurrence and injury.

This form assists the employer in documenting vital information as it relates to the employee’s injury. With questions specific to the incident, the injury and the employee, this form was designed to help create a clear understanding of the employee’s claim.

This section contains information related to regulations and compliance issues that may impact the ED.

Measurement of data is helpful in improving processes within an organization. These tools are helpful in providing some direction with the types of data that can be compiled and used for performance improvement with antibiotic usage.

It may be difficult for some staff members to understand their role in antibiotic stewardship. These resources can be used to educate staff members on how they can promote antibiotic stewardship through vigilence and patient education.

A job description is a tool that describes, in plain language, the functions and responsibilities of a position. A great leadership idea for reinforcing a commitment to antibiotic stewardship is to add language into the job descriptions incorporating these responsibilities into activities for certain positions. These are a few good examples of language to use in job descriptions to support antibiotic stewardship as a priority at the facility.

Below is a collection of sample policies and procedures that facility administrators may use to effectively implement the Antibiotic Stewardship Program within their clinic or hospital.

Healthcare providers must be knowledgeable of the issues, risks and responses associated with care of the behavioral health patient. The following information will assist healthcare providers to optimize treatment of behavioral patients that present in various healthcare settings.