Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

A downloadable pocket card perfect for handling out to employees during new hire orientation or during annual skills fairs. These pocket cards can be kept with the employee, taped in lockers or on clipboards, but they serve as a quick reminder of how to prevent needlestick injury.

Developed by a Physical Therapy group in Delaware, this is a great example of a brochure developed to demonstrate proper lifting techniques. Something similar could be used to educate staff or patients.

Indiana University offers excellent resources on Safe Lifting Techniques that include information on general techniques and back safety.

The University of North Carolina has an excellent resource on Lifting and Material Handling. This resource describes the Stages of Lifting.

This is a tool that would be excellent for departments working on safe lifting performance improvement. The tool facilitates data collection through observation of others while lifting.

Reducing the risk of encountering an active shooter situation is important to any business, especially healthcare. These resources provide tools on how to plan what to do in the event of an active shooter/violent situation.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.

Healthcare organizations should take the possiblity of an active shooter event occuring in their facility very seriously. These resources provide key tactics on managing violent and disruptive behavior as a risk reduction process.

Active shooter training is vital for all staff in a healthcare organization as they are the eyes and ears of the facility. These resources help ensure staff are trained and prepared to address violent/aggressive behavior/situations.