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.

Living with a loved one who has Alzheimer’s Disease can be very challenging as the disease slowly impairs the ability to remember, think and reason appropriately. This brochure is an excellent resource to provide to families. It is meant to help them better understand some of the unique changes their loved one may experience and things that can be done to create a safer environment.

This educational flyer can be used to help train staff and physicians on the problems related to alarm safety. The flyer, from The Joint Commission, outlines recommendations for combating the problem as outlined in Sentinel Event Alert #50.

This is the full Sentinel Event Alert on alarm safety published by The Joint Commission in 2013. This alert discusses the problems identified through reporting of events into The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event database and includes recommendations for improvement.

The AAMI provides a variety of information on clinical alarm management based on experiences and advice from leading healthcare practitioners.

This report was developed from a meeting of multidiscipline healthcare professionals who convened to discuss the issue of clinical alarm safety. The report presents the challenges, priorities and actions to be taken surrounding the concern for clinical alarm safety.

This resource helps coordinate an alarm performance improvement project related to pulse oximetry alarms in your organization. This toolkit walks you through the alarm management project from beginning to the final stage of implementation and gives recommendations for sustainability.

Although it is healthcare's goal to maintain a safe environment at all times, violence remains a significant concern today. It is vital to implement processes to prevent workplace violence. Security practices can include an array of methods. The following documents provide best practices and alternative approaches that may be applied when handling violent encounters.

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.