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.

A report provided by The Joint Commission that discusses patient fall occurrences and provides insights into the top contributing factors to patient falls. The report offers helpful ideas on how to mitigate risks to the contributing factors.

This resource presents an overview for development of an effective fall prevention program, including a policy development template that addresses the components of a fall prevention policy. In addition, resources are provided on the effects of specific drugs on fall risk and a fall prevention checklist to help promote the safety of patients.

Patient falls are one of the most common adverse events. This fall prevention self-assessment tool allows you to evaluate your organization’s current practices against best practices to prevent falls. The tool is designed to help you assess the overall program from unit level interventions to overall data collection.

This Sentinel Event Alert, published by The Joint Commission in 2015, summarizes the contributing factors with patient falls and fall-related injuries from events submitted to their Sentinel Event database. The alert offers common root causes and recommendations to prevent patient falls in the hospital acute care setting.

Click to view the presentation slides used in the Fall Prevention Strategies and Best Practices Presentation webinar.

Use our brochure to educate your patients and their family members during hospitalization.

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.