Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends these best practices to reduce the risk of fires occurring during surgical procedures.

The AANA is a great resource for nurse anesthetists and the website provides patient safety topics related to the operating room.

The AORN is a great resource of operating room nurses and the website provides patient safety topics related to the operating room.

The APSF is a great resource for Anesthesia providers and the website provides patient safety topics related to the operating room.

The FDA provides great resourfes in patient safety related to food, drugs, medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, blood and biologics, animal & veterinary, cosmetics and tobacco products.

The NFPA provides great resources in fire safety and prevention including electrical safety to hazardous materials, community risk reduction and public safety.

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.