Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

A two-page summary of the guidelines for sepsis and septic shock, including other supportive therapy for severe sepsis. The guide is detailed for the licensed independent practitioner and would be a perfect educational pamphlet.

Performance Improvement tool which is meant to be used for concurrent review of medical records of patients who are not in ICU but meet the criteria for sepsis bundles. This tool will assist in determining if the Sepsis Quality Indicators are being met on a timely basis.

Screening tool for non-ICU patients to help staff identify patients who have severe sepsis and prompts actions to take in the event the patient meets criteria. This tool can be adapted to your hospital process.

Screening tool for ICU patients to help staff identify patients who have severe sepsis and prompts actions to take in the event the patient meets criteria. This tool can be adapted to your hospital process.

A guide published by APIC which provides tools, strategies and other resources to help reduce SSI specific to the orthopedic surgery population.

A guide developed by IHI, a leader in healthcare improvement, which provides evidence-based interventions that should be implemented to reduce SSI.

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.