Tools
Here you will find the entire listing of every Tool in SafetyShare.
TIP: To find a article or subject that interests you, hold down the control (Ctrl) key and press (F) at the same time. This will bring up the "Find" window that will allow you to search this entire page by keywords or phrases.
A | B | C
|
D | E | F | G |
H | I | J | K |
L | M
N |
O |
P | Q | R |
S
| T | U | V |
W | X | Y | Z
A
Adverse drug events
- IHI –Premier ADE trigger tool – Tracking adverse drug events (05/03)
- Interactive tools from IHI: FMEA and ADE trigger tool (09/03)
Adverse medical events
- Harvard report – disclosure of adverse events (4/06)
- VA policy - Directive on disclosure of adverse events (12/05)
- Online journal - AHRQ launches Web M & M patient safety journal (02/02)
- Patient education resources on preventing medical errors (05/02)
- New book documents serious quality gaps (06/02)
- New study warns of air mattress dangers (09/02)
- Video — Patient education on adverse medical events (10/02)
- Online patient safety journal — AHRQ accepting submissions (12/02)
- Videos - Disclosing adverse medical events (02/03)
AHA
- AHA – Helping hospital boards prioritize quality (10/08)
- AHA/HRET – Comprehensive tool for HIV testing in ED (8/07)
- AHA – CEO leadership tools (5/07)
- AHA – Leadership monographs (2/07)
AHRQ
- AHRQ - Healthcare-associated infection resources (09/09)
- AHRQ – New report evaluating back pain therapies (04/09)
- AHRQ emergency evacuation planning model available online (01/09)
- AHRQ English and Spanish brochure; video on safe use of blood thinners (01/09)
- AHRQ – Updated patient safety compendium released (10/08)
- AHRQ/RWJF - New patient safety resource for nurses in text or CD-ROM (09/08)
- AHRQ toolkits – 17 patient safety resources indexed by setting, topic and Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals (02-08)
- AHRQ DVD – Free tool for designing hospitals for patient safety (02/08)
- AHRQ DVD – Free resource on patient safety (12/07)
- AHRQ 2007 tool – Small hospital benchmarking tool for AHRQ hospital survey (7/07)
- AHRQ DVD – Training for respiratory care/vents in disasters (6/07)
- AHRQ toolkit – "Mistake-proofing" healthcare process design (6/07)
- AHRQ – Sample healthcare quality report cards (6/07)
- AHRQ tools – Podcast on reducing BSI; safety tips; emergency response planning (5/07)
- AHRQ – Audio newscast series (3/07)
- AHRQ patient safety and information technology conference materials (2/07)
- AHRQ – Report on strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections (2/07)
- AHRQ emergency planning – Mass casualty care guide (12/06)
- AHRQ – Patient safety and information technology projects (9/06)
- AHRQ toolkit – Hospital process redesign strategies (3/06)
- AHRQ: Patient guide to surgery (1/06)
- AHRQ slides – quality indicator tools (11/05)
- AHRQ-DOD compendium - Four-volume set of patient safety research studies (6/05)
- AHRQ new fact sheet - 30 safe practices in healthcare (5/05)
- New AHRQ tool - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (11/04)
- Free video – AHRQ-funded tape on disclosure of medical errors (10/04)
- Web-based guide - Using AHRQ quality and safety indicators (10/04)
- AHRQ, AHA, AMA poster – Five steps to patient safety for consumers (6/04)
- ARHQ tools – training, evaluating disasters (6/04)
- New medication safety Web sites – FDA and AHRQ (4/04)
- AHRQ guide: Adult preventive care (10/03)
Air filtration
- Indoor air quality - Course on infection control in healthcare construction (7/05)
- NIOSH guidelines – Resource for selecting air-filtration (06/03)
- NIOSH Web resources: Indoor air quality (11/03)
Anesthesiologists
Ambulatory Care
ASGE
B
Bar coding
Back Pain
- NIOSH – Back injury and lifting programs (07/09)
- AHRQ – New report evaluating back pain therapies (04/09)
Bed safety
- FDA – Updates on hospital bed safety guidance (1/07)
- Free resources – Hospital bed fires, elevators (1/04)
- Assessment tool — Bed safety evaluation guide (01/03)
Bioterrorism
- Educational module for physicians – Bioterrorism agents (10/05)
- GAO tool: Tracking states’ progress in bioterrorism preparedness (3/04)
- CDC training slides - smallpox disease, prevention, and intervention (1/04)
- New bioterrorism resources: Clinician training, policy planning, local response, and protective equipment (05/02)
- Symposium Proceedings — Hospital disaster readiness (12/02)
- Web based program — Smallpox training module (12/02)
- New VIS form — CDC’s latest smallpox vaccination information (01/03)
- Assessment tool — Bioterrorism preparedness checklist (02/03)
- Assessment guide - facility disaster risk assessment tool (03/03)
- Audiotapes, slides – New AHRQ bioterrorism preparedness on smallpox (05/03)
- CDC healthcare worker guide: Recognizing chemical agent exposure (11/03)
Bloodborne pathogen
- New, free resources - Safety Store adds exposure prevention book; EPP program CDs (12/04)
- OSHA compliance tools - Bloodborne pathogen standard FAQs (4/04)
- OSHA bulletin - Disposal of contaminated blood tube holders (12/03)
- Assessment tool – OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen compliance (08/03)
C
CDC
- CDC – fact sheets for treating blast injuries in a disaster (12/08)
- You Tube - CDC Flu vaccination tools (12/08)
- Humorous DVD – Video encourages proper coughing, sneezing techniques (02/08)
- CDC - "Happy Health Singing Holiday" Card (12/07)
- CDC – New sharps pamphlet for worker training (10/07)
- CDC updates influenza tools for the new season (10/07)
- CDC – New meningococcal vaccine information available in Spanish and English (7/07)
- CDC – QuickStats on training ER staff for emergency preparedness (5/07)
- CDC – HAI summary and slide set (5/07)
- CDC – Tools for reporting healthcare-associated infections (2/07)
- CDC slide set – Medical waste management teleconference (10/05)
- CDC revised recommendations – HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (10/05)
- CDC tool – Preparing for a terrorist bombing (8/05)
- CDC Web-based self study - TB modules (7/05)
- CDC flu resources - masks, new FAQs (12/04)
- New CDC list - Summary of resources to prevent spread of flu in the workplace (11/04)
- CDC email registry – Real-time emergency updates for clinicians (10/04)
- New Web site – CDC and clinician outreach (8/04)
- CDC resources - West Nile Virus cases in 2004; plague training module online (7/04)
- CDC environmental infection control guidelines - printed copies available (5/04)
- Online visual aid – CDC personal protective equipment poster (5/04)
- Updated CDC guidelines - Prevent healthcare associated pneumonia (4/04)
- CDC Resources and “Pink Book” on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (10/03)
- CDC healthcare worker guide: Recognizing chemical agent exposure (11/03)
Cell phones
Chemical agents
- H2E resources - Chemo conference; waste disposal management tools (5/05)
- Web-based resources - Safer chemical cleaners and pesticides (9/04)
- Wall chart - Chemical terrorism agents (02/03)
- CDC healthcare worker guide: Recognizing chemical agent exposure (11/03)
Clinician registry
CMS
Colloquium
Communication
- New Hampshire – Health forms in multiple languages (2/07)
- AHA tools: Communication with patients (11/03)
Community hospitals
Construction
- FGI revision – Comment requested for 2010 Design and Construction Guidelines (10/08)
- Minnesota manual – Methods for temporary negative pressure isolation (3/07)
- Inform eDesign – Healthcare design implications (2/07)
- Videos – Construction; ICRA training (9/06)
Continuun of Care
- RWJF - "Speaking Together" language service toolkit (09/09)
- IHI toolkit on transitions to home – preventing readmissions (08/09)
CPOE
D
Disaster drill
Disaster readiness
- Consortium – Model plan for hospitals sharing resources in disaster (07/09)
- AHRQ – Emergency prep guide to locate healthcare sites during disaster (8/07)
- CDC – QuickStats on training ER staff for emergency preparedness (5/07)
- AHRQ emergency planning – Mass casualty care guide (12/06)
- Preparedness planning – pediatric needs (4/06)
- JCAHO: Guide for surge hospitals (1/06)
- HHS: Pandemic influenza planning handbook for families (1/06)
- Fact sheets and checklists – resources for cleanup from water damage, mold (11/05)
- CDC tool – Preparing for a terrorist bombing (8/05)
- Homeland Security agency releases 'National Response Plan' for emergencies (1/05)
- CDC email registry – Real-time emergency updates for clinicians (10/04)
- Disaster planning tools – Surge capacity planning used for Olympics (8/04)
- CDC resources - West Nile Virus cases in 2004; plague training module online (7/04)
- ARHQ tools – training, evaluating disasters (6/04)
- GAO tool: Tracking states’ progress in bioterrorism preparedness (3/04)
- OSHA’s Web-based National Emergency Management Plan (3/04)
- CDC training slides - smallpox disease, prevention, and intervention (1/04)
- Web-based training tool - OSHA resource for implementing incident command system (12/03)
- New bioterrorism resources: Clinician training, policy planning, local response, and protective equipment (05/02)
- Symposium Proceedings — Hospital disaster readiness (12/02)
- Web based program — Smallpox training module (12/02)
- New VIS form — CDC’s latest smallpox vaccination information (01/03)
- Assessment guide - facility disaster risk assessment tool (03/03)
- Online chemical agent resource – NIOSH fact sheets, cards (05/03)
- CDC e-mail registry – ER response (04/03)
- Audiotapes, slides – New AHRQ bioterrorism preparedness on smallpox (05/03)
- CDC healthcare worker guide: Recognizing chemical agent exposure (11/03)
- OSHA tools: Fire threats and mold control (11/03)
Disclosure
- Harvard report – disclosure of adverse events (4/06)
- Disclosure policy guide — Second in series from ASHRM (12/03)
- Video — Patient education on adverse medical events (10/02)
- Videos — Disclosing adverse medical events (02/03)
- ASHRM disclosure tool — New series of 2003 resources (06/03)
Do no harm
- Patient safety video — "First, Do No Harm" (12/02)
- ‘First Do No Harm’ video - discount for PSS subscribers (04/03)
E
ECRI
- ECRI checklists - Tools for managing obese patients (7/05)
- ECRI report — General infusion pumps and patient safety (12/02)
Effects analysis
EHR
Emergency department
- AHA/HRET – Comprehensive tool for HIV testing in ED (8/07)
- HIPAA privacy tool for emergency planners (7/06)
- Proposed legislation would promote voluntary reporting of medical errors (07/02)
Emergency response
- CDC – QuickStats on training ER staff for emergency preparedness (5/07)
- AHRQ tools – Podcast on reducing BSI; safety tips; emergency response planning (5/07)
- FEMA – Implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) (2/07)
- Medication safety guide – Ambulatory care (12/06)
- AHRQ emergency planning – Mass casualty care guide (12/06)
- Preparedness planning – pediatric needs (4/06)
- JCAHO: Guide for surge hospitals (1/06)
- Homeland Security agency releases 'National Response Plan' for emergencies (1/05)
- CDC email registry – Real-time emergency updates for clinicians (10/04)
- OSHA’s Web-based National Emergency Management Plan (3/04)
- CDC e-mail registry – ER response (04/03)
Emergency Managment
- Premier – April 8 free audio conference: The Joint Commission's emergency management standards (04/09)
End-of-Life
Environmentally preferred products
- Green Link – New Premier newsletter to aid "green" purchasing and practices (3/06)
- New, free resources - Safety Store adds exposure prevention book; EPP program CDs (12/04)
- Environmentally safer cleaning guide - from INFORM (04/03)
Environmental safety
- Premier – "Green" programs: Catholic Healthcare West; West Penn Allegheny (8/07)
- H2E – New environmental compliance and improvement guide (12/06)
- EPA hazardous waste – Mandated new tracking form (10/06)
- Pharmacy waste tool – 10-step blueprint (6/06)
- Green Link – New Premier newsletter to aid "green" purchasing and practices (3/06)
- Fact sheets and checklists – resources for cleanup from water damage, mold (11/05)
- CDC slide set – Medical waste management teleconference (10/05)
- H2E teleconference - Alternative medical waste treatment (7/05)
- Indoor air quality - Course on infection control in healthcare construction (7/05)
- JCAHO/H2E guide - Environment-of-care compliance and improvement (6/05)
- EPA Notebook - Healthcare waste management profiles, resources (6/05)
- H2E resources - Chemo conference; waste disposal management tools (5/05)
- ASHES guide - Environmentally friendly pest control practices (5/05)
- New Web-based resource - Safer recycling/disposal of computers (3/05)
- EPA guidance - Safer needle, sharps disposal in public areas (2/05)
- New, free resources - Safety Store adds exposure prevention book; EPP program CDs (12/04)
- Web-based resources - Safer chemical cleaners and pesticides (9/04)
- New Web site - Disinfection and sterilization resource (9/04)
- CDC environmental infection control guidelines - printed copies available (5/04)
- EPA options: Safe at-home needle disposal (3/04)
- Free resources – Hospital bed fires, elevators (1/04)
- NIOSH Web resources: Indoor air quality (11/03)
- OSHA tools: Fire threats and mold control (11/03)
E-prescribing
Ergonomics
- AHRQ Handbook – human factors and ergonomics (11/06)
- OSHA releases ergonomic plan and eTools; Nursing homes targeted for initial inspections (04/03)
Evacuation planning
F
Facilities
- Falls injury prevention toolkit for healthcare facilities (1/06)
- JCAHO: Guide for surge hospitals (1/06)
- Indoor air quality - Course on infection control in healthcare construction (7/05)
- Web-based resources - Safer chemical cleaners and pesticides (9/04)
- New Web site - Disinfection and sterilization resource (9/04)
- Webcast- Designing the 21st century hospital (6/04)
- Online visual aid – CDC personal protective equipment poster (5/04)
- Free resources – Hospital bed fires, elevators (1/04)
- NIOSH Web resources: Indoor air quality (11/03)
Failure mode
FEMA
Fire safety
FDA
- FDA – Downloadable medication safety videos; e-updates on safety reports (02-08)
- FDA guidance – Equipment cleaning hazards (12-07)
- FDA – Drug safety newsletter from FDA (10/07)
- FDA – Free patient safety videos (9/07)
- FDA – Avoiding burns from electrodes and cables during MRI exams (3/07)
- FDA – Updates on hospital bed safety guidance (1/07)
- FDA list - Updated summary of guidance documents (3/05)
- FDA resources - New FAQ on single-use devices (12/04)
- New medication safety Web sites – FDA and AHRQ (4/04)
- FDA initiates Web-based safety notification program (09/02)
G
Governance
Guidelines
H
Hand hygiene
- Joint Commission – Hand hygiene compliance guide (07/09)
- WHO – Recruiting for "Save Lives – Clean Your Hands" campaign with updated tools - to launch May 5, 2009 (04/09)
- CDC hand hygiene - Interactive training module, video, posters (09/08)
- WHO – Testing hand hygiene guidelines (3/07)
- Humor in infection control – Online educational resources for adults and children (10/06)
- Handwashing video for children (5/06)
- Slide Presentation – Hand hygiene training materials (11/02)
- Slides - Hand hygiene educational resource (07/03)
Hazardous materials
- EPA hazardous waste – Mandated new tracking form (10/06)
- CDC slide set – Medical waste management teleconference (10/05)
- H2E resources - Chemo conference; waste disposal management tools (5/05)
- ASHES guide - Environmentally friendly pest control practices (5/05)
- New Web-based resource - Safer recycling/disposal of computers (3/05)
- NIOSH Alert - Hazardous pharmaceutical waste management resources (2/05)
- Workshop - 'Reducing occupational exposure to hazardous drugs in healthcare' (9/04)
- Electronic resources – MnTap’s customized mercury fact sheets (8/04)
- Online visual aid – CDC personal protective equipment poster (5/04)
- NIOSH alert – Special care required with hazardous drugs (5/04)
- Checklist - Compressed gas safety (2/04)
- Tips and resources - pesticide management in hospitals (12/03)
HERR (Electronic HR)
HIV/AIDS
- CDC revised recommendations – HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (10/05)
- Downloadable charts - Rapid HIV antibody screening tests from the AHA (5/05)
- Perinatal hotline - Expert HIV-infection consultation supported by HRSA (12/04)
- CDC toolkit – HIV/AIDS workplace policy materials (8/03)
HVAC
I
IHI
- IHI - Improvement map for key healthcare processes (09/09)
- IHI tool - Adverse Events Prevented Calculator supports quality business case (09/08)
- IHI assessment tool – Patient- and family-centered care (12/07)
- IHI – Patient safety trigger tools (12/06)
- IHI – Perinatal SBAR toolkit (7/06)
- IHI white paper – Planning a primary care delivery system (6/06)
- IHI white paper – perinatal care (3/06)
- IHI newsletter - Updates on 100,000 Lives Campaign (12/05)
- IHI white paper – Reducing hospital mortality rates (8/05)
- IHI forms - Simplifying advanced directives (5/05)
- IHI launches new safety Breakthrough Collaborative (8/02)
Influenza
- H1N1 rap video - Award winning video promotes hand hygiene (12/09)
- ACEP ED management of outbreaks of H1N1 influenza (08/09)
- ACIP – Seasonal flu vaccination recommendations for 2009 (08/09)
- Joint Commission consortium – New flu tool (07/09)
- WHO – Patient care checklist novel Flu A (H1N1) (07/09)
- HHS – New influenza pandemic guidelines (02/09)
- HHS – DHS pandemic flu updates; Report VI; state assessments; antiviral drug use and stockpiling (01/09)
- U. Penn – Video improves influenza vaccination; available on YouTube (01/09)
- Family toolkit – Reference tools and guide for managing the flu at home (02/08)
- CDC updates influenza tools for the new season (10/07)
- Comprehensive hospital checklist – pandemic influenza preparation (7/07)
- Prevent Influenza Now! - New Web site provides influenza vaccination updates (12/06)
- Flu vaccine largest supply ever; Resources to promote 2006 flu immunization (10/06)
- New York City pandemic influenza plan (7/06)
- Pandemic flu checklist – Long-term care (6/06)
- California sponsored training videos – pandemic influenza (5/06)
- Influenza pandemic – home health checklists (4/06)
- HHS: Pandemic influenza planning handbook for families (1/06)
- FDA - Use of personal protective equipment during influenza outbreak (12/05)
- Pocket guide – Influenza vaccination (8/05)
- Flu resources - New posters in five languages for healthcare, schools (1/05)
- CDC flu resources - masks, new FAQs (12/04)
- New CDC list - Summary of resources to prevent spread of flu in the workplace (11/04)
- Electronic information sheets - Influenza vaccine delay (9/04)
- NFID tool – Influenza immunization programs for children (8/04)
- CDC-AMA Influenza Summit (06/03)
- Influenza patient-education materials from CDC (09/03)
Infection prevention
- JCR - MDRO toolkit (09/09)
- AHRQ - Healthcare-associated infection resources (09/09)
- APIC – UTI and MRSA Elimination Guides available online (04/09)
- Premier – Free audioconference on eliminating problem organisms; January 28 (01/09)
- Web-based educational tools – Infection prevention case studies (02/08)
- Webcast – Best practices to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections (9/07)
- Online learning module – C. difficile (9/07)
- Premier – Healthcare associated infection presentations available online (8/07)
- APIC – A business case for preventing healthcare-associated infections (3/07)
- CDC – Tools for reporting healthcare-associated infections (2/07)
- AHRQ – Report on strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections (2/07)
- HAI reporting resource – First mandatory risk-adjusted infection data released (1/07)
- Prevent Influenza Now! - New Web site provides influenza vaccination updates (12/06)
- Humor in infection control – Online educational resources for adults and children (10/06)
- ACIP – New rotavirus vaccine (9/06)
- APIC – New consumer-oriented infection prevention Web site (7/06)
- California sponsored training videos – pandemic influenza (5/06)
- Influenza pandemic – home health checklists (4/06)
- APIC: Community-acquired MRSA resources and more (1/06)
- CV Cath Lab: Infection control guidelines (1/06)
- HHS: Pandemic influenza planning handbook for families (1/06)
- Pocket guide – Influenza vaccination (8/05)
- AMA primer - increase immunizations (7/05)
- Downloadable charts - Rapid HIV antibody screening tests from the AHA (5/05)
- OSHA memo - Annual fit-testing of respirators for tuberculosis (2/05)
- Slides, video clip - National Surgical Infection Prevention Project (1/05)
- CDC flu resources - masks, new FAQs (12/04)
- Perinatal hotline - Expert HIV-infection consultation supported by HRSA (12/04)
- New CDC list - Summary of resources to prevent spread of flu in the workplace (11/04)
- Electronic information sheets - Influenza vaccine delay (9/04)
- NFID tool – Influenza immunization programs for children (8/04)
- Poster - CMS clinical guideline reminder (7/04)
- Updated guidelines - Outpatient antimicrobial therapy (7/04)
- CD-ROM - AAMI sterilization documents available (7/04)
- CDC resources - West Nile Virus cases in 2004; plague training module online (7/04)
- CDC environmental infection control guidelines - printed copies available (5/04)
- Updated CDC guidelines - Prevent healthcare associated pneumonia (4/04)
- CMS Web resources – New sites for pneumonia and surgical infection prevention (1/04)
- Brochure — Infection prevention information for patients (10/02)
Infusion pumps
ISMP
- ISMP safety guidelines – automated dispensing cabinets (10/08)
- MGMA/AHA-HRET/ISMP tool – Assessing physician practices (11/06)
- Safety checklist – ISMP resource for PCA pumps (08/03)
J
JCAHO
- JC – New "wiki" Web site for sharing solutions online (10/07)
- The Joint Commission – FAQs on tissue storage (5/07)
- New JCAHO resource – 2007 National Patient Safety Goals (10/06)
- JCAHO automated tools – Sentinel event and complaint reporting (9/06)
- JCAHO – New patient safety practices online resource (5/06)
- JCAHO Emergency planning guide (10/05)
- JCAHO Perspectives special issue – Resources for 2006 National Patient Safety Goals (8/05)
- JCAHO/H2E guide - Environment-of-care compliance and improvement (6/05)
- JCAHO online white paper - Medical liability (3/05)
- JCAHO journal special issue - Communicating critical test results (3/05)
- JCAHO e-tools - Interpretive guidelines detail insight into 2005 NPSG (10/04)
- JCAHO tips – Compliance with prohibited abbreviations (5/04)
- JCAHO video – Standards background for healthcare executives, trustees (1/04)
- Report, FAQs - JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals (02/03)
- Free video – JCAHO releases latest in series (08/03)
JCR
- JCR - MDRO toolkit (09/09)
L
Leadership
- AHA – CEO leadership tools (5/07)
- CEO assessment tool for leadership (1/07)
Law guide
M
Magnetic resonance
Checklist - Magnetic resonance safety (12/03)
Medical errors
- Harvard report – disclosure of adverse events (4/06)
- New patient safety video - Patient's role in avoiding errors (6/05)
- Free video – AHRQ-funded tape on disclosure of medical errors (10/04)
- JCAHO tips – Compliance with prohibited abbreviations (5/04)
- New book - Insights into medical mistakes (2/04)
- Patient education resources on preventing medical errors (05/02)
- New book documents serious quality gaps (06/02)
- Proposed legislation would promote voluntary reporting of medical errors (07/02)
- AHRQ provides resources to reduce pediatric medicine errors (09/02)
- Video — Patient education on adverse medical events (10/02)
- e-Prescribing products — Help reduce errors and associated costs (12/02)
- Online patient safety journal — AHRQ accepting submissions (12/02)
- Videos - Disclosing adverse medical events (02/03)
Medical device issues
- Implantable defibrillator recalls – Final recommendations (10/06)
- On-line revised forms: FDA MedWatch (3/04)
Medication safety
- CDC – Antibiotic podcast (12/09)
- ASHP – New drug recall resource (02/09)
- ISMP – New drug safety consumer Web site (10/09)
- States' medication forms assist patients, physicians (11/06)
- Medication safety tool – ambulatory care (3/06)
- Toolkit – Medication safety (10/05)
- Medication strategy tools - Reconciliation across the continuum (7/05)
- ISMP tool - New self-assessment survey for antithrombotic therapy (5/05)
- Conference proceedings – ‘Measuring Safety with Smart IV systems’ (8/04)
- AHRQ, AHA, AMA poster – Five steps to patient safety for consumers (6/04)
- Medication safety tool – 2004 ISMP self-assessment (6/04)
- JCAHO tips – Compliance with prohibited abbreviations (5/04)
- NIOSH alert – Special care required with hazardous drugs (5/04)
- Medication safety newsletter - ISMP safety news for nurses (4/04)
- New medication safety Web sites – FDA and AHRQ (4/04)
- Patient education resources on preventing medical errors (05/02)
- Insulin, heparin, and morphine top drugs associated with errors (06/02)
- ISMP provides tips on reducing overdose from patient-controlled analgesia (06/02)
- Video — Four one-hour videotapes: Patient, worker, environment and medication safety (10/02)
- Web-based tool — New modules designed to cut medication errors (01/03)
- Complete program - Medication safety strategic plan, case studies, resources (03/03)
- Multilingual consumer e-Brochure – Help for improving medication safety (06/03)
Mercury exposure
- Electronic resources – MnTap’s customized mercury fact sheets (8/04)
- Mercury-safety resource from OSHA (09/03)
Mortality reporting
N
National Symposium
NIH
NIOSH
- NIOSH – Back injury and lifting programs (07/09)
- NIOSH report – workplace violence (11/06)
- NIOSH – Patient handling and moving (6/06)
- NIOSH – patient handling (4/06)
- NIOSH Alert - Hazardous pharmaceutical waste management resources (2/05)
- NIOSH alert – Special care required with hazardous drugs (5/04)
- Online chemical agent resource – NIOSH fact sheets, cards (05/03)
- NIOSH Web resources: Indoor air quality (11/03)
NQF
- NQF – 2009 safe practices (04/09)
- TMIT Web casts – Updating safe practices (02/09)
Nursing homes
O
Office practice
Operating rooms
- New study warns of air mattress dangers (09/02)
- Brochures, posters — Sample OR guides to help identify correct surgery sites (01/03)
Operating room safety
OR design
OSHA
- OSHA – New healthcare "Quick Start" compliance tool (8/07)
- OSHA – Complete HCW pandemic flu preparedness guidance (6/07)
- OSHA – online handbooks on glutaraldehyde and mold (5/06)
- OSHA memo - Annual fit-testing of respirators for tuberculosis (2/05)
- OSHA guidance - New 'best practice' guidance for hospital-based first receivers (1/05)
- OSHA compliance tools - Bloodborne pathogen standard FAQs (4/04)
- OSHA’s Web-based National Emergency Management Plan (3/04)
- OSHA compliance resources: Web-based education, e-tools, QuickTakes (3/04)
- OSHA bulletin - Disposal of contaminated blood tube holders (12/03)
- Web-based training tool - OSHA resource for implementing incident command system (12/03)
- OSHA bulletins: CBRN respirators and West Nile virus (10/03)
P
Patient access
Patient advocate
- AHRQ: Patient guide to surgery (1/06)
- HHS pocket guide offers resources to assist patients with smoking cessation (6/05)
- Brochure – Patient advocate tips on patient safety (11/02)
Patient controlled analgesia
Patient safety
- University of Michigan – Patient safety tool kit (12/09)
- USP – New look-alike/sound-alike medication tool (12/08)
- AHRQ/RWJF - New patient safety resource for nurses in text or CD-ROM (09/08)
- Premier Safety Institute – Guide for patient safety tools (12/07)
- AORN Patient Hand-Off toolkit – Free Web-based surgical patient transfer (6/07)
- RFID – Web-based resource center available (5/07)
- IHI – Patient safety trigger tools (12/06)
- New JCAHO resource – 2007 National Patient Safety Goals (10/06)
- AHRQ – Patient safety and information technology projects (9/06)
- AMA – Guidelines for improving patient communications (7/06)
- JCAHO – New patient safety practices online resource (5/06)
- NIOSH – patient handling (4/06)
- Multimedia safety tool kit for patient education (11/05)
- On-line resources – bar coding, RFID and patient safety (11/05)
- ASA Practice Advisory – reduce awareness under anesthesia (11/05)
- Patient safety culture survey tool – Available in Spanish; English (8/05)
- JCAHO Perspectives special issue – Resources for 2006 National Patient Safety Goals (8/05)
- Patient Safety video series "First do no harm" – Special promotion (8/05)
- AHRQ-DOD compendium - Four-volume set of patient safety research studies (6/05)
- New patient safety video - Patient's role in avoiding errors (6/05)
- AAMI guidance documents - Cleaning and sterilization (5/05)
- AHRQ new fact sheet - 30 safe practices in healthcare (5/05)
- HRET/AHA videos - Clinical simulation resources (3/05)
- Practice brief - Health information manager role in patient safety (2/05)
- Patient safety video - First Do No Harm: Part 3 (12/04)
- Free publications - Diabetes educational tools (11/04)
- New AHRQ tool - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (11/04)
- JCAHO e-tools - Interpretive guidelines detail insight into 2005 NPSG (10/04)
- Web-based guide - Using AHRQ quality and safety indicators (10/04)
- Conference proceedings – ‘Measuring Safety with Smart IV systems’ (8/04)
- Poster - CMS clinical guideline reminder (7/04)
- Leadership tools - Patient safety rounds database and measuring hospital flow (7/04)
- CDC resources - West Nile Virus cases in 2004; plague training module online (7/04)
- ICU toolkit - improve safety and quality of care (6/04)
- Webcast- Designing the 21st century hospital (6/04)
- AHRQ, AHA, AMA poster – Five steps to patient safety for consumers (6/04)
- NPSF brochure and video - patient safety (6/04)
- Surgical protocol – Prevention of wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure errors (05/04)
- JCAHO tips – Compliance with prohibited abbreviations (5/04)
- Web-based resources - Patient representative on safety committee (4/04)
- New medication safety Web sites – FDA and AHRQ (4/04)
- Checklist - Compressed gas safety (2/04)
- New book - Insights into medical mistakes (2/04)
- Brochure - Patient safety tool on non-punitive reporting (2/04)
- JCAHO video – Standards background for healthcare executives, trustees (1/04)
- CMS Web resources – New sites for pneumonia and surgical infection prevention (1/04)
- CDC training slides - smallpox disease, prevention, and intervention (1/04)
- Free resources – Hospital bed fires, elevators (1/04)
- Toolkit - Ambulatory patient safety (12/03)
- Checklist - Magnetic resonance safety (12/03)
- IHI launches new safety Breakthrough Collaborative (08/02)
- Video — Four one-hour videotapes: Patient, worker, environment and medication safety (10/02)
- ECRI report — General infusion pumps and patient safety (12/02)
- Online patient safety journal — AHRQ accepting submissions (12/02)
- Online journal - AHRQ launches Web M & M patient safety journal (02/03)
- AHRQ and AONE reports address staffing, work environment and safety (07/03)
- Tool kit – HHS, AHA, AMA “5 Steps to Safer Healthcare” (08/03)
- Harvard Quality Colloquium Safety conference –CD-ROM of presentations (09/03)
- AHA tools: Communication with patients (11/03)
Patient safety goals
Patient safety program
PCA pumps
Pediatrics
- Premier Safety Institute – Pediatric patient safety Web site resource (07/09)
- AHRQ provides resources to reduce pediatric medicine errors (09/02)
Pesticides
- Web-based resources - Safer chemical cleaners and pesticides (9/04)
- Tips and resources - pesticide management in hospitals (12/03)
Pressure Ulcers
P4PS
- 2009 National P4P Summit - March 9 (01/09)
- Patient safety video - First Do No Harm: Part 3 (12/04)
- Patient safety video — "First, Do No Harm" (12/02)
- ‘First Do No Harm’ video - discount for PSS subscribers (04/03)
Q
Quality of care
- IHI - Improvement map for key healthcare processes (09/09)
- RWJF toolkits – Improve cardiac care (02/09)
- HHS – NQMC online downloadable inventory of quality measures (12/08)
- Premier Safety Institute – Venous thromboembolism updates
- RWJF - Toolkit to implement quality improvement program (09/08)
- IHI tool - Adverse Events Prevented Calculator supports quality business case (09/08)
- AHRQ/RWJF - New patient safety resource for nurses in text or CD-ROM (09/08)
- NCI – End-of-life care tool (9/07)
- Harvard report – disclosure of adverse events (4/06)
- IHI white paper – perinatal care (3/06)
- AHRQ slides – quality indicator tools (11/05)
- Premier resources - Regional Performance Improvement forums, Rapid Improvement Web tool (10/05)
- AHA and Commonwealth chart books - 2005 healthcare quality trends (6/05)
- OSHA guidance - New 'best practice' guidance for hospital-based first receivers (1/05)
- SafetyShare toolkit - Guide to all archived tools (1/05)
- Conference proceedings – ‘Measuring Safety with Smart IV systems’ (8/04)
- Leadership tools - Patient safety rounds database and measuring hospital flow (7/04)
- Web database - Quality incentive programs for physicians, hospitals, health plans (7/04)
- ICU toolkit - improve safety and quality of care (6/04)
- Web-based clearinghouse - AHRQ launches QualityTools™ (2/04)
- JCAHO video – Standards background for healthcare executives, trustees (1/04)
- Toolkit - Ambulatory patient safety (12/03)
- Resource guide: Families' end-of-life wishes (11/03)
- AHA tools: Communication with patients (11/03)
Quality measures
R
Radiation safety
- ACR – Updated guidance on magnetic resonance safety (7/07)
- Checklist - Magnetic resonance safety (12/03)
- Radiation safety basics available online (08/02)
Reprocessing
- Safety A-Z – New resources added: falls, construction, SUDS (9/06)
- AAMI guidance documents - Cleaning and sterilization (5/05)
- CD-ROM - AAMI sterilization documents available (7/04)
- On-line revised forms: FDA MedWatch (3/04)
- FDA provides CD-ROM resource on reprocessing single-use devices (08/02)
Restraint
Risk management
- ASHRM CD -Tool kit for physician office risk managers (2/05)
- Assessment guide - facility disaster risk assessment tool (03/03)
RWJF
S
Safety
- Premier – New Performance Suite™ (3/07)
- Safety A-Z – New resources added: falls, construction, SUDS (9/06)
- HRET/AHA videos - Clinical simulation resources (3/05)
- SafetyShare toolkit - Guide to all archived tools (11/04)
- Video — Four one-hour videotapes: Patient, worker, environment and medication safety (10/02)
Safety climate
- Safety climate survey - IHI (07/03)
Safety survey
- Safety climate survey - IHI (07/03)
SARS
Seclusion
Security
Safety information
- Safety A-Z – New resources added: falls, construction, SUDS (9/06)
- FDA initiates Web-based safety notification program (09/02)
Sharps disposal containers
- EPA guidance - Safer needle, sharps disposal in public areas (2/05)
- EPA options: Safe at-home needle disposal (3/04)
- Sharps disposal container evaluation and implementation guide available (09/03)
Sharps injury prevention
- CDC – New sharps pamphlet for worker training (10/07)
- Sharps book - Compendium of sharps injury prevention resources (7/05)
- Detailed literature review - Safer needle devices: selection, testing and evaluation (9/04)
- EPA options: Safe at-home needle disposal (3/04)
- OSHA compliance resources: Web-based education, e-tools, QuickTakes (3/04)
- CDC toolkit – HIV/AIDS workplace policy materials (08/03)
- Frontline workers identify performance characteristics for sharps safety devices (05/02)
Single use devices
- FDA resources - New FAQ on single-use devices (12/04)
- On-line revised forms: FDA MedWatch (3/04)
- FDA provides CD-ROM resource on reprocessing single-use devices (08/02)
Smallpox
- CDC training slides - smallpox disease, prevention, and intervention (1/04)
- Web based program — Smallpox training module (12/02)
- Assessment tool — Bioterrorism preparedness checklist (02/03)
- New VIS form — CDC’s latest smallpox vaccination information (01/03)
- Law guide - smallpox vaccine injury (03/03)
- Audiotapes, slides – New AHRQ bioterrorism preparedness on smallpox (05/03)
Standing orders
- CDC-AMA Influenza Summit (06/03)
Surgery
- WHO – Surgical checklist available as safety improvement tool (10/08)
- AORN Patient Hand-Off toolkit – Free Web-based surgical patient transfer (6/07)
- SCIP – New surgical, VTE tools (12/06)
- SCIP – Surgical care improvement tools (7/06)
- Guidelines – Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (3/06)
- Surgical protocol – Prevention of wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure errors (05/04)
- Brochures, posters — Sample OR guides to help identify correct surgery sites (01/03)
Surgical site infection
- SCIP – New surgical, VTE tools (12/06)
- Guidelines – Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (3/06)
- CMS Web resources – New sites for pneumonia and surgical infection prevention (1/04)
- Surgical site infection tools - IHI/CMS and others (07/03)
T
Triage tool
Trigger tool
- IHI –Premier ADE trigger tool – Tracking adverse drug events (05/03)
- Interactive tools from IHI: FMEA and ADE trigger tool (09/03)
TJC
- Premier – April 8 free audio conference: The Joint Commission's emergency management standards (04/09)
- Premier Safety Institute - What is Twitter and why do I care? (09/09)
- New feature - Follow the Premier Safety Institute on Twitter! (08/09)
- New feature - Follow the Premier Safety Institute on Twitter! (07/09)
U
Unexpected events
- Disclosure policy guide – Second in series from ASHRM (12/03)
- ASHRM disclosure tool – New series of 2003 resources (06/03)
V
Vaccination
- CDC-AMA Influenza Summit (06/03)
Vaccines
- Flu vaccine largest supply ever; Resources to promote 2006 flu immunization (10/06)
- NFID Children's vaccine education kit (10/05)
- Web based program — Smallpox training module (12/02)
- New VIS form — CDC’s latest smallpox vaccination information (01/03)
Venous thromboembolism
W
Waste management
- Premier webcast – Implementing a pharmacy waste management system (12/07)
- CDC slide set – Medical waste management teleconference (10/05)
- EPA Notebook - Healthcare waste management profiles, resources (6/05)
Wrong site surgery
- Checklist - wrong-site surgery (03/03)
Y
You Tube