PATIENT SAFETY RESOURCES

	Keep away: Kaiser South San Francisco RNs don yellow sashes to reduce interruptions and medication errors. (2008, July 14).
	Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses - An indispensable resource for redesigning nurses' work and hospital systems for patient safety. Includes quotes by this website's author Dr. Pape. Book sections are viewable online
	Home Safety Checklist Formatted and posted to the World Wide Web on 8/17/96 by Robert S. Stall, MD, Internist/Geriatrician, with permission from the National Safety Council.
	Injury Fact Book 2001-2002 Available online from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
	In-Home Safety Check and The Fall Prevention Program Manual By Roberta A. Newton, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy; from the Temple University Fall Prevention Project for Older Adults.
	National Patient Safety Foundation The National Patient Safety Foundation is for individuals and organizations committed to improving the safety of patients.
	Ten Steps to Preventing Infections in Hospitals - a noteworthy article in the Wall Street Journal by Stephanie Simon
	The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The site is designed for educators and includes patient safety competencies.
	Safety Checklist and Assessment Instrument Resources Links to web resources for safety assessment of the home and links dealing with home remodeling; from the National Alliance for Home Modification and Senior Independence. The organization also has a new consumer education site StopFalls.
	Improving America's Hospitals - The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety
	The Joint Commission The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) accreditation now goes far beyond the CMS Conditions of Participation in addressing the delivery of high quality safe patient care.
	The National Academies Press  Valuable book resources. The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

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