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Keep away:
Kaiser South San Francisco RNs don yellow
sashes to reduce interruptions and medication errors.
(2008, July 14).
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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 |
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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. |
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Injury Fact Book 2001-2002 Available online from the
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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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.
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MedMarx Data
reports Between 2001 and 2008, USP analyzed medication
error records submitted by facilities participating in its
national medication error and adverse drug reactions reporting
program, MEDMARX®. Many of these reports continue to include
distractions and interruptions as key issues in medication
errors. |
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National
Patient Safety Foundation The National Patient Safety
Foundation is for individuals and organizations committed to
improving the safety of patients. |
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Patient Safety Toolkits
Resources include research posters,
toolkits, brochures, and other educational materials. |
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Ten Steps to Preventing Infections in Hospitals a
noteworthy article in the Wall Street Journal by Stephanie Simon |
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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. |
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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.
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The IN Sight column from the Joint Commission
Perspectives
by the Joint Commission provides developments and
potential revisions that can affect an organization's
accreditation and tracks proposed changes before they are
implemented. The column is updated monthly when
Perspectives is published. |
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The Joint Commission
main homepage.
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. |
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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. |
