Industry Safety
Health Care Safety
What's New (Last 31-60 Days)
Accreditation
Organizations & their procedures for accreditation of health care facilities
Guidance from the Dept of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General
Dentistry Safety
Safety materials for the dentistry profession
Control measures for preventing adverse health effects from exposure to beryllium in dental labs
Hospital Safety
Sample worker safety programs & guidance on pollution elimination in hospitals
Medical safety templates, guidance, procedures
Infection Control
Infection control in hospitals and healthcare institutions
Dedicated to identifying effective measures for reducing occupational exposures in healthcare
Malpractice
Medical malpractice, risk management in medicine, insurance, etc.
The proactive preparation of a plan for managing serious clinical adverse events, and the reactive emergency response
Help in the aftermath of a serious organizational event, most often a significant medical error
Needlestick Injuries
Needlestick injury prevention, legislation, safety devices
Statistical analysis of needlestick and sharps injuries
For the design, evaluation, and selection of medical devices
A list of devices designed to prevent percutaneous injury and exposures to bloodborne pathogens
Design criteria for evaluation of several medical devices
Patient Handling
Patient transfer techniques, use of lift equipment, patient transfer teams
Sling features and medical conditions affecting sling choice
A summary of safe patient handling requirements in the State of Texas
Patient Safety
Medical errors, medication errors, patient safety guidance
Interventions that may be used to prevent patients from escaping and eloping
Steps that may be used to in conducting a proactive risk assessment in the health care setting
Articles provide advice on reducing medical errors and promoting patient safety
Determine if there are existing intrinsic factors that may affect the patient's fall risk.
Lead your team to root causes for each patient safety incident event
Materials to facilitate patient safety and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations
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