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Patient Safety Tool: '6 Ways to a Safer Hospital Stay' Poster
The Washington State Medical Association provides a free, downloadable poster identifying six ways to a safer hospital stay.
The six ways are as follows:
- Ask questions
- Involve your loved ones
- Know your medications and supplements
- Remind visitors to wash their hands
- Understand your treatment or surgery
- Know what to do after you are discharged
Download the 6 Ways to a Safer Hospital Stay poster (jpg) for use in your facility.
Note: View our database providing reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in hospitals, surgery centers and other organizations by clicking here.
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