Here are reports featuring 16 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Database of Downloadable Patient Safety Tools & Resources during the week of Aug. 22-Aug. 26.
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A family practice in Dayton, Ohio, has been fined $10,500 as part of a settlement with OSHA relating to violations in areas including sharps safety, infection control and employee training, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
The National Transitions of Care Coalition Advisory Task Force has published a free, downloadable transitions of care checklist.
The University of Virginia provides a free, downloadable patient information sheet on Clostridium difficile.
Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, for Surgical Care Affiliates. "Because teammates work in a hurried and…
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New legislation has been introduced in New Jersey that would require hospitals in the state to implement a facility-wide plan to prevent the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to an NJTODAY.NET report.
The National Quality Forum has announced its board of directors has endorsed a new safety measure focused addressing radiation dosing in computed tomography, according to an NQF news release.
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital must submit to CMS a corrective action plan to address major patient safety risks state regulators found during an investigation, according to a Bradenton Herald report.
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a free, downloadable hospital emergency response checklist.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with input from other federal partners, have developed a free, downloadable checklist to help hospitals assess and improve their preparedness for responding to pandemic influenza.