Patient Safety Tool: CDC’s Patient Notification Toolkit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free toolkit on notifying patients of an infection control lapse or disease transmission.

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The toolkit is designed to help healthcare facilities and state and local health departments conduct a patient notification following unsafe injection practices or other errors in basic infection control. The toolkit includes four sections:

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1. Developing documents for a patient notification
2. Planning media and communication strategies
3. Establishing communication resources
4. Best practices in conducting patient notifications

Download the patient notification toolkit for use in your own facility.

Note: View our database providing more than 400 reports that link to free downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.

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