AHA’s Health Research and Educational Trust has just released a series of 10 evidence-based checklists for improving patient safety in these areas:
- Adverse drug effects
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Central line-associated blood stream infections
- Early elective deliveries [Cesarean]
- Injuries from falls and immobility
- Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
- Preventable readmissions
- Surgical site infections
- Ventilator-associated pneumonias and events
- Venous thromboembolisms
For additional information, ‘change packages’ for each checklist topic are available on the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network [HEN] web site at www.hret-hen.org.
Source: Checklists to improve patient safety; signature leadership series. Health Research and Educational Trust in partnership with American Hospital Association, June 2013. http://www.hpoe.org/Reports-HPOE/CkLists_PatientSafety.pdf
Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Best practices, Health care quality, Patient care, Patient safety, Posted by Diana Culbertson, Readmission, Surgery | Tagged: adverse drug events, C-setions, CAUTIs, Cesarean deliveries, CLABSIs, deep vein thrombosis, healthcare associated infections, medication safety, Patient falls, patient safety checklists, pressure ulcers, ventilator-associated events |
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