February 20, 2014 | By: Calevir
Even though the National Patient Safety Foundation doesn’t use LTC-inclusive language in its name or the name of its Patient Safety Awareness Week, they still have much to offer our long-term care communities, including a special week to recognize our dedication to resident safety. CPS has developed a toolkit to help ALL providers celebrate this special week from March 2-8, and to engage residents, staff and families.
In St. Louis County,Bethesda Southgate is getting its community focused on safety, using several of the CPS toolkit resources:
Anyone interested in using the materials can access the toolkit here. And don’t forget to share your safety success stories with a poster (submit a short application) at the CPS 8th Annual Patient Safety Conference in St. Louis on March 21.
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