The Center for Patient Safety (CPS) supports a global campaign for Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by IHI. The theme chosen by the patient safety experts at CPS for this year is Safer Together, emphasizing the importance of safety among the entire team, from the care providers to our support staff to our patients and their families.
For effective, safe care, we must be able to provide care in a kind and collaborative environment. We encourage you to find ways to engage everyone in the conversation. Encourage patients and family members to be involved in the care process and ask, “How can we work together to make my care safer?” Because we are all safer when we work together.
The items and recommendations contained within the Toolkit are suggestions only. We encourage you to find ways to celebrate and raise awareness that will work best for your organization. Don’t attempt too much. Keep it fun and allow it to be an opportunity to showcase your organization’s patient safety efforts to employees and your community.
About 60 days before PSAW:
- Know your budget. What resources do you have available to print posters and/or stickers, order supplies, and/or develop activities?
- Identify a team. Pull a team together to brainstorm ways you can recognize and celebrate patient safety achievements. Consider reviewing recent patient safety culture survey comments for positive indicators.
- Consider items that need to be ordered in advance.
- Download the Toolkit and identify flyers, banners, and images that you'll use in your campaign.
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