Toolkits

General Toolkit Websites

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Organization of Registered Nurses
• Premier Patient Safety Resources

Alarm Safety

• Alarm Safety Resource Site – ECRI

Blood Clot Prevention

• Blood Clot Prevention – AHRQ

Business Case for Quality and Safety

• Determining the Business Case for Quality – Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Adverse Events Prevented Calculator

Clinician and Staff Support

• Toolkit to Support Staff Involved in Adverse Events “ Second Victims“

Communication and Teamwork

• Disclosure Apologies for Medical Errors – American College of Physician Executives
• Nurse and Physician Relationships – American College of Physician Executives and the American Organization of Nurse Executives
• Perioperative Patient Handoffs – American Organization of Registered Nurses and the U.S. Department of Defense Patient Safety Program
• Role of the Nurse Executive in Patient Safety – American Organization of Nurse Executives
• TeamSTEPPS – AHRQ
• TeamSTEPPS – AHRQ – Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Hospital Guide
• MHA Continuity of Care Transfer Project – Guide to Action

Consumer Involvement

• Building the Future for Patient Safety: Developing Consumer Champions – A Workshop and Resource Guide
• Patient and Family Centered Care, Implementation of – Institute for Family-Centered Care
• Patient Centered Care, Patient Rounding – Dana Farber

Falls

• Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) Falls Prevention Toolkit
• National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit
• Practicing Physician Education in Geriatric Medicine Falls Toolkit

Healthcare-Acquired Infections

• Partnering to Heal
• Hand Hygiene Toolkit from ASC Collaborative
• “Partnering to Heal: Teaming Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections” – HHS Online Patient Safety Training Resources to Reduce HAIs
• WHO Hand Hygiene Campaign – SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands tools, resources and evidence on hand hygiene

Health Disparities, Literacy and Cultural Competency

• AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
• Health Disparities Toolkit – Health Research and Educational Trust

Medication Safety

• AHRQ-funded Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS)
• CPS Medication Safety Resources – Poster, Brochure and My Medicine List
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
• Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Adverse Drug Events from IHI
• Medication Reconciliation and Health Literacy from Indiana Patient Safety Center
• Medication Safety from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
• Safety of Verbal/Telephone Orders – Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
  
• Society of Hospital Medicine – MARQUIS Medication Reconciliation Implementation Toolkit
• Stop Use of Ambiguous Medical Abbreviations – Food and Drug Administration and Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Pressure Ulcers

• Guide to Prevent Pressure Ulcers – IHI
• Pressure Ulcer Toolkit – Primaris
• AHRQ Toolkit: Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers – toolkit with links to interventions to improve patient skin integrity

Process Redesign

• Healthcare Injury Prevention – Safe Lifting – Liko North America
• Hospital Process Redesign Strategies to Improve Safety – Denver Health for AHRQ

Quality Improvement

• AHRQ Toolkit: Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals, Improving Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators
  • Toolkit Orientation: Video Recording, slides, and transcript

Surgical

• Surgical Fire Safety Prevention (FDA)