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Patient safety toolkits provide practical applications of PSNet research and concepts for front line providers to use in their day to day work. These toolkits contain resources necessary to implement patient safety systems and protocols.
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Measurement Tool/Indicator
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2020.
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are increasingly being used to provide surgical care. The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey seeks opinions from the field regarding safety culture in the ambulatory surgical center environment. The survey is presented with additional resources to help organizations assess their safety culture, including the results of a pilot program testing the survey and a user's guide. Voluntary data submission will be open June 1-22 for ASCs that have administered the survey.
Measurement Tool/Indicator
Classic
Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2020.
Culture has been described as a key to establishing high reliability organizations. The National Quality Forum's Safe Practices for Healthcare and the Leapfrog Group both mandate hospitals to regularly assess their safety culture. This AHRQ Web site provides validated safety culture survey tools (Hospital, Medical Office, Nursing Home, Community Pharmacy, Ambulatory Surgery Center), user guides health care organizations can use to implement the surveys and a bibliography of articles discussing the use of SOPS in the field. Organizations can also use the AHRQ database to compare their Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) results. In addition, reports are available that summarize the benchmarking data across cohorts nationwide. An AHRQ WebM&M perspective discussed how to establish a safety culture.
Organizational Policy/Guidelines
Horsham, PA; Institute for Safe Medication Practices: April 2023.
Community pharmacies are common providers of medication delivery that harbor process weaknesses affecting safety. This guidance shares evidence-based steps to address problems such as wrong patient errors and lack of consistent barcode system use in the community setting.
Measurement Tool/Indicator
Joint Commission.
This website provides sentinel event data reported to The Joint Commission, which includes information on sentinel events reported from January through December 2022. Falls, unintended retained foreign bodies, and delays in treatment were among the most frequently submitted incidents in this time period which represents a 19% increase over 2021. The data and graphs are updated regularly and include a 5 year trend analysis and specific analysis associated with event type by year from 2018 through 2022.
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Fact Sheet/FAQs
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ.
This consumer fact sheet advises parents on how to help their children avoid medical errors pertaining to medicine, hospital stays, surgeries, and other medical needs.
Government Resource
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ.
This fact sheet for patients provides recommendations to help them prevent medical errors when taking medications, during a hospital stay, and prior to having surgery.
Fact Sheet/FAQs
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ.
A brief presentation of "pearls" to allow consumers to take an active role in preventing medical errors.
Government Resource
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ; National Council on Patient Information and Education; NCPIE.
This Web site assists consumers in learning how to take medications safely. The materials answer common questions about medication use and includes forms and a wallet card for tracking relevant information. The material is available in both English and Spanish.
Government Resource
Agency for Health Research Research and Quality; AHRQ
A list of quick tips and questions to aid anyone who is preparing for surgery.
Government Resource
Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ
This fact sheet on medical errors provides information based on current research. Patients at risk, types of medical errors, and ways to improve and promote patient safety are discussed. References to programs and publications on medical errors and patient safety are provided.
