Patient Safety

Patient safety is the effort to reduce and prevent accidental or preventable harm to patients as a result of their care. Under the Patient Safety theme, GMCF will focus on:

• Reducing rates of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
  
• Reducing rates of pressure ulcers in nursing homes and hospitals
  
• Reducing rates of physical restraint use in nursing homes
  
• Improving inpatient surgical safety and heart failure treatment in hospitals
  
• Improving drug safety
  
• Providing quality improvement technical assistance to Nursing Homes in Need
  

GMCF Cross-Setting Meetings!
through September 9, 2010

AHRQ: 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Surveys
INTERACT - Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents
Hospital Patient Safety brochure
CDC - "Safer Healthier Home" poster
WHO - "How to Handwash" poster
WHO - "Your Five Moments for Hand Hygiene" poster
GMCF Hand Washing Poster
CDC - Infection Prevention poster/provider handout
CDC - Clostridium Difficile FAQs
AHRQ: Health Care-Associated Infections
2007-2008 Nursing Home Immunizations Tool Kit on MedQIC
Influenza: Staff Vaccination - Stefan Gravenstein, MD MPH
Evaluation of Siderail Usage

Planning for Your Discharge Checklist (English)

Planning for Your Discharge Checklist (Spanish)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has prepared this list for patients and their caregivers preparing to leave a hospital, nursing home or other care setting.
Order copies here. (Request Publication Number 11376)

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