Study Finds SwabCap Passively Disinfects IV Needleless Connectors
Healthcare Team Training and Smart Horizons Partner to Launch a New Online Learning Course
Healthcare Team Training (HTT) and Smart Horizons have partnered to launch a new online learning course, Coaching for Success, which is approved for CEU credit through Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development. This course develops individual coaching knowledge and skills for healthcare professionals.
CareFusion Selects Palomar Pomerado Health as Development Partner for Patient Safety Technologies
Study Confirms Passive Safety Devices Are Most Effective in Needlestick Injury Prevention
Cleveland Clinic-led Team Develops New Quality Index for Hospitals
In a major paper published in the journal Anesthesiology, a Cleveland Clinic-led research team announced the development of a new publicly available tool to help patients, regulators, and hospitals compare patient outcomes and quality.
NPSF Launches its 2011 Patient Safety Awareness Week Campaign
Implementation of Program for Operating Room Staff that Emphasizes Teamwork Associated with Reductions in Surgical Deaths
Hospitals that had operating room personnel participate in a medical team training program that incorporates practices of aviation crews, such as training in teamwork and communication, had a lower rate of surgical deaths compared to hospitals that did not participate in the program, according to a study in the October 20 issue of JAMA.
Minimize Harm for All
As much as we’d like to think that we can “get to zero” for all recurring medical errors, mistakes and adverse events will be part of medicine for the foreseeable future. In addition to working on prevention and mitigation of harm, clinicians and healthcare organizations should work on planning for the inevitable, in order to minimize harm and promote healing.
CAPS Joins the Fight Against Medication Errors
Medication errors are one of the most widespread and preventable causes of harm in modern healthcare. Now Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) and more than a dozen other leaders in the field are teaming up to promote best practices to prevent them.