Fact Based List:
Top 10 Patient Safety Strategies That Can be Implemented Immediately by Health Care Providers
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 15:27
- Preoperative checklists and anesthesia checklists to prevent operative and postoperative events
- Bundles that include checklists to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections
- Interventions to reduce urinary catheter use, including catheter reminders, stop orders, or nurse-initiated removal protocols
- Bundles that include head-of-bed elevation, sedation vacations, oral care with chlorhexidine, and subglottic-suctioning endotracheal tubes to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Hand hygiene
- The do-not-use list for hazardous abbreviations
- Multicomponent interventions to reduce pressure ulcers
- Barrier precautions to prevent healthcare-associated infections
- Use of real-time ultrasonography for central line placement
- Interventions to improve prophylaxis for venous thromboembolisms
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Source URL: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
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