Proven patient safety solutions such as the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist are challenging to implement at scale. A voluntary initiative was launched in South Carolina hospitals ...

Ten free checklists developed by Cynosure Health to help healthcare organizations improve patient safety are available from the American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust. The ...

Despite significant changes in infection prevention practices since the introduction of the CMS Conditions for Coverage requirements, hand hygiene practices continue to be inconsistent and fall short ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...

Every boater wants their day of aquatic fun to be safe, so developing a boating safety checklist is a no-brainer. Naturally, different types of boats and boating activities will require slightly ...

Patient safety checklists, long a mainstay in surgical operating rooms, still are inconsistently designed and unevenly applied among cardiac catheterization labs. Yet a paper published in the January ...

(StatePoint) Your home is more than just a place to live, it’s where you create memories, unwind and feel most comfortable. Yet, many household items and systems can hide potential safety risks. “The ...

The following article is written by Daren Smith, RN, director of clinical services, for Surgical Management Professionals. Are you in charge of coming up with meaningful quality improvement studies ...

Checklists have been touted as a method of elevating quality of care in hospitals for years. Yet, the medical community does not fully embrace them. Even Atul Gawande, MD, who literally wrote a ...