The program includes the Learn How to be Safe While Receiving Medical Care poster, which addresses hand hygiene, surgical site infections, central-line associated bloodstream infections, medication ...

“Stop antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery” warns a free Surgical Care Improvement Project poster developed by Delmarva Foundation and adapted and assembled by the Information & Quality ...

ECRI Institute provides a free, downloadable poster detailing recommendations to prevent surgical fires. ECRI notes that the applicability of its recommendations must be considered individually for ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has released an informational poster for patients on the ABCs of antibiotics. APIC’s poster explains what can happen if patients ...

The new patient action plan stresses leadership, patient and family engagement, workforce safety, and learning systems. A new "action plan" to advance patient safety addresses fundamental elements of ...

In the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, quality and safety are at the core of everything we do. Our mission is to provide the highest standard of care to women through continuous quality ...

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...

leads by actively engaging medical students, residents, and occasionally faculty in systems-based, interdisciplinary quality improvement activities. improves quality of care by performing and leading ...

Maria Hicinbothem enhances patient safety in dermatology by improving infection prevention and pre-surgery processes, earning recognition for her patient advocacy and education efforts. Wandaris Ortiz ...