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Manager's Guide to Staff & Patient Safety - October 2016

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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 group. Ask the team what each item is used for dur- ing emergency responses and be sure they know exactly where each sup- ply is located. It's also important to compare the contents of the cart to the MHAUS's list of sug- gested supplies (osmag.net/HhEgN6) and stock the cart with only the required con- tents, so staff can quickly find what they need with- out sorting through excess items. 4. Hand out assignment cards During emergency responses, too many peo- ple acting independently can lead to confusion and can be a detriment to fast and efficient responses. Staff members might attempt to perform a task that's already been com- Patient Safety Toolkit: Ambulatory Surgery and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Phone: 847.853.6060 | Fax: 847.853.6118 | www.aaahc.org/institute v.2.2016 Patient Safety Toolkit: Ambulatory Surgery and Preoperative Evaluation AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Phone: 847.853.6060 | Fax: 847.853.6118 | www.aaahc.org/institute v.2.2016 What if… you had practical patient safety tools at hand? Patient safety depends on a healthcare team that knows how to assess for risk, and the best practices to follow to ensure quality care. The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement supports your team by translating research into highly visual tools- you-can-use. Titles in the AAAHC Institute Patient Safety Toolkit series address universal topics like: And ASC-specific challenges like: ■ Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults ■ VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) ■ Obesity in Adults ■ Surgical/Procedural Checklists ■ And more… ■ Safe Injection Practices ■ Credentialing and Privileging ■ Peer Review and Benchmarking ■ Emergency Drills y cti lts titute Patient Safety Toolkit: Credentialing and Privileging AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Phone: 847.853.6060 | Fax: 847.853.6118 | www.aaahc.org/institute Pati Too Surg Eval AAAHC Institute for 250 Old Orchar Phone: 847.853.6060 Patient Safety Toolkit: Emergency Drills AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Phone: 847.853.6060 | Fax: 847.853.6118 | www.aaahc.org/institute Patient To S Patient oolkit: Toolkit: Emergency Safety Emergency Drills cy AAAHC 5250 Phone: Impr Quality for r Institute AAAHC 250, Suite Road, d char Or Old 5250 847.853.6118 Fax: | 847.853.6060 Phone: ovement Impr 60077 Illinois Skokie, 250, .aaahc.org/institute www | 847.853.6118 .aaahc.org/institute kit: a A A A A H HC Institute fo 2 5 5 0 0 Old Or 847.853.60 Patient a Pat atient at atient at at To Toolkit: To To Toolkit: To To Toolkit: To Toolkit: To Too oolkit: oo Toolkit: oo oo Ph Phone: Ph Institute fo Institute Institute fo AA A A A H HC Institute fo AAHC A A A A H HC Institute fo AAHC A A A A H HC Institute fo A A A A H HC Institute fo Or Or Or O Old Or Old O Old Or 52 5 5 0 0 250 2 5 5 0 0 250 2 5 5 0 0 2 5 5 0 0 847.853.60 847.853.6060 847.853.60 P Phone: P P P h ho o n ne e: Phone: h ho o n n e: hone: h ho o n n e: h ho o n n e: Patient Safety Toolkit: Peer Review and Benchmarking AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Phone: 847.853.6060 | Fax: 847.853.6118 | www.aaahc.org/institute Order toolkits at www.aaahc.org/institute and request your FREE COPY of Running an Emergency Drill for Malignant Hyperthermia by e-mailing quality@aaahc.org.

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