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Patient safety tool: Checklist to limit damage after safety protocol failure

LifeWings Partners has made a free Failure Recovery Tool available online to help clinicians know what steps to take when they fail to meet a patient safety protocol. According to LifeWings CEO Steve ...
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Patient Safety Tool: Safe Surgery Checklist

The Harvard School of Public Health offers a free, downloadable checklist designed to promote safe surgery in operating rooms. The checklist was originally created for South Carolina hospitals, where ...
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Patient Safety Tool: CDC’s Checklist for Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

The CDC offers a free checklist for hospitals to ensure optimal antibiotic prescribing as well as limit overuse and misuse of antibiotics. The checklist includes elements that have been shown to be ...
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Patient Safety Tool: Checklist of Patient Decontamination Capabilities

A free Hospital Decontamination Self-Assessment Tool is available from the Harvard School of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program. The tool provides guidance for a ...