Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

These quick reference guides were created to help you understand, modify, and interpret your data using the NHSN application’s various analysis output (report) options for the NHSN Patient Safety Component. These guides serve as companions to the “Introduction to NHSN Analysis” training slide set.

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)Patient Safety Analysis Resource

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The NHSN application provides various options that allow NHSN users to analyze their surveillance data. The resources listed on the link above are intended to help you use the analysis tool, and interpret data analyzed from the Patient Safety Component of NHSN.

Preadmissions Planning Checklist (Spanish)

This material was prepared by American Institutes for Research (AIR). It is redistributed by IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A SAFE HOSPITAL STAY”

This resource is a planning checklist for Spanish speaking patients to use prior to admission to the hospital, while admitted, and before they leave the hospital

Preadmissions Planning Checklist(English)


This material was prepared by American Institutes for Research (AIR). It is redistributed by IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A SAFE HOSPITAL STAY”

This resource is a planning checklist for patients to use prior to admission to the hospital, while admitted, and before they leave the hospital

Reliability Culture Implementation Guide

This material was prepared by Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Wisconsin Hospital Association, and Minnesota Hospital Association. It is redistributed by IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Reliability Culture Implementation Guide combines the five principles of high reliability organizations (HROs) with elements of safety culture. The Reliability Culture Implementation Guide was created to provide resources for healthcare organizations, with an emphasis on safety culture, regardless of where they are in their high reliability journey. This guide is not a step-by-step
process, but rather a guide that helps facilities after completing an initial assessment.

Hospital Roadmap for Person and Family Engagement (PFE):Achieving the Five PFE Best Practices to Improve Patient Safety and Health Equity

This material was prepared by American Institutes for Research (AIR). It is redistributed by IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

A growing body of work—captured in peer-reviewed
literature and the experiences of hospitals and health
systems across the United States—highlights the benefits
of PFE, suggesting that successful implementation of PFE
practices can contribute to better outcomes. This PFE Roadmap provides practical guidance to help hospitals implement five PFE best
practices.

Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship and C.difficile Prevention Toolkit

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Quality Initiatives Department Health Care Associated
Infection Prevention Managers
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Antibiotics represent the greatest risk factor for the development of CDI. While appropriate for treatment of many infectious diseases, antibiotics are often overused and misused. Antibiotics disturb normal bowel flora and place the patient at risk of acquiring Clostridioides difficile colonization and/or infection. Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (ASP) have been shown to be an integral part of a CDI reduction program.

The purpose of this toolkit is help facilities incorporate evidence-based research into their practices and measure their effectiveness. Process and outcome measures will be collected and trended.

Building a Team to Reduce Surgical Site Infections

This material was prepared by The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. It is redistributed by the IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The purpose of this toolkit is to lead hospitals through the key elements that are essential in building a successful team to reduce surgical site infections (SSI). The toolkit will provide information regarding how to develop a team, assess work practices, identify gaps, develop an action plan, implement changes, and evaluate success.

Building a Team to Reduce CLABSI and CAUTI

Prepared by the HAP Quality Initiatives Department
Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Managers
September 2019

The purpose of this tool kit is to teach you the key elements that are essential in building a successful team to reduce central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) on your unit. The tool kit will provide you with information on how to develop a team, assess your work practices, develop an action plan, implement changes, and evaluate your success.

Eliminating Disparities to Advance Health Equity and Improve Quality

MHA Keystone Center

The MHA Keystone Center encourages organizations to use this guide to assess the current level of hospital implementation around key strategies aimed at reducing disparities to achieve equity and improving quality. This resource will guide organizations to prioritize and act on identified gaps so that deliberate and purposeful action is taken to ensure that the outcomes across all patient populations are equitable. Sections of the guide include:

Section 1: Understanding Key Terms

Section 2: Why Equity in Care Matters

Section 3: Strategic Pillars on the Journey Toward Equity

Section 4: Recommendations for Action

Section 5: Levels of Implementation

Section 6: The MHA Keystone Center’s Dedication to

Achieving Health Equity

Section 7: Resource Compendium

Hospital Roadmap for Person and Family Engagement (PFE): Achieving the Five PFE Best Practices to Improve Patient Safety and Health Equity

American Institutes for Research (AIR)/IPRO HQIC

This PFE Roadmap provides practical guidance to help hospitals implement five PFE best practices:

  1. Implementation of a planning checklist for patients who have a planned admission
  2. Implementation of a discharge planning checklist
  3. Conducting shift change huddles and bedside reporting with patients and families
  4. Designation of a PFE leader in the hospital
  5. Active Person and Family Engagement Committee or other committees where patients are represented and report to the board