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National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
The mission of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) is to maximize the safe use of medications and to increase awareness of medication errors through open communication, increased reporting and promotion of medication error prevention strategies.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a nonprofit organization devoted entirely to preventing medication errors.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The mission of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is to improve health and health care worldwide.
Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network features a collection of the latest news and resources on patient safety, innovations and toolkits, opportunities for free CME and trainings.
AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center
This site provides pharmacists with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
TeamSTEPPS
AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS is a teamwork system designed for health care professionals. It has a three-phased process aimed at creating and sustaining a culture of safety and provides higher quality, safer patient care.
National Quality Forum
National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare. OPSC is a proud NQF member.
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection: Dialysis
This 15-minute video covers environmental cleaning and disinfection principles for cleaning dialysis stations between patient treatments and at the end of each treatment day.
How-to Guide: Prevent Adverse Drug Events (Medication Reconciliation)
This How-to Guide describes key evidence-based care components to prevent adverse drug events (ADEs).
Improving Diagnosis in Health Care
Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, is a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001).
Massachusetts Alliance for Communication and Resolution Following Medical Injury
MACRMI is a Massachusetts alliance of patient advocacy groups, healthcare facilities and their insurers, and statewide provider organizations committed to transparent communication, sincere apologies and fair compensation in cases of avoidable medical harm.
Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges
Resources related to hand hygiene for health care settings.
Patient Safety Network Primers
The Patient Safety 101 Primer provides an overview of the patient safety field and covers key definitions and concepts.
Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process: A Toolkit for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
The tools in this step-by-step guide can increase the reliability of the testing process in your office by helping you examine how tests are managed.
AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
The AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit can help primary care practices reduce the complexity of health care, increase patient understanding of health information, and enhance support for patients of all health literacy levels.
Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
These guidelines have been developed for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings.
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
This guideline presents evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment.
Human Factors Matrix
A matrix to help healthcare professionals apply human factors principles during root cause analysis to identify strong strategies to improve patient safety.
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a guide to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners to promote improvements in care.
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