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Statement on Preventing Harm from Oversedation
Published by OPSC, the Statement on Preventing Harm from Oversedation is a starting point for hospitals to use in efforts to decrease patient harm associated with sedation.
Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Infection Prevention and Control Toolkit
This toolkit was developed by OPSC to help Oregon’s ASCs implement infection prevention quality improvement projects, reduce infection risks, and better protect patients.
Clinician Support: Five Years of Lessons Learned
This article published in Patient Safety & Quality analyzes the success of the YOU Team’s five-year experience in providing clinician support.
Building Health Literate Organizations: A Guidebook to Achieving Organizational Change
This guidebook will help health care organizations of any size engage in organizational change to become health literate.
Infection Control Basics for Healthcare Laundry Services: Part 1
This 8-minute training video covers basic infection control practices for healthcare laundry service areas and is designed for all staff involved in the laundering process.
Infection Control Basics for Healthcare Laundry Services: Part 2
This 11-minute video covers basic practices to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses, including proper personal hygiene and how to store, prepare, and serve food without cross-contamination.
Infection Control for Healthcare Food Service: Part 1
This 11-minute video covers basic practices to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses, including proper personal hygiene and how to store, prepare, and serve food without cross-contamination.
Infection Control for Healthcare Food Service: Part 2
This 10-minute video covers food service safety procedures, including how to prevent cross-contamination, especially in self-service areas; temperature requirements; and cleaning and sanitizing processes.
List of Confused Drug Names
Use this list to determine which medications require special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings
Use ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings to determine which medications in your organization require special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
Just Clean Your Hands Program
The Just Clean Your Hands (JCYH) program was developed to help reduce health care-associated infections and the spread of infection by providing focused education and tools for promotion, evaluation and auditing to health care providers.
Oregon Wellness Program
The Oregon Wellness Program (OWP) promotes Oregon Healthcare Professionals’ well-being through education, coordinated regional counseling services, telemedicine services and research.
Develop a Culture of Safety
In a culture of safety, people are not merely encouraged to work toward change; they take action when it is needed. Inaction in the face of safety problems is taboo, and eventually the pressure comes from all directions — from peers as well as leaders.
Always Use Teach-Back! Training Toolkit
The Always Use Teach Back! tools can be used to confirm patient understanding of care instructions by asking patients to repeat the instructions using their own words.
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