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Quality/Patient Safety – Inpatient

Patient Safety

Quality Improvement

Medication Safety

Associations/Societies/Agencies

Falls

Burden of Unintentional Falls in NC

Division of Public Health

Carolina Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (CGWEP): Falls

Carolina Geriatric Education Center (CGEC)

Fall Management Guidelines

Best Practice Committee

Falls Prevention

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

NC Falls Prevention Coalition

VHA National Center for Patient Safety: Falls Toolkit

National Center for Patient Safety

Communication

Institute for Healthcare Communication

SBAR: Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene in Heathcare Settings

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Hand Hygiene: Back to Basics in Infection Prevention

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Healthcare Associated Infections

Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAIs)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Prevent Surgical Site Infection

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAIs)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Sentinel Events/Disclosure

Disclosure of Adverse Events to Patients

Veterans Health Administration

Integrating Sentinel Event Analysis Into Your Infection Control Practice

Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology

Leadership Response to a Sentinel Event: Respectful, Effective Crisis Management

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Never Events

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Sentinel Event

Joint Commission, The

Universal Protocol

Surgical Safety: Addressing the JCAHO Goals for Reducing Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure Events

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Universal Protocol For Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery

Joint Commission, The

All Falls Communication Hand Hygiene Healthcare Associated Infections Sentinel Events/Disclosure Universal Protocol

Quality Improvement

Hospital Quality Initiative

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement for Emergency Medical Services Systems

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Quality Improvement Clinical Tools

Society of Hospital Medicine

Quality Improvement Implementation and Hospital Performance on Quality Indicators

Health Research and Educational Trust

Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

All Quality Improvement

Errors Related to Abbreviations

ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

High Alert Medications

High-Alert Medication Safety

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

High-Alert Medications

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

High-Alert Medications Require Heightened Vigilance

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

ISMP List of High-Alert Medications

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Look Alike Medications

ISMP List of Confused Drug Names

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Medications � What Can be Done?

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Medication Errors Name Differentiation Project

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Separate Drugs that Look or Sound Alike

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Medication Administration Standards/Guidelines

ISMP Acute Care Guidelines for Timely Administration of Scheduled Medications

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

ISMP Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Medication Reconciliation

Prevent Adverse Drug Events with Medication Reconciliation

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Reconcile Medications at All Transition Points

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Associations/Societies/Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

American Health Information Management Association

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Medical Group Management Association

National Committee for Quality Assurance

North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians

NC Academy of Family Physicians

North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians

American College of Physicians

North Carolina Division of Public Health

Division of Public Health

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

NC Institute of Medicine

North Carolina Medical Society

NC Medical Society

North Carolina Pediatric Society

American Academy of Pediatrics

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