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Video: Clostridium Difficile Training for Environmental Cleaning Staff
This 14-minute video from Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) provides basic infection prevention and control training for staff who clean and disinfect the environment and equipment for patients and/or residents who have Clostridium difficile infections.
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.
Video: Best Practices for Blood Glucose Monitoring
This 10-minute video from Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC) and the Oregon Healthcare-Associated Infection Program at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) provides best practices that can be implemented in any healthcare setting to prevent infection during blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration.
Video: Environmental Cleaning Basics for Perioperative Areas: Part 2
This 7-minute training video is designed for perioperative staff and environmental services staff working in the perioperative area and can help these healthcare team members provide a clean and safe environment for their patients.
CUSP Toolkit
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety.
Video: Environmental Cleaning Basics for Perioperative Areas: Part 1
This 11-minute video is designed for perioperative staff and environmental services staff working in the perioperative area and can help these healthcare team members provide a clean and safe environment for their patients.
Be Antibiotics Aware
Be Antibiotics Aware is a national effort to help fight antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic prescribing and use.
Antibiotic Stewardship Driver Diagram and Change Package
A framework to reduce inappropriate antibiotic utilization in hospitals, prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet
The The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Worksheet is a useful tool for documenting a test of change.
How to Improve: Model for Improvement
This resource on IHI’s website provides information about The Model for Improvement, a simple yet powerful tool for accelerating improvement in healthcare organizations.
“Speak Up for Patient Safety” Training Materials
Presentation slides and materials packet from OPSC’s one-day course on communicating before, during, and after an adverse event.
AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
This toolkit assists hospital staff and leadership in developing an effective antimicrobial stewardship program with the potential to reduce C. difficile.
AHRQ Safety Program for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities Toolkit
The ESRD Toolkit was created to help end-stage renal disease clinics prevent healthcare-associated infections in dialysis patients.
ASC and Nursing Facility Knowledge Share Series
The Knowledge Share Webinar Series provides free infection prevention training designed by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and nursing facilities in Oregon.
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).
PDSA Cycle Gift Wrapping Activity
This exercise is a fun team building activity that also allows participants to work through the different stages of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle.
A Daughter’s Frustration with the Dearth of Patient—and Family—Centered Care
2014 Patient Experience Journal paper that gives a first person account of a hospitalization that lacked patient-centered care and provides resources for hospitals.
Long-Term Care Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit
This toolkit developed by OPSC and community partners offers long-term care providers tools and resources to strengthen their falls investigation process.
Root Cause Analysis Toolkit
This toolkit provides healthcare facilities with additional resources to strengthen their existing adverse event review process.
UTI Prevention Resources for Long-Term Care Facilities
These tools and resources are intended to provide guidance on the development and application of UTI prevention projects in long-term care facilities.
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