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Patient Safety Posters.


These new editions of the Patient Safety Posters contain tips designed to help organizations meet the 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. Packaged in a set of 10 eye-catching eye-catch·ing
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Visually attractive: an eye-catching dress.



eye
 and informative 18" x 24" posters. Each poster poster, placard designed to be posted in some public place for purposes of commercial announcement or propaganda. Advertising makes wide use of posters, as do charitable and political organizations.  includes tips on how to address key patient safety-related Adj. 1. safety-related - providing or ensuring safety
protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody";
 issues, encouraging a dialogue among staff and supporting the culture of safety. Poster topics include the following:

* Know Your Patient (Goal 1: Patient identification)

* Read-back orders (Goal 2: Improve communication among caregivers)

* Hand-Off with Care (Goal 2: Improve communication among caregivers)

* Do-Not-Use Abbreviations (Goal 3: Improve the safety of using medications)

* Hand Hygiene hygiene, science of preserving and promoting the health of both the individual and the community. It has many aspects: personal hygiene (proper living habits, cleanliness of body and clothing, healthful diet, a balanced regimen of rest and exercise); domestic hygiene  (Goal 7: Infection Control)

* Fall Prevention (Goal 9: Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls)

* Medication Reconciliation (Goal 8: Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
  • Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes or "discontinuities"
 of care)

* Keep Patients Involved (Goal 13: Encourage the active involvement of patients and their families in the patient's own care as a patient safety strategy)

* Suicide Prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures.  (Goal 15: The organization identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population)

* Eliminate Surgical Mistakes (Universal Protocol 1)

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Date:Aug 1, 2008
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