Our patient safety links are organized by categories. The named links below will direct you to the named category or you can scroll through the list. Links to sites outside the Department are intended to be informational and do not necessarily imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data, or products presented.
General Patient Safety Links
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ- Errors and Patient Safety
AHRQ- Programs and Projects on Quality and Safety by State
American Hospital Association (AHA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Nurses Association (ANA)
ANA- Contributions of the Professional, Public and Private Sectors in Promoting Patient Safety
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- (CDC)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services- (CMS)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
Institute for Medicine (IOM)
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety
National Center for Patient Safety Veteran's Administration (VA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)
Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC)
Rural and Community Health Institute (RCHI)
The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Medication Errors
American Journal of Nursing Safer Medication Administration
American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) List of High Alert Medications
ISMP- List of Confused Drug Names
ISMP- Error-Prone Abbreviations List
Joint Commission National Patient Safety
Perinatal Death
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)- Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
Department of State Health Services- (DSHS)- Information for Parents of Newborn Children
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO)- Preventing Infant Death and Injury During Delivery
USAID- Newborn Health and Survival
Retained Foreign Body
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)- A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices
American College of Surgeons- The Prevention of Retained Foreign Bodies after Surgery
AORN- Recommended Practices for Sponge, Sharp and Instrument Counts
Suicide Prevention
Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety- Designing the Environment to Prevent Suicide
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS)- Managing Risk in Behavioral Health Care
New York State Office of Mental Health- Suicide Prevention and Public Health
Wrong Site/Wrong Patient/Wrong Procedure
American College of Surgeons- Statement on Ensuring Correct Patient, Correct Site and Correct Procedure Surgery
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO)- Universal Protocol
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