A Guide to Safe Patient HandlingAdvance Nurses - September 2007
A Towel with a Safety Message - StarTribune.comStarTribune.com - January, 2009
AORN - Patient Safety First AORN Comprehensive Surgical ChecklistThe AORN Comprehensive Surgical Checklist was created to support a facility's need to use a single checklist that includes the safety checks outlined in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist, while also meeting the safety checks within The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol in order to meet accreditation requirements.
AORN Guidance Statement - Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Practice Settings AORN Guidance Statement: Sharps Injury Prevention in the Perioperative Setting AORN Position Statement on Workplace Safety AST Recommended Standards of Practice for Handling and Care of Surgical Specimens Can your Nurses Stop a Surgeon?Hospitals & Health Networks - September 2007
Employee Slips, Trips & FallsAn easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about OSHA and other regulatory standards, as well as how to analyze the real cost of those injuries.
Interview with Dr. Janine JaggerJanine C. Jagger, MPH, Ph.D.
Professor of Research of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Virginia
Interview with Dr. Ramon Berguer - Engineered Sharps Injury PreventionRamon Berguer, MD FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, UC Davis
Chief of Surgery, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
On the Job Back InjuriesAn easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about OSHA regulations and standards. As well as how to analyze the real cost of those injuries.
OSHA - Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Patient Handling and Movement Assessments: A White PaperWritten by members of the Specialty Subcommittee on Patient Movement of the 2010 Health Guidelines Revision Committee. It provides information that can be used by those responding to the new requirement to prepare a PHAMA as well as by anyone interested in considering use of patient handling and movement eqiupment in a health care facility.
Pharmacy's Role in Meeting JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goal 3D Safe Handling of SharpsAn easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about OSHA, The Joint Commission and CMS regulations and standards. As well as how to analyze the real cost of those injuries.
Safety Scalpels: State of the Market ReportBy Ron Stoker for Managing Infection Control
Saving Your Back Without Breaking the BankOutpatient Surgery Magazine - February 2010
Scalpel Blades: Reducing Injury Risk Sharps Safety in Surgery - University of Virginia Health System Standards for Medication LabelingAn easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about AORN, The Joint Commission and other regulatory standards.
Statement on Sharps Safety by the American College of Surgeons The Joint Commission - New 2010 Medication Labeling Guidelines The Joint Commission - Universal Protocol The Joint Commission: Sentinel Event Statistics as of March 31, 2010 TIME OUT Day Tools & Resources - AORNNational TIME OUT Day - June 16th, 2010
Turning Point - New safety scalpel handle system provides safety features and familiar feelManaging Infection Control - October 2008
Universal Protocol Update: June 2009 Wrong Site SurgeryAn easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about The Joint Commission, AORN and other regulatory standards.
