Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
 Modules  Module 9: Environmental Safety in the Healthcare Setting
1. Introduction to Course
2. History of Patient Safety
3. The Science of Human Error
4. The Analysis of Medical Error
5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice
6. Communication and Information Transfer
7. Adverse Patient Outcomes
8. The Role of the Patient and Family
9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting
10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

More about personal protective equipment (PPE)

  • Never wear PPE outside the direct patient care area or for transport
    • Exception: transport of patients with novel and/or highly lethal pathogens (e.g. SARS)
  • Never touch anything with gloves that someone else might touch without gloves
 
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