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 Airborne Isolation

Common diseases spread by the airborne route include:

Tuberculosis
Varicella-be immune
Measles-be immune
Disseminated varicella (herpes zoster of more than one dermatome) in immunocompromised hosts: All such patients are placed in negative airflow pending chest X-ray and 24 hours of therapy with antivirals

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