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

How HCWs Can Prevent TB Exposure:

Maintain awareness of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations of TB
Obtain yearly tuberculin skin tests and follow up on conversions:
- Highest risk of developing active TB is within two years of skin test conversion
- Maintain high index of suspicion of tuberculosis in at-risk patients

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