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

Radiation Safety

  • Comply with all required radiation exposure monitoring if you work around radiation regularly
  • When portable x-rays are being taken, move away from the patient
  • Patients on high-dose radionuclide therapy are radioactive and require special precautions-contact UH Safety
 
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