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
Syndrome
Isolation
Communicable BT agents
Other communicable diseases
Cough
Droplet
Plague
Pertussis, agents of
viral and atypical pneumonia
Chronic cough plus hemoptysis, fever or weight loss
Airborne
Multidrug-resistant
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Influenza-like illness
Droplet
Early smallpox
Influenza, enteroviral
disease, streptococcal pharyngitis
ARDS/pneumonia
Droplet
Plague
Influenza, agents of
viral and atypical pneumonia
Fever and rash
Airborne & Contact
Smallpox Hemorrhagic fevers
Varicella, measles, disseminated zoster
Fever and altered MS
Droplet
Early smallpox
Meningococcal meningitis
Fever and DIC
Droplet
(+ Contact if + rash)
Plague
Hemorrhagic fevers
Meningococcal sepsis
Diarrhea
Contact
Enteric pathogens
Enteric pathogens
 
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