Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

NPSF kicks off Patient Safety Awareness Week

March 1, 2012
Patient Safety

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will soon kick off its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), which runs March 4-10.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2012

March 1, 2012
Patient Safety

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will soon kick off its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), which runs March 4-10.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

Has patient safety over-compartmentalized itself?

March 1, 2012
Patient Safety

 Has patient safety over-compartmentalized itself?

There are some days when the field of patient safety gets a little down on itself about the slow pace of change in the past couple of decades. However, credence should be given to the specialized field and industry it has...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

When and how to wash privacy curtains

February 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Privacy curtains are a seemingly innocuous part of a patient room compared with the various other high-touch surfaces that are the focus of environmental cleaning.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, February 2011

February 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Policies and procedures are the backbone of the hospital and provide the aim and direction of hospital operations.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

The PSMJ Staff Trainer

February 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Test staff knowledge with this quiz on the National Patient Safety Goals. Answers are on p. 12.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 2

Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging

February 1, 2012
Patient Safety

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss how many deaths are believed to be caused by ­radiation from CT scans, according to a recent article by the American College of Radiology
  • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, January 2011

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

As the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, medical errors just don't seem to be going away. Many healthcare professionals agree that reporting such errors is the only way to learn from them and prevent them in the future. But although most medical centers have...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal 2011 index

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Patient Safety Monitor Journal 2011 index

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety
Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines

In the past couple of months, there have been numerous publications around health information technology (HIT) and patient safety. In November 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report, Health IT...

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