Quality & Errors

A document for the scribe to use on survey day to document surveyor interactions, locations/departments surveyed, findings, documents requested and other pertinent information to your organization.

A full edition of Briefings on Accreditation & Quality, a  HCPro newsletter on healthcare regulations and quality. Contains articles on Immediate Jeopardy, Life Safety Code clarifications, and a Accreditation 101 Q&A.

When visiting a hospital, surveyors use this worksheet to confirm an organization’s compliance with the QAPI CoPs. Use it to test your facility before surveyors arrive.

A checklist to see if staff are using the checklists you give them

A fill-in-the-blank contract listing the responsibilities and expectations of those working on a quality improvement program.

A handoff is when a patient is transferred between caregivers, and the information those caregivers share. This article is on the importance of these handoffs, and includes mnemonics and a one-page printout example on how to improve transfers.

Run through this list to assess harm after a patient has fallen.

A checklist of risk factors that could cause a patient fall from the CDC

If it’s not documented, it’s not done. This article is on the importance of documentation in passing a survey.

A non-comprehensive list of safety precautions to take before, during, and after surgery by the WHO.