Ohio Patient Safety Institute
Medication Safety
 ▪ Medication safety brochures
 ▪ Medication cards
 ▪ Brownbag toolkit
 ▪ Order materials
Surgery Safety
 ▪ Ohio Surgical Verification Protocol
  ▪ Anesthesia awareness sample  policy
 ▪ Key steps poster
 ▪ Time-out wet erase board
 ▪ "The Vital Patient" brochure
General Safety
 ▪ Abbreviations
 ▪
Patient ID/Wristbands
 ▪
Infection
 ▪
Skin Integrity
 ▪
Fall Precautions

 ▪
2010 National Patient Safety Goals
 ▪ Healthcare 411

News Releases
Leadership Resources
Consumer Resources

Are there additional items you'd like to see on this site? Have comments? Please share!

 

 

 

Medication Safety Surgical Site Verification
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute is...
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute is the leader and catalyst in transforming healthcare into a reliable safe delivery system.
What's New...

Best Practice Award Presented

Aultman Hospital staff and project supporters received the award at the 2010 OHA Annual Meeting Leadership Luncheon, June 16. View news release. Aultman Hospital successfully implemented a project that decreased bloodstream infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

 

Ohio Hospitals Cut Infections in Half

Read a news release about the Ohio on the CUSP: Stop BSI progress six months into the initiative.

 

Culture of Safety: 
Moving to Accountability

This 8-part audio conference series will focus on a culture of accountability to improve patient safety processes. The next session is July 14: Minimizing Radiation Risk/Overuse.

 

For more information, please view our brochure. For added convenience, the series will be available as recordings.

Online registration is now open.

 

Safety Leaders Stories:

Dennis Quaid’s

“Chasing Zero”

Actor and patient safety advocate, Dennis Quaid has produced an outstanding, informative, empowering and motivating CME program, “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.” The four-part series aired on the Discovery Channel April 24, 2010.  Click here to view the videos.

 

Sue Sheridan's "PICK"

Sue Sheridan became involved in patient safety after her family experienced two serious medical system failures.  For more on Sue's story and other safety leader projects visit the TMIT Research Test Bed website here.

 

© 2003-2010 Ohio Patient Safety Institute  ▪  A subsidiary of the Ohio Health Council
Please direct comments, questions or additions to opsi@ohanet.org 614.221.7614