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What are National Safety Resources?

adamdestefano2_1 — 2025-02-23 10:19:06 UTC

These are organizations that promote safety and quality care of patients. They create guidelines and professional standards that assist in achieving the most optimal healthcare environment. Their impact is evident in all aspects of care including the acute care, outpatient, behavioral health, and critical care settings.

Critical Care

adamdestefano2_1 — 2025-02-23 10:23:46 UTC

The Joint Comission's National Patient Safety Goals (NPGs) assist with the formation of policies regarding the prevention and treatment of central line associated bloodstream infections and ventilator associated pneumonia. This organization adits hospitals to ensure there compliance with these standards (McGoldrick, 2009).

McGoldrick M. (2009). Preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections and the Joint Commission's Home Care National Patient Safety Goals. Home healthcare nurse, 27(4), 220–230. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NHH.0000349907.89989.98

Acute care

adamdestefano2_1 — 2025-02-23 10:35:23 UTC

The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) promotes the enhancement of safe laboratory specimen collection and management. This organization provides education on the proper retrieval of blood and urine specimens (ASCLS, 2022).

Patient Safety Resources. ASCLS. (2022, October 5). https://ascls.org/patient-safety-resources/

Outpatient

adamdestefano2_1 — 2025-02-23 10:41:51 UTC

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has a protocol for health literacy which is helpful in this setting as education can assist these patients in following their care plan and seeking medical care when needed. Additionally, this organization has a program that focuses on pharmacological health literacy (AHRQ, n.d).

Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/index.html

Behavioral Health

adamdestefano2_1 — 2025-02-23 10:47:36 UTC

The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) creates educational videos regarding the safety of a behavioral health patient along with the staff caring for this individual. An example of this content is a video that demonstrated ligature risks in hospital rooms (PSA, n.d).

Authority, P. P. S. (n.d.). Behavioral health: Patient safety topic. Patient Safety Authority. https://patientsafety.pa.gov/pst/Pages/Behavioral_Health/hm.aspx