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10 Most Popular Patient Safety Tools of 2015
T
o supplement the material and analysis
provided by Becker's Clinical Quality and
Infection Control, Becker's Healthcare offers an
online database of free and low-cost downloadable
patient safety tools and resources, putting them all in
one place for user convenience. e database contains
tools for patients and providers on all quality-related
matters, including general and specific infection
prevention and control, adverse event prevention and
quality reporting.
e following are 10 of the most accessed patient
safety tools from this year, starting with the most
popular.
Halyard Health's Hand Hygiene Posters:
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Halyard Health offers two hand
hygiene posters, giving step-by-step visual aid to
demonstrate how to effectively use hand sanitizer and
how to properly wash hands when they are visibly
soiled.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Hand Hygiene Video:
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock offers a
humorous video explaining the importance of hand
hygiene in stopping the spread of germs. e video
uses two live actors depicting hand sanitizer and
germs, who explain how quickly germs spread and
how hand hygiene can halt them.
University of Michigan Health Systems' Guide
for Catheter Appropriateness: e Ann Arbor-based
health system published the "Ann Arbor Criteria for
Urinary Catheter Appropriateness" in the Annals of
Internal Medicine. e guide offers detailed advice
for clinicians on if a patient would benefit from a
catheter.
APIC's Hand Hygiene Implementation Guide:
e Association for Professionals in Infection Control
and Epidemiology released a downloadable guide to
hand hygiene programs that provides an overview
of hand hygiene programs' key components and can
