Clinical alarm safety and management has become a National Patient Safety Goal for 2014. On April 18, 2013, the Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert which highlighted the widespread problem of alarm fatigue in hospitals. CHPSO has created this catalog of tools and resources to assist organizations in improving clinical alarm management as well as provide information on alarm management webinars presented by industry experts, as they become available.
In hospitals and other health care settings, hand hygiene can prevent infections from spreading from one patient to another, as well as from patient to health care worker.
Medical device users can take steps to prevent or reduce medical device risks to patients and healthcare workers. A particular focus in medical device safety is the attention paid to infusion pumps.
With millions of prescriptions being written by hospitals each year, ensuring that each patient receives the right medication, in the right dosage, at the right time, is key.
Each year, tens of millions of surgical procedures are performed in the United States. Safely providing those procedures 100 percent of the time represents a significant challenge.
