Actionable Patient Safety Solutions™ (APSS™)
Nearly 50 APSS To Guide You
We’ve built Actionable Patient Safety Solutions™ (APSS™) to help executives and leaders put in place processes known to cause significant harm and death to patients in hospitals.
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APSS |
SubAPSS |
| 1 Creating a Culture of Safety | |
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2 Healthcare-associated Infections
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2A Hand Hygiene |
| 2B Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections | |
| 2C Surgical Site Infection | |
| 2D Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia | |
| 2E Clostridioides difficile Infection | |
| 2F Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections | |
| 2G Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | |
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3 Medication Errors
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3A Medication Errors |
| 3B Antimicrobial Stewardship | |
| 3C Severe Hypoglycemia | |
| 3F Drug Shortages | |
| 4 Monitoring for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression | |
| 5 Patient Blood Management | |
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7 Neonatal Safety
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8 Airway Safety
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8A Safer Airway Management |
| 8B Unplanned Extubation | |
| 9 Sepsis | |
| 10 Cardiac Arrest | |
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11 Obstetric Safety
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11A Post Partum Hemmorhage |
| 12 Embolic Events | |
| 12B Air Embolism | |
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14 Falls
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14A Falls in Adults |
| 14B Mother/Baby Falls | |
| 15 Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification | |
| 16 Person and Family Engagement | |
| 17 Patient Safety Curriculum | |
| 18 Post-operative Delirium in Older Adults | |
Implementation Guidelines
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