PROGRAM TOPICS

Safety (Patient)


Pain Management: The Fifth Vital Sign

16 minutes
Pain and its effects are so important to the health care process that recognizing pain and its causes, learning how to effectively treat pain, and understanding the effects of pain in the healing process are crucial for providing the best possible care for our patients. The key is to consider pain as “The Fifth Vital Sign”.

Partners in Care Patient Education Series

Patients who take an active role in their treatment plan become part of the team helping not only to speed recovery but also to reduce medical errors. Presented in easy-to-understand language, this award winning series also helps meet the Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Standards!

Partners in Care: Patient Education for Preventing Surgical Site Infections (Program Nine)

7 minutes
The patient plays a vital role in preventing surgical site infections! Help your facility reduce SSIs by educating the patient on infection prevention strategies that they can practice both before and after surgery.

Patient Safety: A Critical Issue

21 minutes
All healthcare facilities are at risk for medical errors, but with great attention to the causative factors and proven, evidence-based strategies, they can be prevented. Patient safety is everyone’s concern.

Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Care and Management

18 minutes
This award winning program helps ensure compliance with CMS and The Joint Commission, and addresses the strategies for assessing, preventing and treating pressure ulcers involving the interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Preventing Patient Falls: A Team Approach

18 minutes
"Patient falls are among the most common occurrences reported in hospitals and are a leading cause of death in people ages 65 or older."   --Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Providing Evidence-Based Care: Avoiding the Use of Restraints

20 minutes
This program is an essential training tool for all employees who are faced with making difficult decisions regarding the use of restraints.

Restraints, Seclusion, and the 1 Hour Face-To-Face Evaluation

18 minutes
The only program that will take you step-by-step through the 1 Hour Face-to-Face Evaluation as required by CMS.

Safe Injection Practices

10 mins
All healthcare providers are urged to carefully review their infection control practices and the practices of all staff under their supervision.

- CDC's Injection Safety Information for Providers


Those in Need: Suicide Precautions in the Healthcare Setting

16 minutes
The 2009 Patient Safety Goal #15 states that clinicians in the general hospital setting must learn to identify patients at risk for suicide, and safely manage those who admit after a suicide attempt or express intent during hospitalization.