Actionable Patient Safety Solution (APSS) #3B: Improve Prevention of Severe Hypoglycemia

Severe hypoglycemia (SH) causes significant morbidity and occasional mortality in hospitalized patients. The establishment of an effective program to reduce errors in the recognition and treatment of SH requires an implementation plan that includes the following actionable steps[.

Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) #6: Hand-off Communications

Hand-off communications, or hand-off processes, involve the transition of care as well as the transfer of patient-specific information by one healthcare professional to another with the purpose of providing a patient with safe, continuous care. A successful hand-off can only be achieved by effective communication

Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) #3A: Medication Errors

A medication error is a preventable event in any healthcare setting that may lead to inappropriate medication use while in the control of the healthcare professional or patient, ultimately leading to patient harm and/or death. Medication errors can be classified into five categories: 1) wrong drug, 2) wrong dose, 3) wrong route, 4) wrong frequency and/or 5) wrong patient

Actionable Patient Safety Solution (APSS) #3C: Improve Prevention of Severe Hypoglycemia

This report presents a plan of action for introducing a program to reduce errors in the recognition and treatment of [severe hypoglycemia]

Actionable Patient Safety Solution (APSS) #3B: Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Role of A Pharmacy And The Microbiology Lab In Patient Safety

This report presents a plan of action for introducing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Plan (ASP) to combat the inappopriate use of antimicrobial drugs, which are a significant cause of patient morbidity and mortality