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4 Newly added STAT!Ref Titles - Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Discipline

 

               

*    Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit 2012© Joint Commission Resources, Joint Commission Resources & Joint Commission International, Ilese J. Chatman

Despite increased attention to the pressure ulcer problem and evidence that indicates many pressure   ulcers can be avoided with proper care, pressure ulcers are very common in various health care settings around the world. In response to this global healthcare issue, the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit  provides practical and effective tips, strategies, forms, and illustrations for preventing and mitigating pressure ulcers.

 

*    Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections 2012© Joint Commission Resources, Joint Commission Resources & Joint Commission International, Ilese J. Chatman

Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections gives clinicians and leaders around the world the tools they need to prevent C. difficile infections before they happen or mitigate them when infections do occur. Its concise, need-to-know format, gives the reader only the most salient and practical information in an easy-to-understand format.

Learn how to:

• Comply with The Joint Commission and Joint Commission International requirements related to infection prevention and control
• Reduce your organization’s incidence rates of C. difficile
• Improve hand hygiene practices
• Increase patient and family education and awareness
• Enhance the environment of care by improving maintenance programs and equipment cleaning processes
• Engage aggressively in an antimicrobial stewardship program

 

*    Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Catheter-Associated urinary Tract Infections 2011© Joint Commission Resources, Maria R. Aviles, M.A.

Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections is your authoritative guide to ensure the safety of patients who have urinary catheters.

Features include:

• A description of The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal to prevent CAUTIs
• A thorough explanation of best practices to insert urinary catheters, including following appropriate indications, using aseptic technique, and removing these as soon as medically possible
• Detailed descriptions of best practices to care for urinary catheters, including properly securing and positioning the collection system, maintaining a closed system, and checking the collection system
• A discussion of how health care organizations should perform surveillance for CAUTIs, including equations for outcome and process measures
• Tips, tools, and case examples to help improve staff compliance with CAUTI preventive strategies (many of the tools are customizable)

 

*    Addressing Patients’ Health Literacy Needs 2009 © Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission Resources, Robert A. Porché, Jr.

Every day, patients experience confusion, frustration, miscommunication, or a preventable adverse event at a doctor's appointment or during a visit to the hospital. Statistics show that a significant number of adverse events can be attributed to low health literacy levels in patients. This new product, Addressing Patients' Health Literacy Needs, addresses health literacy as it impacts patient safety and healthcare outcomes. This book thoroughly examines the health literacy crisis in the United States and provides techniques and suggestions for assessing and improving the health literacy of patients in healthcare organizations and bridging the communication gap between physicians and patients.

Features include:

• Definition and overview of health literacy
• Information on how to identify signs of health literacy problems and specific strategies to overcome the challenges
• Case studies and from actual health care organizations on overcoming health literacy challenges and meeting patients’ health care literacy needs
• Techniques for developing and assessing patient-friendly health communications materials
• Features a downloadable component. The "Additional Tools" folder offers a collection of informational resources designed to enhance and expand upon the book's content. Among other features, the folder includes all seven case studies presented in Chapter 4 of this publication
• Suggested additional resources

 

New Editions

• Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses - 8th Ed. (2013)

Supplemental Updates

•  Review of Natural Products, The - May, 2012
•  AAFP Conditions A to Z - April, 2012
•  ACP PIER & AHFS DI® Essentials™ - PIER: April, 2012 & AHFS DI® Essentials™: May, 2012
•  ACP PIER, Journal Club & AHFS DI® Essentials™ - PIER: April, 2012, Journal Club: April, 2012 & AHFS DI® Essentials™: May, 2012
•  ACP PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource - April, 2012
•  AHFS DI® Essentials™ (2012) - May, 2012
•  AHFS Drug Information® (2012) - May, 2012
•  Clinical Checklist® - April, 2012
•  Clinical Checklist®, Lab Advisor™ & DrugPoints® System - April, 2012
•  Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses - 12th Ed. (2011) - April, 2012
•  Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer™ - April, 2012
•  DrugPoints® System - April, 2012
•  Lab Advisor™ - February, 2012
•  Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The (2012-1995) - April 30, 2012 (Issue 1389)

Did you know that STAT!Ref now has 25 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement electronic resources?

    

    With partners such as The Joint Commission Resources, Jones & Bartlett Learning, Thompson Reuters, Springer Publishing, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and other societies and organizations, STAT!Ref has an ever-growing, strong Patient Safety and Quality Improvement collection within the sub-categories of Medication Safety, Environment of Care, Patient Safety and Infection Prevention and Control.

    And now, in honor of National Patient Safety Awareness Week, STAT!Ref is offering special package pricing for the ENTIRE month of March. We can recommend turn-key solutions in the form of set packages for your institution, or you can hand-pick the exact content you desire. We have something for everyone concerned with patient safety, whether your organization is a hospital or other healthcare environment or you’re part of an educational setting.

    To view a full list of our Patient Safety and Quality Improvement resources categorized by discipline, click here. Or, for more details, please click on the links below to just a few of the most popular resources in our Patient Safety Essentials Package.

• Toolkit for Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections
• Infection Prevention and Control Issues in the Environment of Care
• Environment of Care Essentials for Health Care
• Medication Reconciliation Handbook
• Credentialing and Privileging Your Hospital Medical Staff: Examples for Improving Compliance
• The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers
• Meeting the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals

 

Please talk to your sales representative today, or call 800-901-5494 for more information.

Interested in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement? Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals (2011) is a comprehensive guide to creating a culture of safety in health care settings.......

2011 © Jones and Bartlett Publishers  Kimberly A. Galt, RPh, PharmD, PhD, FASHP & Karen A. Paschal, PT, DPT, MS

Covering a wide range of health care disciplines, Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals is a practical, comprehensive guide to creating a culture of safety in health care settings. Developed by faculty members in bioethics, business, dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work, this introductory textbook presents the history of safety and the core concepts of patient safety.

This important resource features a patient-centered approach within a practice-based context. Written in a straightforward style, it uses personal and professional stories to illustrate the application of safety principles. Modules and case-based exercises help students learn the importance of safety best practices and quality improvements.

Key Features:

• A comprehensive guide to establishing an effective patient safety culture
• Based on an inter professional course on the foundations of patient safety
• Presents the background and need for safety improvement
• Prepares students to incorporate safety principles in their own health care practice
• Illustrates safety principles with enlightening personal and professional stories

 Audience: 

Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals is ideal as a basic introductory text on patient safety and health care quality improvement for graduate and undergraduate courses across the health professions, nursing, and health administration. Practicing health care professionals will also find this book to be a valuable resource.

 

 

SAFETY SAVES LIVES: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement at STAT!Ref...

 

Kaelyn Sosa, 6, was crippled as a toddler by a medical error. Her mother, Sandy, now helps the hospital in  protect other patients from such accidents.  Barbara P. Fernandez for The Wall Street Journal - CLICK HERE READ MORE

STAT!Ref offers a substantial collection of PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVMENT TITLES by respectable publishers such as: Joint Commission Resources, The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Springer Publishing.  These resources give healthcare organizations the tools and strategies to become compliant with the National Patient Safety Goals and in the end prevent accidents and save lives!

    ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

• Credentialing and Privileging Your Hospital Medical Staff: Examples for Improving Compliance, Joint Commission Resources
• Environment of Care Essentials for Health Care - 2010, Joint Commission Resources
• Managing Patient Flow in Hospitals: Strategies and Solutions, Joint Commission Resources
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: A Clinical Improvement Action Guide, Joint Commission Resources
• Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety: Problem Solving on the Front Line, Joint Commission Resources

    MEDICATION SAFETY

• Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, American Society of Helath-System Pharmacists
• Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Medication Reconciliation Handbook, Joint Commission Resources
• Nurse's Role in Medication Safety , Joint Commission Resources

    PATIENT SAFETY

• Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers, Joint Commission Resources
• Illustrated Guide to Safe Patient Handling and Movement, Springer Publishing
• Meeting the Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals, Joint Commission Resources
• Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Department, Joint Commission Resources
• Safe Surgery Guide, Joint Commission Resources

    INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• Best Practices in Infection Control: An International Handbook, Joint Commission Resources
• Illustrated Guide to Infection Control, Joint Commission Resources
• Infection Prevention and Control Issues in the Environment of Care, Joint Commission Resources
• Toolkit for Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections, Joint Commission Resources

 

"As a student at Ashford University studying to be a Healthcare Administrator and conducting an in-depth study of the Joint Commission, I feel it is imperative that these three books be read by every administrator in addition to each and every healthcare provider. The three Joint Commission resources are a must read for everyone in the medical industry." -- Lawrence Hasenour - Student, Ashford University

 

Supplemental Update on Patient Safety...

The Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety™

Volumes 1-11 © 2011 Joint Commission Resources

Author: Jim Parker

Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety gives readers "how to" information on analyzing and preventing errors in patient care. While this newsletter emphasizes prevention (a proactive approach), it also addresses the real-world issues of reacting to adverse events.

What's new in this June 2011 update?

• State of the Art: Hospitals Engage Technology to Improve Hand Hygiene, Part 1 of 2
• Tell Me Where It Hurts: Providing Effective Pediatric Pain Management
• Preventing "Never Events": Severe Hyperbilirubinemia and Kernicterus in Newborns