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Did you know?
- Four million U.S. patients are treated in intensive care units (ICUs) each year
- A 2005 study found that adverse events in ICUs occurred at a rate of 81 per 1,000 patient-days
- An earlier study indicates that nearly all ICU patients suffer potentially harmful events
How can you protect your ICU patients and help staff handle the complexities of patient care and technology in this environment?
Guide Helps You Navigate ICU Complexities
Critical Care Safety: Essentials for ICU Patient Care and Technology can assist you in reducing risk and improving safety in ICUs. It is designed to help guide clinicians, ICU managers, healthcare facility risk managers, and patient safety officers to:
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Assess the ICU environment to identify priorities for improvement including staffing, safety culture, and technology
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Understand important ICU patient safety concerns and identify solutions to address the concerns
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Educate ICU staff about patient safety and engage them in improvement efforts
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Appreciate the impact of optimal ICU environment structure, staffing, and design on patient care and safety
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Develop a sound credentialing program for critical care providers and validate the skills of critical care nurses and other ICU staff members
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Develop interventions that improve ICU patient outcomes and reduce complications
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Emphasize safe selection and use of ICU medical devices and technology
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Develop and implement ICU risk management and quality improvement plans that include patient safety as a core value
- Consider the importance of patient and family communication and involvement in ICU care
Each guide comes with a CD-ROM containing time-saving tools to help you develop your own ICU improvement plans or enhance existing ones, including:
- Self-assessment tools to help you evaluate patient safety in critical care units
- Sample policies
- Forms and checklists
- Education tools such as slide shows and teaching plans
- Links to additional online resources
Preview the table of contents and introduction
Check out the guide's extensive resource list
Read the acknowledgments page to see the range of expert input
Download a brochure
Who Can Benefit from This Guide?
- Critical care physicians
- Critical care nurses
- ICU managers
- Administrators of critical care services
- Clinical engineering departments
- Risk managers
- Patient safety officers
How Can We Help You?
Whether you’d like to find out more about the products described above, or you need tools to help you meet other challenges, our experts can help. For ordering and product information, please contact us, e-mail your request to Client Management Services, or call us at 610-825-6000, extension 5891.
