Monthly Resource & Educational Programs National Vaccination Month - August This annual observance highlights the efforts of health care professionals to protect patients of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases through on-time vaccination. You have the power to protect yourself and your children against serious diseases. Various vaccines are recommended throughout one’s lifetime. Childhood vaccines can protect children against serious diseases like measles, cancers caused by HPV, and whooping cough. Preteens and teens need four vaccines to protect against serious diseases: meningococcal conjugate vaccine to protect against meningitis and bloodstream infections; HPV vaccine to protect against cancers caused by HPV; Tdap vaccine to protect against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough; and a yearly flu vaccine to protect against seasonal flu. Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Adults need protect themselves against serious diseases like shingles, pneumonia, and flu. If you have diabetes, some illnesses like flu can make it harder to control your blood sugar (glucose). Make sure you’re up to date on your vaccines. While many serious diseases are no longer common in the United States thanks to vaccines, these diseases still exist and can spread when people aren’t vaccinated. Even if your family does not travel internationally, you could meet international travelers who have not been vaccinated or have the disease anywhere in your community. This year’s measles outbreaks are a key reminder of how quickly diseases can spread when children aren’t vaccinated. Some diseases that are prevented by vaccines, like whooping cough and chickenpox, remain common in the United States. Following the recommended immunization schedule helps you protect you and your child against vaccine-preventable diseases. Click here to learn more.
Patient and Professional Resources Patient engagement and involvment is vital to the delivery of health care. OPSI is proud to provide information to patients seeking health care services including prepartion for a hospital visit, medications safety and more. Click here for resources to help patients understand health care issues impacting them. Click here for resources related to medication safety, surgical and procedural safety, infection prevention, general safety, safety culture, leadership resources, health literacy and best practices.
Patient Safety Week - March 10 - 16, 2019 Ohio hospitals are committed to providing the best health care to patients. Every day of the year, caregivers work to provide the best care possible for every patient, every time. Patient safety and health care quality is a top priority for Ohio hospitals. Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual education and awareness campaign for health care safety. From patients to care providers, from the front lines to the executive suite, from the patient and family advocate to the corporate solutions provider — we are all united in the goal of keeping patients and those who care for them free from harm. Educational Offerings Using Patient Safety Partnership to Improve Patient Safety Caring for Transgender Patients: Unique Risks, Unique Rewards Surgical Safety Hard Stop Checklist Transitioning with Excellence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Transitions and Discharge Toolkit Materials OPSI 2019-2020 Calendar Health Care Worker Stickers - Together in Safety Medication Safety Brochure (gate fold format) Medication Safety Brochure (tri-fold format) Medication Safety Card - small Medication Safety Card - big OPSI Patient Resources OPSI Inpatient Safety Flier 2018 Report: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announces hospital-acquired conditions declined by 13 percent between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in health care costs.
OPSI Best Practice Award OPSI presents the award to the individual or organization that has designed and implemented the most innovative, evidence-based patient safety practice in Ohio. Conceived by OPSI’s Board of Trustees, the goals of this award are to recognize outstanding efforts among Ohio health care providers who: Improve patient safety Develop innovative programs to improve patient safety Create best practices that other Ohio health care providers may adopt/adapt Develop a culture of collaboration that improves patient safety Please contact Rosalie Weakland at rosalie.weakland@ohiohospitals.org at the Ohio Hospital Association for more information or click here to learn more.
OPSI Board OPSI's Board of Directors is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals through out the state of Ohio. Members At - Large Todd Baker - Ohio State Medical Association Chrissie Blackburn, MHA - University Hospitals of Cleveland Kathy Crea, Pharm.D, BCPS, CPPS - Riverside Methodist Hospital Carol Croop, RN, MS, BC, CPHQ Kenneth Edelman, MD - Cleveland Clinic Joseph Geskey, DO - OhioHealth Doctors Hospital Ruth Ann Heiser, RN - Mount Carmel Health System Judy Klein, CPHRM, PA - Coverys William Kose, MD - Blanchard Valley Health System Joshua Lumbley, MD - Ohio State University Hospital Mandy Smith, NHA, PTA, RAC-CT - Ohio Healthcare Association OHA & OPSI Representatives Rosalie Weakland, RN, MSN, FACHE, senior director of Quality Programs Amy Andres, senior vice president, Quality and Data Deb Zanath, Ohio Patient Safety Institute