NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS

PART 2

07.01.01 Hand Washing07.01.01 Hand WashingComply with either the current

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines or the current World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene guidelines.

Goal 7 ContinuedGoal 7 ContinuedMeeting hand hygiene guidelines -Center for Disease Control -World Health Organization

Education-hand sanitizing gels

07.03.01 Preventing 07.03.01 Preventing InfectionInfection

Implement evidence-based practices to prevent health care–associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms in critical access hospitals.

Goal 7 ContinuedGoal 7 Continued Preventing multi-drug resistant

organism infections (MRSA, VRE, C-Diff)

-Conduct risk assessments for the multidrug resistant organisms

-conduct surveillance programs

07.04.01 Prevent Central 07.04.01 Prevent Central Line InfectionsLine Infections

Implement evidence-based practices to prevent central line–associated bloodstream infections.

Goal 7 ContinuedGoal 7 ContinuedConduct periodic risk

assessmentsEducate staff and patients

07.05.01 Preventing 07.05.01 Preventing Surgical Site InfectionsSurgical Site Infections

Implement evidence-based practices for preventing surgical site infections.

Goal 7 ContinuedGoal 7 ContinuedPreventing surgical site infections

-Education -Surveillance program

07.06.01 Prevent Catheter 07.06.01 Prevent Catheter InfectionsInfections

Implement evidence-based practices to prevent indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).

Goal 7 ContinuedGoal 7 Continued

Foley catheter care

Candidates for foley catheters

UP.01.01.01 UP.01.01.01 Conduct a Conduct a preprocedure verification preprocedure verification process.process.

Review the procedure, patient and site

(include pt. when possible)

01.02.01 01.02.01 Mark the Mark the procedure site.procedure site.Consist marking practiceShould include patientWritten or alternative process

UP.01.03.01UP.01.03.01 A time-out is A time-out is performed before the performed before the procedure.procedure.

What should the time out include?