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Using The Center for Health Design’s Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) in Dialysis UnitsWashington Patient Safety Coalition
March 29, 2017
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Mary McHugh, FACHEVice President of Administrative Operations and External RelationshipsNorthwest Kidney Centers
R David Frum, AIA, ACHAPresident Salus Architecture
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• The Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit (https://www.healthdesign.org/insights-solutions/safety-risk-assessment-toolkit-pdf-version):
This toolkit helps healthcare design teams proactively identify and mitigate built environment conditions that may impact patient and worker safety in healthcare environments.
Through extensive review of research, consensus building with industry experts, and pilot testing, the Toolkit was created to support the 2014 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities.
The Center for Health Design’s Safety Risk Assessment
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• The Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit (https://www.healthdesign.org/insights-solutions/safety-risk-assessment-toolkit-pdf-version):
This toolkit helps healthcare design teams proactively identify and mitigate built environment conditions that may impact patient and worker safety in healthcare environments.
Through extensive review of research, consensus building with industry experts, and pilot testing, the Toolkit was created to support the 2014 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities.
The Center for Health Design’s Safety Risk Assessment
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Safety Risk Elements
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Design Considerations
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Design Considerations
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Infection Control Design
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Action
Install hand wash sinks in convenient and visible locations. Separation of soiled utility and clean supply room.
Infection Control
Impact
Prevent contamination of clean supplies and equipment. Shorten distance for soiled materials moving through the unit.
CLEANCLEAN
SOILED
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Action
Provide a sufficient number of hand hygiene devices to support convenient use by staff, patients, and families. Supplement hand wash sinks with hand sanitizers’ stations
Impact
Single most important method of infection prevention.
Infection Control
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Patient Handling Design
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Patient Handling
Action
Designate enough storage space for patient handling equipment and supplies. (wheelchairs, scooters, Arjo lifts, etc.)
Impact
Prevents these mobility aids from becoming barriers and hazards to patients and staff
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Patient Handling
Action
Ensure the safe and easy movement and use of patient handling and mobility equipment. Install patient lifts and bariatric beds
Impact
Safe transfer of patient, back safety for our staff, and allows bariatric patients to receive dialysis in an outpatient setting
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Falls Prevention Design
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Falls
Action
Protect entrances from the weather by installing canopies over the patients’ entrance.
Impact
Reduces the chance of falls due to slippery surfaces
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Falls
Action
Layout the center such that all patients are visible to the clinical staff.
Impact
Allows staff to anticipate, observe and assist in order to avoid falls
RECEPT
NURSE
PATIENT
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Falls
Action
Incorporate scale into the patients’ path. Align scale’s surface with floor.
Impact
Prevents potential falls due to transfer to an elevated scale.
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Falls
Action
Layout the center such that all patients are visible to the clinical staff.
Impact
Allows staff to anticipate, observe and assist in order to avoid falls
TECH
NURSE
PATIENT
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Falls
Action
Layout the center such that all patients are visible to the clinical staff.
Impact
Allows staff to anticipate, observe and assist in order to avoid falls
RECEPT
NURSE
PATIENT
TECH
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Medication Safety Design
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Medication Safety
Action
Locate the medication station to minimize distraction and interruption while maximizing the RN’s ability to maintain visual contact of patients and dialysis technicians
Impact
Limits the potential disruption to the nurse preparing medications, thus reducing the chance for medication errors.
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Medication Safety
Action
Pilot new “mobile” sharps container so it is visible and accessible to the staff
Impact
Limits the opportunity for needle stick and blood borne pathogen exposure.
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Behavioral Health Design
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Behavioral Health
Action
Provide a private room for patients needing calm environment while maintaining visibility to staff
Impact
Calms the environment for other patients. Allows staff to deal with a patient’s behavioral issues in private
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Behavioral Health
Action
Provide a private but visible consultation room for patients, family members, and staff to meet.
Impact
Maximize visibility and accessibility at the same time maintaining patient confidentiality.
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Security Design
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Security
Action
Secure outdoor perimeter of center. Allow only for staff supervised/enabled entry using access control systems.
Impact
Limit danger from intruders, either from bodily harm or theft
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Security
Action
Plan for staff designated safe space and for an escape route when threatened.
Impact
Segregate back of house areas with card access. Study layout of confined spaces (e.g. private rooms)
RECEPTION DESK
WAITING
WORKROOM
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1. Infection Control
2. Patient Handling
3. Falls
4. Medication Safety
5. Behavioral Health
6. Security
Safety Risk Assessment Elements
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Questions?