Six months ago, the Patient Safety Committee (PSC) announced the availability of a new product/toolkit that is available to assist medical laboratory professionals with advancing their patient safety efforts. The PSC also alerted you of a second toolkit product that would be released in the future. Listed below is an update on the status of this product.
ASCLS Patient Safety Product Available NOW!
Improving Patient Safety Using Quality Indicators β A Toolkit for Medical Laboratory Professionals
The toolkit was developed by ASCLS peers to support laboratory professionals to be advocates for patient safety and improve patient outcomes in healthcare delivery. The toolkit is a practical guide with many tools, resources, and examples to facilitate implementation of a patient safety improvement program utilizing patient safety indicators.
Have you visited the ASCLS site and downloaded the product? If you haven't, the PSC encourages you to do so today (link listed below). Feel free to share the information with laboratory leaders and other laboratory professionals.
Product URL: https://ascls.org/improving-patient-safety-using-quality-indicators/
Update on the Patient Safety companion product: The new product focuses on the topic of 'improving patient safety using benchmark peer reporting and best practice sharing'. Product and program development is currently in a Pilot Test phase and includes use, revision, and input by a group of dedicated laboratories and professionals. After the pilot phase is complete, the PSC will be providing an educational webinar on this topic and communicating the availability of the new product and program!
We just knew you might want to see a 'sneak peek'β¦.π
Look for more information to come!!
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Lezlee Koch, ASCLS PSC Benchmarking Workgroup
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