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Dressing Room Reduces X-Ray Wait Times

  • Assessing the problem and working together to a solution
  • Converting extra closet space into a dressing room for patients
  • Realizing even small solutions pay large dividends

 What can your team do to use your physical space more efficiently? 

Going Skin-to-Skin Is Best for New Babies

  • Establishing a baseline measurement for how long moms are getting skin-to-skin contact with their new babies
  • Creating talking points of the benefits for both new baby and mother about this critical bonding
  • Communicating with staff to ensure a minimum of 60 minutes of skin-to-skin contact occurs post delivery

 What can your team do to explain the "why" behind what you are doing? 

Telemetry Monitoring Is Critical to Good Care
  • Identifying the number of patients off telemetry monitoring for longer than 3 minutes and why
  • Huddling to discuss the severity and consequences of the problem
  • Creating reminders to check monitors, and make it part of the routine

What can your team do hardwire improvements you make into your workflow?

scarrpm Fri, 12/16/2016 - 12:58

Fighting the Plague of Too Many Sick Days

  • Surveying employees about attendance policies
  • Creating guidelines around sick days, tardiness and dangling (not filling out time cards)
  • Rewarding successful employees with a formal lunch

What can your team do to reward and recognize one another?

 

A Little Communication Goes a Long Way
  • Communicating with the team
  • Asking how the team prefers to communicate or meet
  • Allowing team members to earn rewards for attendance

What can your team do to improve communication among its members? 

 

scarrpm Tue, 12/13/2016 - 17:34

Blue Wrap Bins Save Money

  • Setting up designated bins in operating rooms for blue wrap recycling
  • Educating staff about the dos and don’ts of the bins, such as no infectious or solid waste
  • Coordinating with a local charity such as Goodwill to help with processing

What can your team do to "go green"? What else could your team do to reduce waste?

TOOLS

Format:
PDF 

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline physicians and managers

Best used:
Post on bulletin boards in staff areas to designate your work area a Free to Speak Zone. This poster also lists some good ground rules for making discussions productive.

 

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TOOLS

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Unit-based team members, co-leads, sponsors and consultants in all departments that care for patients

Best used:
Share these tips with you team to help plan patient safety improvement projects or review effective patient safety practices.

 

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