JCR Releases Books on Environment of Care, National Patient Safety Goal

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announces the publication of two books, Environment of Care® Risk Assessment and Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls: Toolkit for Implementing National Patient Safety Goal 9. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

Whether the risk issue is infant and pediatric abduction, infection control during construction, fire safety, or potential disaster emergencies, Environment of Care® Risk Assessment guides organizations through a basic risk assessment process and suggests potential high-profile, high-risk areas for consideration. Performing risk assessments can help organizations ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors in addition to complying with accreditation requirements, meeting OSHA regulations and avoiding fines. The book explains how to use existing standards tools such as the periodic performance review, Interim Life Safety Measures, the hazard vulnerability analysis and more. Case studies, examples and worksheets for assessing and minimizing risk are included, along with a CD-ROM with interactive risk assessment forms. Environment of Care® Risk Assessment is available for $99 using order code ECRA-08.
 
Preventing patient falls and related injuries continues to be a significant challenge for many health care organizations. An aging population and staffing shortages can be obstacles for any fall reduction initiative. The challenge becomes greater when individuals who are at risk of falling might not know to share or forget to communicate that information with staff members before an incident occurs. Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls: Toolkit for Implementing National Patient Safety Goal 9 can help health care organizations design or modify a fall reduction initiative based on the population it serves, the services it provides, and its environment of care. The toolkit includes an implementation guide that offers strategies and how-to information related to assessment and reassessment techniques to identify at-risk individuals; effective interventions to reduce fall risk factors; patient education; staff training; and consistent evaluation and use of data on falls to make changes. Readers will also learn how five healthcare organizations made improvements and created multifaceted programs to reduce falls. The implementation guide includes a companion CD-ROM with video clips, forms, worksheets and other tools from the book that an organization can customize and use for its own falls reduction initiative. Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls: Toolkit for Implementing National Patient Safety Goal 9 is available for $199 using order code RPR-08.

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Source: Joint Commission Resources, Inc.