Guides and Frameworks (Canadian Patient Safety Institute)

2012-01-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Patients for Patient Safety Canada

Empower yourself with information and tools to help you ask good questions, connect with the right people, and learn as much as you can to keep you or a family member safe while receiving healthcare. Questions Are the Answer helps you effectively prepare for making decisions about medical...

2015-09-01

Bernier, Paule, Boiteau, Paul, Couves, Leanne, Harries, Bruce, Laporta, Denny, Martin, Claudio, Mawdsley, Cathy, Muscedere, John, Skrobik, Yoanna, Williams, Carla

Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition involving the body's response to a severe infection. It manifests in various ways and may involve fever, low blood pressure, and dysfunction in vital organs such as the brain, heart, kidneys, and lungs. Sepsis affects 30,000 Canadians each year, and over...

2009-03-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist in your organization is both exciting and challenging. This quick How-To guide provides an overview of the steps you should consider in preparing to use the Checklist in your OR. Other tools that you might find useful are the Detailed Explanation of the...

2017-01-01

Geerts, William, Diamantouros, Artemis

This item was archived in 2019 and is no longer being updated to stay current. Venous thromboembolism comprises both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and is one of the most common and preventable complications of hospitalization.1 Many risk factors for developing VTE have...