Healthcare SafetyZone^® Blog

In today's look at patient safety events, reports and topics, we examine the ever-present medication errors and medication events, as reported by the Clarity PSO team.

These past two years have brought an extreme awareness to the topic of hand hygiene, not only to the practices of health providers, but to our society at large. This week we'd like to share in the reminder that regularly washing your hands is a great way to help combat the spread of disease.

March 14-20, 2021

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 -- officially recognized as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization -- has brought an extreme awareness to the topic of hand hygiene, not only to the practices of health providers, but to our society at large.

March 8-14, 2020

It's Patient Safety Awareness Week! As always we remain committed to advancing safety in healthcare. If harm follows the patient beyond the traditional hospital setting, then so must patient safety. It's all about Patient Safety, Wherever Patients Are.

TOPIC: Preparing for the Unpredictable in Perinatal Care

In the latest report from the Patient Safety Learning Series by our own team here at Clarity PSO, we take a look at the complex subject of preparedness when it comes to seemingly unpredictable events. The report is the latest in our ongoing...

March 10-16, 2019

It's Patient Safety Awareness Week! As always we remain committed to advancing safety in healthcare. If harm follows the patient beyond the traditional hospital setting, then so must patient safety. It's all about Patient Safety, Wherever Patients Are. We took a deep dive in a...

TOPIC: Why are Antibiotics so prevalent in reported safety events?

In the latest report from our Patient Safety Learning Series™, we take a look at the prevalence of Antibiotics in healthcare event reporting, and examine the factors that surround medication errors involving Antibiotics compared to...

Join us for a free webinar on August 2, 2017 as Tom Piotrowski, RN, MSN, Executive Director of Clarity PSO, leads a free webinar examining the challenges, including error types, pathways, and potential rationales for defects in care delivery. He and his team examined over 82,000 safety events...

Join us for a free webinar on October 13, 2016 as we explore the construction of the PSO Program and outline the groundwork needed for successful participation. PSOs help you improve your patient safety through shared learning and federal protections, and in this webinar, we will show you how to...