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Guideline
Patient Safety Guidance for Perioperative Fire Safety
The AMC PSO convened the Perioperative Fire Safety Task Force to consider the question of why fires continue to occur in operating rooms, and what to do about it.
Related To: Claims, Communication, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Patient Safety Awareness, Surgery
Guideline
Patient Safety Guidance for Pathology Specimens
The AMC PSO convened the Lost Specimens Task Force to offer guidance — and identify and mitigate risks — for specimen loss and mishandling that results in diagnostic error.
Related To: Communication, Decision Support, Documentation, EHR, Nursing, Other Specialities, Patient Safety Awareness, Surgery
Guideline
EHR Downtime Guidelines
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the task force to develop a set of literature-supported, consensus-based guidelines addressing patient safety considerations during unplanned EHR downtime events.
Related To: Decision Support, EHR, General Medicine, Nursing
Guideline
Attending Notification Guideline
CRICO Surgery Algorithm and Trigger Card.
Related To: Communication, Decision Support, Surgery