December 10, 2020

Quality and Patient Safety Virtual Forum available at The Learning Exchange

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) employees are invited to join in the upcoming Quality and Patient Safety Virtual Forum hosted by the Accreditation and Standards team. This virtual forum will provide participants with information to promote survey readiness and can be accessed by The Learning Exchange (LMS).

The LMS training will consist of 11 mandatory modules with various topics of survey readiness focus with one optional module. A total of 6.5 hours of continuing education credits will be provided upon completion of all modules.

Additionaly, upon the completion of each individual module, the participant will have the option to submit questions about the content. Each month the Accreditation and Standards team will host a live virtual Q&A session with the content experts of each topic providing the opportunity to have discussion with them about these important topics. Additional continuing education credit will be provided for the Q&A sessions.

Training topics include:

Environment of Care and Life Safety: This module will focus on the most commonly identified environmental safety concerns, will review VUMC's processes and policies, and will discuss whether there are current practices within areas that do not meet the VUMC-set standards. Includes:

  • Corridor clutter
  • Fire safety compliance
  • Hospital emergency management
  • Cleanliness

 

Infection Prevention: As one of the top nationally cited subjects, the Infection Prevention topic will be crucial to addressing many central issues affecting patient safety and compliance. The module will focus on the design and scope of VUMC's Infection Prevention Program, including:

  •  CAUTI
  • CLABSI
  • Disinfection and sterilization
  • Reprocessing single-use devices
  • Storage and disposal of medical equipment, devices, and supplies

 

Provision of Care: This module will identify and discuss safe patient care with a focus on the following topics:

  • Fall risks and interventions
  • Administration of moderate or deep sedation and anesthesia
  • Administration of blood and blood components
  • Comprehensive pain assessment

 

TJC Accreditation and Survey Savvy Tips: This module will focus on educating staff regarding who regulates VUMC, including:

  • Frequent citations/findings
  • Current enterprise regulatory risks
  • Events that trigger investigations
  • How Accreditation and Standards can assist you with survey readiness

 

National Patient Safety Goals: This module will identify and discuss current National Patient Safety Goals, including:

  • Patient Identification
  • Improving communication
  • Alarm safety
  • Universal Protocol (Time-Out)

 

Medication Management: This module will focus on the construct of our safe medication management system, including:

  • Planning
  • Selection and procurement
  • Storage
  • Ordering
  • Preparing and dispensing
  • Administration
  • Monitoring
  • Evaluation

 

Suicide Prevention and Ligature Risk: This module will review Suicide Precautions and aid in identifying hazards in the environment that may lead to ligature risk. Includes the following areas of focus:

  • TJC expectations
  • High-risk interventions
  • Defining ligatures
  • VUMC’s Suicide Risk Management policy

 

High-Level Disinfection, Sterilization, & Environmental Cleaning: This module will focus on identifying essential steps involved in each stage of reprocessing reusable instrumentation, including:

  • Surface disinfectants
  • Cleaning and storage
  • Scope labelling and storage
  • Required documentation

 

Human Resources: This module will focus on understanding The Joint Commission (TJC) Human Resources standards and how to organize and deliver documents during a TJC survey. This includes what type of information should be located in employee files.

 

Postpartum Hemorrhage (optional for non-L&D staff): This module will focus on the new TJC standards on early recognition and treatment of maternal hemorrhage and severe hypertension/pre-eclampsia.

 

Staff can register for a live Q&A session via link provided at the end of the curriculum.

· Aug. 27, 9-10 a.m.

· Sept. 24, 1-2 p.m.

· Oct. 29, 9-10 a.m.

· Nov. 19, 1-2 p.m.

· Dec. 17, 9-10 a.m.