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<br /> SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014<br /> Evacuation:<br /> A Comprehensive<br /> Guide<br /> Emergency<br /> Volume 11, Issue 5<br /> RCA: Are There Best Practices?<br /> Policies & Procedures: A Risk<br /> Management Perspective<br /> Evidence-Based Staffing<br /> 800-774-5799<br /> NOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE!<br /> UNIt DOSE – PAtIENt SAFEty<br /> An Innovative Non-Aerosol Unit Dose<br /> topical Anesthetic Spray<br /> • Meets Joint Commission Standard for the most ready-to-administer<br /> form available*<br /> 0.5 mL each<br /> • Fast onset • Short duration<br /> • Virtually no systemic absorption<br /> • Utilizes bar code medication administration (BCMA) to<br /> accommodate point-of-care scanning<br /> • Virtually eliminates adverse events resulting from preventable<br /> medication errors, ensuring the “5 Rights” are met:<br /> √ Right Drug √ Rig<a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=1"> SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 Evacuation: A Comprehen</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=2"> 800-774-5799</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=3"> NOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE! UNIt DOSE – PAtIENt SAFEty</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=4"> 10 36 CONTENTS september/october 201</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=5"> Isn't a“solution” supposed to What other i</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=6"> </a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=7"> Reducing medication errors doesn’t scare</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=8"> SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS </a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=9"> Direct observation of hand hygiene compliance is </a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=10"> NEWS Health and literacy Center Offers Integra</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=11"> FuSE Training Program aims to Reduce OR Fires, En</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=12"> ISMP plan Now for Upcoming changes in enteral F</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=13"> nutrition end connector (final) (in</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=14"> READMISSIONS reducing the revolving-Door effec</a> <a title="PSQH Sept/Oct 2014 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b8e8a7aa?page=15"> BOOK YOURS TO Y! 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