New Online Patient Safety Training Resources for Clinicians and Patient Advocates

The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health released Partnering to Heal: Teaming Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections, an interactive learning tool for clinicians, health professional students, and family caregivers highlighting effective communication about infection control practices and what it means to help create a “culture of safety” in healthcare institutions. The training videos include information on basic protocols for universal precautions and isolation precautions to protect patient, visitors, and practitioners from the most common disease transmissions. The training promotes six key behaviors: teamwork, communication, hand washing, vaccination against the flu, appropriate use of antibiotics, and proper insertion, use, and removal of catheters and ventilators. Learn how five characters can contribute to—or prevent—risk of several healthcare-associated infections, including SSI, CLABSI, VAP, CAUTI, C.diff, and MRSA.