Patient Safety
Patient Safety Resources
Patient Safety Rounding Toolkit
Over the past four years, Dana-Farber has developed and evaluated a model of Patient Safety Rounds that we believe will be of benefit to other healthcare organizations. Through our program evaluation and ongoing experiences, we have learned that Patient Safety Rounds is a powerful tool that can help organizations achieve their safety objectives.
The Patient Safety Rounds program involves staff, such as the Risk Manager, requesting and obtaining information about actual and potential safety problems from staff. In addition, patients and family members interview current patients about their perceptions of safe care. At Dana-Farber, the discussions and patient interviews conducted through Patient Safety Rounds have yielded information and insights that have led to numerous improvements and a safer patient care environment.
In this toolkit you will find organizational assessments, program guidelines, training materials, and other documents and tools to help you design and implement a Patient Safety Rounds program for your institution. Read more
Online Resources
View an assortment of links to Web sites that deal with matters related to patient safety. Read more
Medication safety in oncology: Vincristine
Vincristine, a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of leukemias, lymphomas, and a variety of solid tumors, may cause nerve toxicity. Read more
Patient safety in oncology: Selected references
View a collection of papers that address safety topics in cancer care. Read more
