Patient Safety Topic

Overview

​​​The neonate population is one of the most vulnerable and likely to sustain injury when a patient safety event occurs. View the tools and resources to learn about strategies to provide safe patient care.​

Articles

 

Educational Tools

Shoulder Dystocia Action Strategy Guide​​
Risk reduction strategies for shoulder dystocia​​

Neonatal Serious Events Related to Labor and Delivery​​​
Healthcare facilities can use this report to gain a better understanding of serious events involving newborns related to labor and delivery.​

Newborn Safety Contract for Parents
Healthcare facilities can adapt this sample information (1 of 2) to communicate facility-specific security and safety measures.​

Antimicrobial Stewardship Talking Points With Providers​
Use these facts and resources during conversations with providers.​

Hospital Safety Information for Parents

Healthcare facilities can adapt this sample information (2 of 2) sheet to communicate facility-specific security and safety measures.

Sleep Safety Crib Card
This ABCs of safe sleep practices can aid healthcare facilities in reinforcing safe sleep practices for newborns.

Newborn Fall UOR Debrief Form
Healthcare facilities can use this sample tool to capture additional details about newborn falls.

Keeping Babies Safe from Falls while in Your Hospital (Clinical Poster)
This poster can help educate healthcare workers about newborn injury prevention methods such as family awareness, staff monitoring, and education for both staff and families.

Keeping Your Baby Safe from Falls while in the Hospital (Consumer Poster)
This poster can help educate patients or family members who are handling a baby to ask for help if they feel tired to reduce the possibility of a newborn fall injury.

Sleeping Mom with Newborn Slipping through the Siderail
This enacted scene shows how a newborn can slip through the opening of the mattress and siderail after the newborn's mother falls asleep.

Multimedia

Infant Falls

Safety Tips for Patients