Quality and Safety
This guide includes resources accessible to Ascension Associates in support of patient quality and safety improvement.
Update 6/11/2026 Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness, Management Recommendations
There is an active outbreak of Ebola circulating primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and less so in neighboring Uganda.
In response to this, Infection Prevention partnered closely with our Emergency Preparedness, Associate Occupational Health and other key stakeholders to update our Ebola Toolkit. Please utilize this toolkit and huddle card.
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Quality and Safety News and Announcements
Books
Journals
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- Health Care–Associated Infections: Best Practices for Prevention
- Guidelines for the prevention of bloodstream infections and other infections associated with the use of intravascular catheters
- SHEA/APIC/IDSA/PIDS multisociety position paper: Raising the bar: necessary resources and structure for effective healthcare facility infection prevention and control programs
- Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) National Clinical Guideline No. 2
- Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
AHRQ: Patient Safety Organizations (PSO)
American College of Medical Quality (AACMQ)
American Hospital Association (AHA) - Quality and Patient Safety
American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP): Patient Safety Resource Center
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS)
FDA Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Health.gov - Federal Resources for Health Care Quality and Patient Safety
HealthIT.gov: Health IT Safety
Health.mil: Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Patient Safety
Joint Commission (formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP)
National Patient Safety Foundation
Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH)
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)