Effective practices

Going Skin-to-Skin Is Best for New Babies
  • Establishing a baseline measurement for how long moms are getting skin-to-skin contact with their new babies
  • Creating talking points of the benefits for both new baby and mother about this critical bonding
  • Communicating with staff to ensure a minimum of 60 minutes of skin-to-skin contact occurs post delivery

 What can your team do to explain the "why" behind what you are doing? 

scarrpm Wed, 12/28/2016 - 11:18
Telemetry Monitoring Is Critical to Good Care
  • Identifying the number of patients off telemetry monitoring for longer than 3 minutes and why
  • Huddling to discuss the severity and consequences of the problem
  • Creating reminders to check monitors, and make it part of the routine

What can your team do hardwire improvements you make into your workflow?

scarrpm Fri, 12/16/2016 - 12:58
A Little Communication Goes a Long Way
  • Communicating with the team
  • Asking how the team prefers to communicate or meet
  • Allowing team members to earn rewards for attendance

What can your team do to improve communication among its members? 

 

scarrpm Tue, 12/13/2016 - 17:34

Blue Wrap Bins Save Money

  • Setting up designated bins in operating rooms for blue wrap recycling
  • Educating staff about the dos and don’ts of the bins, such as no infectious or solid waste
  • Coordinating with a local charity such as Goodwill to help with processing

What can your team do to "go green"? What else could your team do to reduce waste?

Free to Speak Zone Poster

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 16:48
Tool Type
Posters
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Running Your Team
Meetings
Keywords
Free to speak
Topics
Communication
Culture
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Physicians
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
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Designate your work area a Free to Speak zone so that staff members feel free to share ideas and concerns.

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Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline physicians and managers

Best used:
Post on bulletin boards in staff areas to designate your work area a Free to Speak Zone. This poster also lists some good ground rules for making discussions productive.

 

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Hank Libs: Smooth or Crunchy?

Submitted by tyra.l.ferlatte on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 13:54
Tool Type
Puzzles and Games
Format
PDF
Running Your Team
Meetings
Keywords
hank libs
hanklibs
spreading best practices
Topics
Performance Improvement
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Physicians
Frontline Workers
Hank
Spring 2015
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Add some fun to your meetings and underscore the importance of spreading/adopting best practices with this Hank Lib from the Spring 2015 Hank.

Jennifer Gladwell
Tyra Ferlatte
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Hank Libs: Smooth or Crunchy?

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline workers, managers and physicians

Best used:
Add some fun to your meetings and underscore the importance of spreading/adopting best practices.

 

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5 Tips for Spreading Effective Practices

Submitted by anjetta.thackeray on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 13:40
Tool Type
Tip Sheets
Format
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Running Your Team
Communication
Keywords
communication spread effective pratices storytelling video ethnography report newsletters
Topics
Communication
Performance Improvement
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Help your UBT effectively use project metrics, results and details to write stories, prepare storyboards, create UBT Tracker entries or otherwise spread effective practices to other teams.

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5 Tips for Spreading Effective Practices

Format: 
PDF

Size: 
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience: 
Frontline employees, managers and physicians, and UBT consultants

Best used: 
Post on bulletin boards and discuss in team meetings; use this tipsheet as a starting point for sharing how your team got results. 

 

 

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7 Essential Tips to Help Keep Patients Safe

Submitted by Jennifer Gladwell on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 17:37
Tool Type
Tip Sheets
Format
PDF
Keywords
tips
Topics
Patient Safety
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Looking for a patient safety project but don't know where to start? These seven tips will help get you started.

Jennifer Gladwell
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7 Essential Tips to Help Keep Patients Safe

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Unit-based team members, co-leads, sponsors and consultants in all departments that care for patients

Best used:
Share these tips with you team to help plan patient safety improvement projects or review effective patient safety practices.

 

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