Awareness to Action: Fostering a Culture of Safety
Children’s hospitals and health systems are advancing safe health care for patients while enhancing workplace safety for employees. By reducing the risk of harm for patients and the workforce, we can improve outcomes, support employee well-being, and achieve a safer future for all.
Through evidence-based tools, educational courses, and multi-year initiatives like the Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative, children’s hospitals are addressing risks to both patients and employees. Find a collection of these resources below. If your hospital is working in these spaces, we want to hear from you.
About Children's Hospital Association
Children’s Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care.
Patient Safety
3 Emerging Safety Risks for Pediatric Hospitals
Stay aware of these known risks to avoid preventable harm.
Diagnostic Safety Toolkit
The diagnostic safety toolkit provides strategies to make improvements through communication. It's designed to be used anywhere in an organization and with any diagnosis.
Care of the Acutely Ill Pediatric Patient: Respiratory Bundle
Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) is offering a free education resource to address the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID, and flu surge across member hospitals.
Workplace Safety
Building a Culture of Psychological Safety and Self-Care
Explore education and initiatives to support the well-being of your workforce.
How to Cut OSHA-Recordable Events in Half
A pathway at St. Louis Children’s Hospital decreases workplace violence and length of stay for patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Reducing Staff Injuries Related to Behavioral Health Patients
A 90-day sprint led to decreased staff harm, patient self-harm and use of restraints among behavioral health patients.
Pediatric Sepsis
Challenge Sepsis. Change Lives.
Sepsis contributes to over 19% of all global deaths, with nearly half being children. The IPSO collaborative brought children's hospitals together to improve outcomes and reduce mortality rates.
Your Tool To Track Sepsis Data
CHA continues to support children’s hospitals’ sepsis data tracking and benchmarking needs through our Pediatric Health Information System and Inpatient Essentials program.
Challenging Sepsis Webinar Series
Pediatric sepsis research and guidelines continue to evolve, and preventing child deaths requires continual refining of evidence-based interventions.
