Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) is a national education and awareness-building campaign for improving patient safety at the local level. Hospitals and healthcare organizations across the country are encouraged to plan events to promote patient safety within their own organizations. Educational activities are centered on educating patients on how to become involved in their own health care, as well as working with hospitals to build partnerships with their patient community.

PSAW toolkits are one of the exciting benefits of a membership in NPSF’s Stand Up for Patient Safety and Ambulatory Stand Up for Patient Safety Program. To celebrate PSAW, all members in good standing receive a FREE TOOLKIT and access to supplemental materials and resources contributed exclusively to NPSF in honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week.

In addition to PSAW Toolkits, Stand Up members receive an array of benefits that offer immediate access to the top patient safety resources, including a comprehensive resource guide, timely and compelling educational opportunities, thought-provoking information exchange, and innovative networking opportunities. The Stand Up for Patient Safety programs equip today’s healthcare organizations with the tools necessary to meet ever-changing patient safety standards and goals, reduce risk, and quickly engage clinicians, staff, patients and families in the practice of safe healthcare. For more information or to join a Stand Up program, click here now!

2010 PSAW Theme: "Let's Talk: Healthy Conversations for Safer Healthcare"

PSAW 2010 Toolkits Include:

• 30 custom designed PSAW Posters
• 50 custom designed PSAW Table Tent Cards
• 100 custom designed PSAW Lapel Buttons
• Ask Me 3 Brochures
• Ask Me 3: Good Questions for Getting the Right Diagnosis
• Ask Me 3: Good Questions for Preventing Infections While Getting Health Care
• Membership Recognition Plaque
• PSAW Materials: Suggestions for Implementation
• PSAW Annotated Resource Bibliography and Related Links
• PSAW Calendar Challenge
• Calendar Challenge Photo Release Form
• The Universal Patient Compact™
• Universal Patient Compact FAQ
  Customizable Templates
• CEO Letter 
• PSAW Press Release
• Calendar of Events Activity Planner
  Patient Engagement Tools:
• A Checklist for Getting the Right Diagnosis
• Ask Me 3: Good Questions for Getting the Right Diagnosis
• Ask Me 3: Good Questions for Preventing Infections While Getting Health Care
• Hand Hygiene Poster
• Hand Hygiene Saves Lives: Patient Admission Video
• Fact Sheet – What you can do to prevent infection
• Fact Sheet – What you can do to prevent infections and stay healthy in the hospital
  Sample Documents
  (NPSF would like to recognize the invaluable support of Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. for sharing the following Healthcare-Associated Infection tools.)
• Central Line Procedural Checklist
• CAUTI Competency Checklist
• Executive Walk-Around Overview
• Executive Walk-Around MRSA Checklist
• MRSA Introduction Letter

PSAW STORE! Additional quantities of PSAW buttons, posters and Ask Me 3 brochures are available for purchase on the newly launched PSAW Store: www.psawstore.com. This customer-friendly and secure website will enable you to order PSAW supplies with a click of a button!

We look forward to your active participation in PSAW 2010! For more information regarding PSAW or the Stand Up for Patient Safety Programs, please contact us at info@npsf.org.