Best Practices
HealthCap Risk Management Services provides risk prevention consultation to member facilities throughout the United States. As a value added service to our members the HealthCap Risk Management Services website will now include the most current "best practices" introduced to reduce risk (a sampling is shown below).
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Administration
- Authorization to Release Medical Records
- Leaving Against Medical Advice Policy and Procedure
- Medical Records Requests Policy and Procedure
- Cellular Telephone and Cameras
- Documentation Expectations
- Personal Refrigerators
- Pet, Considerations for Developing a Protocol
- Pet, Facility Pet Checklist
- Pet, Policy and Procedure
- SSN Privacy Act
Background Checks
- Employee Criminal Background Checks, IL Information
- Employee Criminal Background Checks, MI Announcement
- Employee Criminal Background Checks, MI Brochure
- Employee Criminal Background Checks, MI Checklist
- Employee Criminal Background Checks, MI Information
- Employee Exclusion List Screening
- Employee Exclusion List Screening, Policy and Procedure
- Physician, PA and Nurse Practitioner Background Screening Policy and Procedure
Disaster Preparedness
- AED, Policy and Procedure
- AED, Preventative Maintenance
- CMS: Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness
- CPR, Policy and Procedure
- CPR - Michigan - AFC, Policy and Procedure
- CPR - Admission Agreement
- Disaster Preparedness Manual
- Emergency Lighting and Roller Latches
- Evacuation Capability, Procedure for Determination of
- Evacuation Capability, Worksheet for Rating Residents
- MI LTC Preparedness Toolkit
- Pandemic Flu, Information
- Pandemic Flu, MI Summit
- Pandemic Preparedness Manual
Elopement
- Admission Elopement Assessment
- Door Alarm Drill
- Elopement Assessment
- Elopement Assessment Flow Chart
- Elopement Assessment Form
- Elopement Inservice Post Test
- Elopement Management Program
- Elopement Musts
- Elopement Policy and Procedure
- Elopement Prevention Audit
- Elopement Response Guidelines
- Elopement Response Report
- Elopement Search Drill, Staff Sign In Log
- Missing Resident Procedure
- Response to Suspected Eloper
- Wander Management Program
Environmental Safety
- Blood Spill Clean Up Policy and Procedure
- Snow Removal Policy, Procedure and Log
Recall/Product Safety
- FDA Recall, Link
- FDA Recall, LIFEPAK CR Plus
- FDA Recall, Patient Lifts
- FDA Seizure of Hospital Bed Systems - Article 1
- FDA Seizure of Hospital Bed Systems - Article 2
Regulatory
- CMS Memorandums October 2005
- F-Tag F323: Accidents and Supervision
- Legislative Information, MI
- Nursing Home Compare, New Life Safety Information
- Nursing Home Compare, New Quality Measures
- Sprinkler and Vaccine Requirements
- Michigan's Smoke Free Air Law
- MI Mercury Ban
- MI Abuse Reporting
Resident Care
- Depression, Evaluation, Treatment and Monitoring
- Diabetic Management, Policy and Procedure
- Head Precautions - Neurological Assessment
- Nutrition and Hydration Checklist
- Oxygen Administration Policy, Procedure and Log
- Oxygen Use/Storage
- Pressure Ulcers, Prevention and Management Guidelines
- Pressure Ulcer Staging
- Anticoagulant PT/INR Monitoring
- Insulin, Safe Storage of
- Medication Deviations Policy and Procedure
- Medical Mistakes Caused by Unclear Medical Abbreviations
Resident Safety
- Bed Safety Clinical Guidance
- Hospital Bed Safety Evaluation
- Heated Surfaces in Long Term Care Facilities, MI Alert
- Hot Liquids Policy and Procedure
- Hot Liquids Risk Assessment
- Hot Liquids, MI Alert
- Monitoring Water Temperatures Policy and Procedure
- Electric Wheelchair Assessment
- Electric Wheelchair Assessment Instructions
- Mechanical Lift Maintenance Log
- Mechanical Lift Preventive Maintenance Policy and Procedure
- Motorized Mobility Aides, Policy Considerations
- Motorized Mobility Aides, Licensed Facility Considerations
- Motorized Mobility Aides, Unlicensed Facility Considerations
- Motorized Mobility Aides, Preventive Maintenance
- Motorized Mobility Aides, Resources
- Motorized Mobility Aides, FHA and ADA Applicability
- Wheelchair Preventive Maintenance Log
- Smoke Free Environment Resident Agreement
- Smoking Assessment
- Smoking Policy and Procedure
- Smoking Quarterly Audit
Side Rails
- Bed Rail Policy and Procedure
- Entrapment Zones Related to Bed Rails
- Equipment and Device Safety Log
- Five Day Bed Rail Monitoring
- Interim Guidelines for Use of Bed Rails
- MI Bed Rail Consent Form
- Side Rail Assessment - Sample 1
- Side Rail Assessment - Sample 2