PIG® Grippy® Surgical Absorbent Mat is a revolutionary absorbent mat with a one-of-a-kind adhesive bottom that stays put, no matter what. It absorbs and retains up to three liters of liquid to help keep your O.R. floor clean and safe. No bunched up blankets to trip over.

ECRI Institute is now accepting submissions to its 8th annual Health Devices Achievement Award program. ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has recognized healthcare organizations nationwide for the past seven years with its prestigious award for achieving excellence in technology management and patient safety.

Class III obese patients are more likely than a patient in the general adverse event population to experience a harmful adverse event, according to information in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s March Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory.

When it comes to addressing patient safety issues within a hospital, nurses want to make a difference and they assign themselves great responsibility for safe outcomes. However, the question remains whether hospitals are doing everything they can in terms of keeping patients safe. According to a recent survey of nurses in the United States, UK and China by GE Healthcare and the American Nurses Association (ANA), many nurses have witnessed errors and few call their own hospitals safe.

As a result of persistent, ongoing safety issues, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is calling for hospitals to closely reexamine their policies regarding insulin pen devices and consider transitioning away from insulin pens for routine inpatient use.

The Gustav O. Lienhard Award, established in 1986, is presented annually by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in honor of Gustav O. Lienhard, chairman of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Board of Trustees from 1971 to 1986.

PatientSafe Solutions, a leader in smart point-of-care mobile solutions, has partnered with Meritus Medical Center to implement the PatientTouch™ platform throughout the hospital. PatientTouch enhances an existing electronic medical record installation with an interoperable, PatientSafe Solutions-developed hardware and software solution that enhances patient safety, reduces waste, and improves staff productivity and satisfaction.

Ekahau Inc., the leader in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) has announced that Memorial Healthcare in Shiawassee County, Michigan, deployed its Wi-Fi-based RFID staff safety alert and wireless temperature monitoring solution to improve staff and patient safety.

The seminal AHRQ Making Health Care Safer report, issued in 2001, used evidence-based medicine principles to identify key patient safety practices (PSPs). Although its recommendations were somewhat controversial, the report galvanized patient safety efforts at hospitals nationwide and provided a stimulus for further rigorous research on PSPs.

Medication safety and health care culture and safety are the focus as the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) leads Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 3-9, 2013. This year’s theme, Patient Safety 7/365, reminds health care professionals and health consumers that providing safe patient care requires constant dedication and effort, 365 days a year.