March 2015 For Poison Emergencies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Call 1-800-222-1222 Daylight Savings Time Starts 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 National Patient Safety Awareness Week 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 National Poison Prevention Week 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 American Association of Poison Control Centers http://www.aapcc.org National Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/ 29 30 31 National Doctor s Day
April 2015 Public Health 1 April Fool s Day 2 3 Passover begins at Sundown Good Friday 4 Easter 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 National Public Health Week 12 13 14 15 National Healthcare Volunteer Week 16 17 18 National Public Health Week Ends Tax Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 World Health Organization Health Topics http://www.who.int/topics/en/ Easter Earth Day National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Center For Disease Control and Prevention Vision Health Initiative http://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/about/action.htm 26 27 28 29 30 Patient Experience Week NPSF Patient Safety Congress
May 2015 Culture of Safety 1 NPSF Patient Safety Congress Ends 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 National Nurses Week, May 6 May 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patientsafety/patientsafetyculture/index.html Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/pages/default.aspx: Mother s Day 17 18 Victoria Day (Canada) 24 25 National Nursing Home Week Armed Forces Day 19 20 21 22 23 National Hospital Week 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day
June 2015 Risk Management 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 OHA Annual Meeting * MANAGE YOUR RISKS Flag Day 14 15 16 17 18 Ramadan Begins National Healthcare Risk Management Week 19 20 American Society for Healthcare Risk Management http://www.ashrm.org Ohio Society for Healthcare Risk Managers http://ohiohospitals.org/oshrm First Day of Summer Father s Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 * QI Basics: Aims, Key Drivers, and The Model for Improvement Using Statistical Process Control Charts to Monitor Quality Improvement Projects
July 2015 Medication Safety 1 2 3 4 Canada Day Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Institute for Safe Medication Practices: http://www.ismp.org 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
August 2015 Patient Family Engagement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 National Council on Patient Information and Education http://www.talkaboutrx.org/ Ohio Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy http://www.ohiopatientadvocates.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
September 2015 Fall Prevention 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Labor Day Patriot Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Falls Toolkit http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospita l/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtk4.html 20 21 22 Yom Kippur begins at sundown 23 First Day of Fall 24 25 26 Center For Disease Control and Prevention Falls Toolkit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/falls Falls Prevention Awareness Day 27 28 29 30
October 2015 Healthcare Quality 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Columbus Day Sweetest Day Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/health-careinformation/topics/topic-quality.html National Quality Forum http://www.qualityforum.org National Association for Healthcare Quality http://www.nahq.org 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ASHRM Annual Conference National Healthcare Quality Week and Infection Prevention Week 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween NATIONAL PHARMACY MONTH
November 2015 Pressure Ulcer Prevention 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Daylight Savings Time Ends Election Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Veteran s Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pressure Ulcer Awareness Day Wound, Ostomy and Continence http://www.wocn.org Association for the Advancement of Wound care http://www.aawconline.org National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel http://www.npuap.org 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 Thanksgiving 27 28 NATIONAL HOME CARE MONTH
December 2015 Hand Hygiene 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 National Influenza Vaccination Week, December 6-12 National Hand Washing Awareness Week 13 Hanukkah begins 14 15 16 17 18 19 National Hand Washing Awareness Week Ends 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Center For Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/index.htm World Health Organization Five Moments http://www.who.int/gpsc/tools/five_moments/en First Day of Winter Christmas Eve 27 28 29 30 31 Christmas Day Kwanzaa begins New Year s Eve
January 2016 Health Literacy 1 2 INFORMATION New Year s Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LITERACY DECISION MAKING 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Health Information Translations https://healthinfotranslations.org Martin Luther King Jr. Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
February 2016 Alarm Safety 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Chinese New Year Lincoln s Birthday 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine s Day President s Day The Joint Commission http://www.jointcommission.org/standards_informa tion/npsgs.aspx Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality https://innovations.ahrq.gov/qualitytools/alarmsafety-resource-site Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) http://www.aami.org/htsi/alarms AMERICAN HEART MONTH 21 22 Washington s Birthday 28 29 23 24 25 26 27