Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
1. Joint Commision Quality of care and safety of patients
core value
2. The Patient Safe- to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to
ty and Quality Im- decrease medical errors. defined requirements for report-
provement Act of ing events that threaten patient safety
2005
3. Patient Safety the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or ad-
verse events resulting from the processes of health care
delivery.
4. Patient safety event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or
event did result in harm to a patient
5. adverse event A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
6. sentinel event a patient safety event not primarily rekated to the patients
illness or underlying condition that leads to death, perma-
nent harm or severe temporary harm.
7. Reactive risk re- Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have
duction already caused patient harm.
8. Proactive risk re- Solves problems before patients are harmed
duction
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
9. Sentinel event A notification that defines processes and identifies mea-
alert sures that can be used to prevent errors and improve
outcomes
10. Process Deci- Finds errors in plans while it is being created.
sion Program
Charts (PDPC)
11. American Osteo- inspects and accedidates critical access hospitals
pathic Associa-
tion (AOA)
12. Accreditation Camadian non profit organization that provides health
canada organizations with peer reviews
13. CARF (Commis- Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family
sion on Accredi- and aging services.
tation of Rehabil-
itation Facilities)
14. CAP (College of offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
American Pathol-
ogists)
15. NAM (National Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. For-
Academy of Med- merly called Institute of Medicine
icine)
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
16. AHCA / NCAL American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
17. American Hospi- advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly
tal Association hospitals
(AHA)
18. American Soci- ASHRM
ety of Health-
care Risk Man-
agement
19. Association for AHE
the health care
environment
20. NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance; an accredita-
tion body that has become the primary group that accred-
its health plans.
21. Association of Advocate for occupational health professionals. Meet with
occupational OSHA
health
professionals in
healthcare
(AOHP)
22. ECRI Has templates for HVAs.
23. American Soci- ASHE
ety of Healthcare
Engineering
24. Tenosynovitis inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
25.25.
1. Joint Commision Quality of care and safety of patients
core value
2. The Patient Safe- to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to
ty and Quality Im- decrease medical errors. defined requirements for report-
provement Act of ing events that threaten patient safety
2005
3. Patient Safety the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or ad-
verse events resulting from the processes of health care
delivery.
4. Patient safety event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or
event did result in harm to a patient
5. adverse event A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
6. sentinel event a patient safety event not primarily rekated to the patients
illness or underlying condition that leads to death, perma-
nent harm or severe temporary harm.
7. Reactive risk re- Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have
duction already caused patient harm.
8. Proactive risk re- Solves problems before patients are harmed
duction
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
9. Sentinel event A notification that defines processes and identifies mea-
alert sures that can be used to prevent errors and improve
outcomes
10. Process Deci- Finds errors in plans while it is being created.
sion Program
Charts (PDPC)
11. American Osteo- inspects and accedidates critical access hospitals
pathic Associa-
tion (AOA)
12. Accreditation Camadian non profit organization that provides health
canada organizations with peer reviews
13. CARF (Commis- Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family
sion on Accredi- and aging services.
tation of Rehabil-
itation Facilities)
14. CAP (College of offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
American Pathol-
ogists)
15. NAM (National Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. For-
Academy of Med- merly called Institute of Medicine
icine)
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
16. AHCA / NCAL American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
17. American Hospi- advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly
tal Association hospitals
(AHA)
18. American Soci- ASHRM
ety of Health-
care Risk Man-
agement
19. Association for AHE
the health care
environment
20. NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance; an accredita-
tion body that has become the primary group that accred-
its health plans.
21. Association of Advocate for occupational health professionals. Meet with
occupational OSHA
health
professionals in
healthcare
(AOHP)
22. ECRI Has templates for HVAs.
23. American Soci- ASHE
ety of Healthcare
Engineering
24. Tenosynovitis inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
25.25.
