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
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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
9. Sentinel event A notification that defines processes and identifies mea-
alert sures that can be used to prevent errors and improve
outcomes
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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)
16. AHCA / NCAL American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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
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
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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
9. Sentinel event A notification that defines processes and identifies mea-
alert sures that can be used to prevent errors and improve
outcomes
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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)
16. AHCA / NCAL American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
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
