SDS Accreditation Update: Posters let patients access safety info on smartphones

Posters let patients access safety info on smartphones

Program offers education at bedside, during care

The SAFE CARE Patient Safety Education program uses free posters that healthcare facilities can hang in patient rooms or patient care areas that allow patients and families to instantly access and watch safety videos by topic.

Patients and family members can watch the videos on their own smartphones by simply pointing a smartphone at a QR code on the poster or texting the word "SAFE" to 411247 to receive a link to Safe Care's safety video library. The nine short videos address the most common patient safety issues in healthcare facilities including hand hygiene, preventing infections, avoiding medication errors, and patient falls. Organizations are also able to customize the videos for a fee. For the free version, you must be able to print on 11 x 17 paper. (For more information, go to http://safecarecampaign.org/poster/welcome.html.)

The SAFE CARE program was developed to assist healthcare organizations in educating patients to help prevent medical errors. The campaign features videos from The Joint Commission's Speak Up campaign, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kimberly-Clark, the Patient Channel from The Wellness Network, and Safe Care Campaign.