Guidelines and Algorithms
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NOTE: CRICO has archived its guidelines for best practices in cancer care. Please refer to resources such as the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Screening Guidelines for current best practices in screening and cancer care management.
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Patient Safety Guidance for Perioperative Fire Safety
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Interventional Radiology Guidelines
Guideline
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the task force to develop a set of literature-supported, consensus-based guidelines addressing patient safety considerations for mitigating risk in interventional radiology.
Safety in the ED: Improving the Care of Behavioral Health Patients
Guideline
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the Emergency Medicine Behavioral Health Safety Task Force to evaluate best practices and current risks associated with the care of patients with behavioral health crises in the Emergency Department (ED).
Patient Safety Framework for Mitigating Wrong Level Spine Surgery
Guideline
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the task force to develop a set of literature-supported, consensus-based recommendations addressing patient safety considerations for mitigating risk in spine surgery.
Patient Safety Guidance for Pathology Specimens
Guideline
The AMC PSO convened the Lost Specimens Task Force to offer guidance — and identify and mitigate risks — for specimen loss and mishandling that results in diagnostic error.
Patient Safety Framework for Inter-hospital Transfers
Guideline
The AMC PSO convened the Inter-hospital Transfers Task Force to offer guidance — and recommend risk mitigation strategies — concerning potential patient safety risks associated with inter-hospital transfers. These inter-hospital transfer guidelines address previously overlooked safety concerns.
Patient Safety Guidance for the Virtual Visit
Guideline
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the Virtual Care Task Force to offer guidance for patient safety experts in their efforts to provide the safest possible care to patients through a virtual platform.
EHR Downtime Guidelines
Guideline
At the request of its membership, the AMC PSO convened the task force to develop a set of literature-supported, consensus-based guidelines addressing patient safety considerations during unplanned EHR downtime events.
Neonatal Encephalopathy Guidelines
Guideline
At the behest of its membership, the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization convened a Task Force to arrive at a set of consensus-based guidelines for the most effective use of therapeutic hypothermia in cases of suspected neonatal encephalopathy.
Patient Safety Guidance for Perioperative Fire Safety
Guideline
The AMC PSO convened the Perioperative Fire Safety Task Force to consider the question of why fires continue to occur in operating rooms, and what to do about it.
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