Looking for innovative, engaging ideas for Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW) activities and events? Here's a list to get you started.
Have a great idea you'd like to share with others? Simply email CPSW@cpsi-icsp.ca with a brief description of your activities or events. Feel free to submit photos, links to websites, or PDF files to help illustrate your idea. Remember, together we can do big things!
Activity/Event | Suggestions… / What you’ll need… |
Prepare a patient safety week display | - A
display board (i.e. Bristol board)
- Handouts
– such as the CPSW tip sheets, information on your local initiatives and
the 5 Questions to Ask one pagers can be printed out and shared.
- Promotional
items, such as posters and knowledge tools are available from PatientSafetyWeek.ca
to be printed
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Movie break | |
Brown-bag lunch sessions | - Pick
patient safety topics to discuss throughout the week
- Bring
in speakers or have staff from your site give a presentation.
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Demonstrate proper hand-washing techniques | - Bring
attention to all the hand cleaning stations around your site.
- Do
demonstrations on how to properly clean your hands. (washing and rubbing
techniques)
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Invite patients & family members to ask, listen,
and talk | - Create
an open environment for patients or family members to ask questions.
- Let
patients know that they can feel comfortable asking their health care
professionals to clean their hands.
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Decorating Challenge | - Create
a team challenge to decorate hand cleaning stations around the site
- This
challenge will draw attention to the hand cleaning stations throughout
the day
- A
winner can be awarded by popular vote
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Create awareness about patient safety initiatives your
site is involved in | - Your
staff may be aware of the importance of patient safety initiatives at
your site, but do your patients?
- Give
a presentation to patients/clients about patient safety initiatives virtually
and what you’re doing to make their care safer.
- Provide
suggestions on what they can do to help keep them safe, such as how to
prepare for virtual care appointments, knowing their medications,
understanding the importance of hand hygiene, or potential hazards or
risks for falls, etc.
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