Include Dialysis Patients in your Facility Culture of Safety

In a culture of safety the focus is on effective systems and teamwork–including patients–to accomplish the mutual goal of safe, high-quality performance. When something goes wrong, the focus is on what, rather than who, is the problem. The intent is to bring process failures and system issues to light, and to solve them in a non-biased non-threatening way.

Objectives

After taking this course, participants will be able to:

• Name the key elements in facility safety
• List/Describe at least 3 system factors that impact patient care
• List at least 4 key members of the facility culture of safety team
• Describe the factors that hinder communication for a facility team
• Define “defect” and give an example in the dialysis facility

Audience

Nurses and Dialysis Technicians

Contact Hour Approval

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by Medical Education Institute, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP-17088, for 1 contact hour.

Accreditation for this course expires October 31, 2026.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to determine if these CE contact hours will be accepted by a particular licensing organization.

Author Information

Medical Education Institute with contribution from Tamyra Warmack, RN and Darlene Rodgers, BSN,RN,CNN,CPHQ