Safety Huddle Tool Recommen... Safety Huddle Tool Recommendation Assignment Safety Huddles are a proven method to reducing patient and staff injuries. A strong huddle tool is important to ensure an efficient model is put into place. Below is an example used at a healthcare facility. Appendix B: Daily Shift Huddle Template Daily Leadership Safety Huddle Date: Day: Essential Operations Safety/Quality/ Reliability Introduce New Leaders/Guests Organization Update/Message Staffing irregularities Estimated admittances Esum Emergency processes Vacant Beds Estimated Discharges Grievance register Unit Metric #2 Primary agenda Harm events Monthly harm rate Close calls Patient and employee safety requirements Identified risk factors Medicine and drug concerns Concerns related to devices and equipment's Staffing irregularities What Leader: Attendees: Night: Who When Completion/Follow Up Notes Your assignment as a Risk Director is to put forth a recommendation for a patient safety tool. It can be one you create or one you identified a strong tool from an on-line search. Include a copy of the tool (imbedded into your MS Word document as I did above) 50 Points Answer the following questions regarding the use of tool. Each response needs to be 3-5 sentences long: 1. Who do you feel needs to be present at the safety huddles and why? (Provide specific job titles) 20 pts 2. Which specific features of the tool you selected/created do you feel makes this a strong selection? 20 pts 3. What do you feel needs to be done with the data collected on this tool to ensure change and accountability occur? 10 pts