Information cards



Information cards

Information cards, also called cheat sheets, are used by many hospitals, and are simple, effective tools for educating staff about patient safety. Joint Commission International surveyors usually do not object to their reasonable use.

When developing your card, you must first determine the most important facts that you want people to know, and then figure out the most effective way to present this information. Cards can be as large as a sheet of paper, or small enough to fit into a pocket or attach to a staff identification badge. Many organizations print and laminate their own cards, but you may also have a local print shop that can produce them.

Sample information card

2007 International Patient Safety Goals

• Correctly identify patients

• Improve effective communication

• Improve safety of high-alert medications

• Eliminate wrong-site/wrong-patient/wrong-procedure surgery

• Reduce risk of healthcare-acquired infection

• Reduce risk of patient harm from resulting from falls

Sample information card

Prohibited abbreviations

|Abbreviation |Required term |

|U |“Unit” |

|IU |“International Unit” |

|Q.D., Q.O.D |“daily” or “every other day” |

|Trailing zero (X.0 mg), lack of |Don’t write a zero after a decimal point (X |

|leading zero (.X mg) |mg), and write a zero before a decimal point |

|MS, MSO4, MgSO4 |“Morphine sulfate” or “magnesium sulfate |

This tool and many more can be found in HCPro, Inc.’s Patient Safety: Tools and Games to Train Staff, Global Edition. To learn more or to purchase a copy, please contact customerservice@.

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