Mount Sinai to Hold Focus on Safety Fair
For National Patient Safety Awareness Week, Mount Sinai will hold a Safety Fair on Thursday, March 8th.
In recognition of National Patient Safety Awareness Week, please visit the Focus on Safety Fair on Thursday, March 8th, 6:30am – 8:00am and 11:00am – 2:00pm in the Guggenheim Pavilion Atrium.
Visitors can stop by to receive a 2012 Mount Sinai Joint Commission Preparation/Focus on Safety Resource Guide.
Fair topics include:
- Equipment Safety
- Falls
- Handoff Communications and Critical Values
- HIPAA/Patient Rights
- Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene and Vaccinations
- Medication Safety
- Medical Event Reporting System (MERS)
- MSDS (Materials Safety Data Sheets) and Segregation of Waste
- Patient Identification
- Safe Patient Handling
- Security/Emergency Preparedness
Thank you for your commitment to excellence in patient care. We look forward to seeing you at the fair!
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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