CUSP and MRSA Prevention
The Science of Safety is a foundational framework for CUSP that helps us to understand how patient safety is the outcome of systems, rather than individual errors. Each system is designed to achieve exactly the results that it gets.
This section will go over the Science of Safety, the principles of safe design, and the accompanying concepts.
Presentations
Presentation: The Science of Safety: Principles in Practice
After viewing this presentation, users will be able to:
- Explain how to use the systems lens to understand safety
- Discuss safe design principles
- Understand why broad diverse input is vital for wise decision-making
Documents:
- The Science of Safety: Principles in Practice – Slides (PPTX, 6.5 MB)
- The Science of Safety: Principles in Practice – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 4.3 MB)
CUSP Tools & Other Resources
Video: CUSP: Understand the Science of Safety – AHRQ Patient Safety (23:01)
A video summary of the key principles of safe design – standardize care, create independent checklists for important processes, and learn from defects. This video is recommended for new members of CUSP teams. This video is publicly available on YouTube.
Video: CUSP: Principles of Safe Design Apply to Technical and Teamwork Outcomes – AHRQ Patient Safety (6:27)
Safe design principles should be used for both technical and adaptive work. This video discusses how to apply safe design principles for improved outcomes. This video is publicly available on YouTube.
Understand the Science of Safety (AHRQ Core CUSP Toolkit)
The Science of Safety emphasizes the importance of system design, safe design principles, and analyzing patient safety as a science. For more information, please follow this link to the Understand the Science of Safety module of the AHRQ Core CUSP Toolkit.
