Awareness to Action: Fostering a Culture of Safety

Learn how children’s hospitals are advancing safety for patients and employees through innovation and open dialogue.

Published March 21, 2025|
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Children’s hospitals and health systems are advancing safe health care for patients while enhancing workplace safety for employees. By reducing the risk of harm for patients and the workforce, we can improve outcomes, support employee well-being, and achieve a safer future for all.

Through evidence-based tools, educational courses, and multi-year initiatives like the Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative, children’s hospitals are addressing risks to both patients and employees. Find a collection of these resources below. If your hospital is working in these spaces, we want to hear from you.

About Children's Hospital Association

Children’s Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care.

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Pediatric Sepsis

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Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Change Package

This improvement toolkit equips hospitals with practical resources and evidence-based strategies proven to reduce pediatric deaths from sepsis.

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Your Tool To Track Sepsis Data

CHA continues to support children’s hospitals’ sepsis data tracking and benchmarking needs through our Pediatric Health Information System and Inpatient Essentials program.

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Challenging Sepsis Webinar Series

Pediatric sepsis research and guidelines continue to evolve, and preventing child deaths requires continual refining of evidence-based interventions.

Patient Safety

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Emerging Safety Risks for Pediatric Hospitals

Stay aware of these known risks to ensure patient safety.

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Aligning Safety, Compassion, and Operational Excellence

How to rethink patient safety to create a resilient environment with more reliable outcomes.

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Diagnostic Safety Toolkit

The diagnostic safety toolkit provides strategies to make improvements through communication. It's designed to be used anywhere in an organization and with any diagnosis.

Workplace Safety

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Building a Culture of Psychological Safety and Self-Care

Explore education and initiatives to support the well-being of your workforce.

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How to Cut OSHA-Recordable Events in Half

A pathway at St. Louis Children’s Hospital decreases workplace violence and length of stay for patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Reducing Staff Injuries Related to Behavioral Health Patients

A 90-day sprint led to decreased staff harm, patient self-harm and use of restraints among behavioral health patients.