Free resource · Patient-safety tools

152 tools. 32 numbered toolkits. Six tiers. One A4 sheet each.

Every tool mapped to the ASF criterion it evidences — source and licence on every page

Tier 1 patient-safety core · Tier 2 governance · Tier 3 patient loop · Tier 4 by facility type · Tier 5 high-risk areas · Tier 6 management system & endorsements

152

tools, one A4 sheet each, page and QR for every one

numbered toolkits in six tiers

ASF standards covered — every one has its own toolkit

100 %

open-licence sources or ASF originals — licence on every sheet

Why they exist

The best patient-safety tools in the world are free, and most facilities have never seen them. The WHO, IAEA, AHRQ, CDC and NHS publish checklists, audit forms, self-assessments and templates under licences that allow anyone to adapt and translate them — but they sit in long English PDFs with no layout a ward can print. ASF takes each one, rebuilds it as one A4 sheet in the house style, states the source and licence in the footer, maps it to the ASF criterion it evidences, and gives it its own page and QR code — so a facility working through its self-assessment sees “criterion 4.6 → here is the form”.

The library is organised in six tiers and thirty-two numbered toolkits. Every tool carries a reference code — ASF-TOOL-[toolkit]-[number] — and is numbered within its toolkit (for example 1.3 is the third tool of Toolkit 1). Each toolkit can be downloaded as one zip.

Terms and clinical review

Licences, stated on every sheet

WHO and IAEA material is used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; US federal material (AHRQ, CDC) is public domain; NHS material under the Open Government Licence v3.0; PAR-Q+ with attribution as its terms permit. ASF originals and ASF’s additions — layout, guidance, evidence mapping — are released under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Each sheet names its source and licence in the footer.

English masters — clinical review before use

These are English master editions. Drug doses, clinical thresholds, colour schemes and legal references must be confirmed against national protocols and law by the facility’s clinical and legal leads before use; the sheets say where. Georgian editions follow clinical review. Nothing here is required by ASF — the standards describe outcomes, not forms — but nothing here needs to be invented twice.

Index — 32 toolkits

Click a toolkit to jump to it. Codes: ASF-TOOL-[toolkit]-[number]; tools are numbered toolkit.tool, e.g. 4.2.

Tier 1 — Patient-safety core

1. Surgical safety (5)2. Hand hygiene (5)3. Falls prevention (5)4. Medication safety (5)5. Patient identification & safe communication (5)

Tier 2 — Governance & management systems

6. Emergency & disaster preparedness (5)7. Infection prevention & control (5)8. Incident reporting & learning (5)9. Open disclosure (5)10. Waste & sharps (5)

Tier 3 — Closing the loop with the patient

11. Antimicrobial stewardship (5)12. Pressure-injury prevention (5)13. Discharge & teach-back (5)

Tier 4 — One toolkit per facility type

14. Ambulatory clinic & dental (6)15. Primary health clinic (6)16. Long-term care (6)17. Telemedicine (4)18. Home care (4)19. Fitness & wellness (4)

Tier 5 — High-risk clinical areas

20. Maternal & newborn safety (5)21. Blood transfusion safety (4)22. Sedation, anaesthesia & airway (4)23. Radiation & imaging safety (3)24. Laboratory quality (4)

Tier 6 — Management system & endorsements

25. Policy starter pack (8)26. Staff credentialing & competence (4)27. WASH FIT — water, sanitation, hygiene (5)28. Medical equipment (4)29. Quality improvement (4)30. Patient experience & transparency (3)31. Refugee & migrant health endorsement (5)32. Medical tourism endorsement (4)

Printed catalogue of all 152 tools (PDF) ↓

Which toolkits for which standard

Standard

Hospital

Tiers 1–3, 5 and 6 — the full hospital set: toolkits 1–13, 20–32.

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Standard

Ambulatory clinic & dental

Toolkit 14, plus 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 25–30.

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Primary health clinic

Toolkit 15, plus 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 25–30, 31.

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Long-term care

Toolkit 16, plus 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 25–30.

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Telemedicine

Toolkit 17, plus 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 25, 26, 29, 30.

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Home care

Toolkit 18, plus 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 25, 26, 29, 30.

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Fitness & wellness

Toolkit 19, plus 6, 8, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30.

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The toolkits

Every tool: click for its page, usage guidance, the criterion it evidences, its QR code and share links.

Tier 1 — Patient-safety core

The Universal Floor and the criteria every standard shares: surgery, hands, falls, medicines, identity.

Toolkit 1 · Surgical safety · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-SS

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and everything needed to make it real: the sheet, the script card, the six-week implementation guide, the theatre-door poster, the observation audit.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 2 · Hand hygiene · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-HH

The tools behind the posters: the Five Moments observation form, the ward infrastructure survey, the facility self-assessment scored to 500, the local hand-rub production card, the monthly board report.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 3 · Falls prevention · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-FP

Risk screening, environment checklist, post-fall huddle, family leaflet, monthly dashboard.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 4 · Medication safety · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-MS

Patient medication card, high-alert medicines poster, look-alike/sound-alike list, reconciliation form, error report.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 5 · Patient identification & safe communication · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-ID

Two-identifier poster, wristband policy template, SBAR handover card, read-back rules, verbal-orders log.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Tier 2 — Governance & management systems

What a facility cannot afford to write from scratch: emergencies, infection control, incidents, disclosure, waste.

Toolkit 6 · Emergency & disaster preparedness · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-EP

The WHO hospital emergency checklist condensed, the incident command chart, the fire poster, mass-casualty triage and tracking, the after-action review.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 7 · Infection prevention & control · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-IPC

The IPC core-components self-assessment scored to 800, standard precautions, PPE on and off, cleaning checklists, the first 24 hours of an outbreak.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 8 · Incident reporting & learning · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-IR

Universal incident report, severity matrix, root cause analysis worksheet, Just Culture decision guide, monthly learning bulletin.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 9 · Open disclosure · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-OD

The first conversation script, the two follow-up letters, second-victim staff support, a policy template, the disclosure register and audit.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 10 · Waste & sharps · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-WS

Segregation poster, sharps-injury protocol, monthly waste audit, spill card, safe injection practices.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Tier 3 — Closing the loop with the patient

Antibiotics, skin, discharge — the three where the patient and family do half the work.

Toolkit 11 · Antimicrobial stewardship · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-AMS

AWaRe pocket card, the 48–72 h antibiotic time-out, the point-prevalence audit, a patient leaflet, a starter programme for a small hospital.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 12 · Pressure-injury prevention · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-PI

Six-factor risk assessment with the bundle by band, the repositioning clock, staging and reporting, a family leaflet, the quarterly prevalence audit.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 13 · Discharge & teach-back · 5 tools · ASF-TOOL-DC

The eleven-item discharge checklist, the teach-back card, the patient-held care plan, the five-questions poster, the 48–72 h follow-up call.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Tier 4 — One toolkit per facility type

The six non-hospital ASF standards, each with its own instruments.

Toolkit 14 · Ambulatory clinic & dental · 6 tools · ASF-TOOL-AMB

Same-day triage at reception, the minor-procedure checklist, dental reprocessing and waterlines, the emergency box, referral letter and tracking, procedure consent.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 15 · Primary health clinic · 6 tools · ASF-TOOL-PHC

Chronic-disease register, WHO HEARTS/PEN hypertension and diabetes cards, vaccination schedule and cold chain, age-friendly checklist, mhGAP mental-health screening, home-visit record.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓

Toolkit 16 · Long-term care · 6 tools · ASF-TOOL-LTC

Resident rights charter, restraint-free care policy and authorisation, dementia-friendly environment, nutrition and hydration chart, end-of-life care plan, safeguarding.

Whole toolkit (zip) ↓