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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/findings.html
August 01, 2022 - transitioning from hospital to home care to determine the potential for discrepancies to result in an adverse … drug event (ADE), the severity of the ADE (i.e., serious, significant, minor), the potential health
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-213-section-5-table-4.pdf
January 01, 2012 - CHIPRA 213: Section 5, Table 4
Table 4: Evidence Supporting Hydroxyurea Treatment for Children with Sickle Cell Disease
TYPE OF
EVIDENCE
KEY FINDINGS
LEVEL OF
EVIDENCE
(USPSTF
RANKING*)
CITATIONS
Randomized
controlled trial
The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle
Cell Anemia (MSH), a ra…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
March 01, 2013 - may result in the patient failing to take needed medicine, taking duplicate medicine, or experiencing adverse … drug events or natural remedy interactions.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
March 01, 2013 - may result in the patient failing to take needed medicine, taking duplicate medicine, or experiencing adverse … drug events or natural remedy interactions.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/fraser-dunagan-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Anticoagulation Monitor
Methods: The Anticoagulation Monitor was developed to reduce adverse drug
events … Reporting of adverse drug events: Examination of a hospital incident reporting system.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
March 25, 2008 - incidence of specific patient injuries, including in-hospital cardiac
arrest, acute myocardial infarction, adverse … drug events, surgical site infection, central venous
line infection, and ventilator-associated pneumonia … Incidence of
adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events:
Implications for prevention.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
January 01, 2021 - measures that improved most reflect fewer adverse events
in nursing homes (two measures) and fewer adverse … drug events involving the blood thinner
heparin in hospital settings.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/075-antibiotic-prophylaxis-summary-table.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Recommendations
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention:
Targeting SSI
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Recommendations
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Goals of Prophylactic Antimicrobial Therapy for Surgical Prophylaxis
• The best…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/basco-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - prescriptions. (7) Choice of incorrect drug is also a common error, occurring in up to 5% of potential
adverse … drug events in one inpatient study. (8) The Institute for Safe Medication Practices publishes
LASA … Medication errors
and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Raebel_53.pdf
May 07, 2008 - Drug toxicity. Study demonstrated importance of
monitoring drugs with toxicity risk.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-COPD.pdf
June 02, 2021 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations
Diagnosis
• A COPD exacerbation should be considered in a resident with a known history of COPD and increased
cough, shortness of breath, or sputum production from baseline.1-3
• COPD exacerbations are commonly triggered by respiratory virus infections (e.g.…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes4.html
August 01, 2022 - Module 4: Event Reporting, Event Investigation and Analysis
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Facilitator Notes
Say:
Module 4 of the CANDOR Toolkit covers the Event Reporting, Event Investigation, and Analysis component of the CANDOR process.
Slide 1
Say:
Obje…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bundy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - internet-accessible database that hospitals and healthcare
systems use to collect, report, track, and share adverse … drug reactions and medication errors in
a standardized format.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Tupper_73.pdf
March 20, 2008 - practice efficiency and provider knowledge, improved drug-
related decisionmaking, and prevention of adverse … drug events.11 Immediate access to necessary
8
drug information was reported as a key benefit
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/antibiotic-stewardship.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Antibiotic Stewardship
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Tools & Resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/waever.html
August 01, 2017 - Transitional Care Medication Safety: Stakeholders' Perspectives
Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse … Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home
Sallie J.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/patient-safety-issues.pdf
June 02, 2025 - diagnostic errors
were a chief concern
in outpatient visits
1 in 9
ED admissions
are related to an
adverse … drug event
An estimated
160
million
medication
errors occur
each year in
primary care
80%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/infographicposter-final508_0.pdf
June 02, 2025 - diagnostic errors
were a chief concern
in outpatient visits
1 in 9
ED admissions
are related to an
adverse … drug event
An estimated
160
million
medication
errors occur
each year in
primary care
80%
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/appendixc.html
August 01, 2025 - Rapid Evidence Report: Computerized Clinical Decision Support to Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse … Drug Events .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Akins.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Systems
analysis of adverse drug events. ADE Prevention
Study Group. … Preventable
adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a
comparative study of intensive care and