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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/module-4-slides.pptx
March 01, 2017 - HAIs/CAUTI Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Teamwork and Communication | ‹#›
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Communicating Adverse … Events
Adverse event: An injury to a resident caused by medical intervention rather than by the underlying … The mission of frontline care providers is to help and care for residents without harming them, but adverse … events happen
When an adverse event occurs, it can be difficult for a care provider to take ownership … Outcomes
Immediate Response to an Adverse Event Next Steps in Responding to an Adverse Event
Care
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1ref.html
March 01, 2025 - Adverse events in hospitals: overview of key issues. … Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital. CMAJ 2004;170(3):345-9.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1ref.html
March 01, 2025 - Adverse events in hospitals: overview of key issues. … Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital. CMAJ 2004;170(3):345-9.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/improve.html
November 01, 2019 - Making framework
Slides (PPTX)
Facilitator Guide (PDF)
Identifying Antibiotic–Associated Adverse … Events Form (DOCX)
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/system-change.html
June 01, 2021 - Improve Antibiotic Safety – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 2.3 MB)
Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse … Events (DOCX, 226.7 KB)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Lapane.pdf
March 09, 2005 - Of the preventable
adverse drug events in nursing homes, 70 percent occurred at the monitoring stage … The FDA
COSTART categories provide standard dictionary terminology to classify
reported adverse events … One-third of
preventable adverse drug events were neuropsychiatric (including delirium,
hallucinations … Epidemiology of
adverse drug events in the nursing home setting.
Drugs Aging 1995;7:203–11.
17. … Incidence and
preventability of adverse drug events in nursing
homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/ltc-implementation-guide.pdf
June 01, 2021 - LabID events are defined on this
CDC site: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/faqs/faq-mdro-cdi.html. … on units for frontline
providers to complete when they identify a potential antibiotic-associated adverse … events as well as
first- and second-order problem-solving approaches. … with these discussions between ASPs and frontline staff:
− The Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse … to guide strategies to
prevent future antibiotic-associated adverse events.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - We hypothesize that most of these adverse events could be prevented by designing a
system to accomplish … It is hypothesized that most of these adverse events could be prevented if a
system that worked for … events. … Systems analysis of adverse drug events. ADE Prevention Study
Group. JAMA. 1995; 274: 35-43.
10. … The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and
nature of adverse events and serious medical errors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Duthie.pdf
January 01, 2004 - analyses (RCA) that examine systems issues and identify mechanisms
for future prevention of these events … events.1
The subcommittee adopted the NCC MERP definition of a medication error:5
Analysis of … events. … Identification and classification of the causes of events
in transfusion medicine. … Leape LL, Bates DW, Cullen DJ, et al., Systems
analysis of adverse drug events.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/connolly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - events. … events. … Any exacerbation of preoperative hearing changes was
reported as an adverse event as well. … In addition, patients were screened for adverse events,
including hearing loss and local or systemic … Similar statistical analyses were performed to assess secondary outcomes, safety outcomes,
adverse events
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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-Campbell-R_106.pdf
April 14, 2008 - events
(AEs) associated with drugs to initiate an investigation.8 Historically, voluntary spontaneous … These include an affiliation with the Research on Adverse Drug Events and
Reports Project (RADAR),26 … events. … The
Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports
(RADAR) project. … Outpatient
benzodiazepine prescribing, adverse events, and costs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/services/quality/patientsftyupdate/ptsafetysum.pdf
March 01, 2013 - drug
events, or pressure ulcers. … In contrast, events an order of
magnitude or more lower in frequency were considered
“rare;” such events … Practices Designed for a Specific Patient Safety Target
Adverse Drug Events
High-alert drugs: patient … ‘Global trigger tool’
shows that adverse events in hospitals may be ten times
greater than previously … Adverse Events in Hospitals: National
Incidence
Among Medicare Beneficiaries. OEI-06-09-00090.
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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-Lynch_37.pdf
March 21, 2008 - Among a sample of elderly patients, Gurwitz, et al.,6 found
that many adverse drug events were due to … adverse events or recovery
transactions are recorded. … Adverse drug
events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:
1556-1564.
3. … Incidence
and preventability of adverse drug events among older
persons in the ambulatory setting. … Classification of medical errors
and preventable adverse events in primary care: A
synthesis of the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/improvement-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
6
Identifying Antibiotic-Associated Adverse … Events
Multidisciplinary meetings
Opportunity to elaborate on issues that have resulted in antibiotic-associated … adverse events or had the potential to cause adverse events that could jeopardize patient safety
Decide
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - • AHRQ QIs are indicators of hospital quality and
adverse events that patients may experience as … • Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) reflect quality of care
inside hospitals and adverse events … • The PSIs are a set of 18 hospital-level indicators of
safety-related adverse events following operations … and Safety
• The PDIs are a set of 16 indicators that reflect quality
of care inside hospitals and adverse … • PDIs measure events likely preventable through
changes at the system or provider level.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-slide-set.pptx
May 01, 2017 - and/or medical errors
Report on safety events after the fact
5Maurer M, Dardess P, Carman, KL, et al … events, compliance with patient privacy laws
4Advancing the Practice of Patient- and-Family-Centered … , to Responding to Adverse Events). … Organizations should be prepared to respond and communicate proactively when adverse events occur. … , to Responding to Adverse Events).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/breast-cancer-radiotherapy.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Cancer-Free
Survival
Outcomes Similar at 5 and 10 Years
Whole Breast
Irradiation (WBI) Acute
Adverse … Events Were
Significantly
Fewer With
PBI
Compared
With WBI
Partial Breast
Irradiation (PBI)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dresselhaus-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Medication errors, including preventable adverse drug events, are especially common in the
inpatient … A computer alert system to
prevent injury from adverse drug events: development and evaluation in a … Drug Events
Data Sources & Measures. … events. … Although most of the adverse drug events that occur during the
study period will be linked to a specific
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap4.html
December 01, 2014 - 2014 Goal Met
Projected Reductions in Deaths Associated With HACs in 2014 if 2014 Goal Met
Adverse … Drug Events
1,900,000
50%
50%
25%
475,000
$5,000
.020
$2,375,000,000
9,500
Catheter-Associated … Falls
200,000
25%
50%
12.5%
25,000
$7,234
.055
$180,850,000
1,375
Obstetric Adverse … Events
380,000
30%
50%
15%
57,000
$3,000
.0015
$171,000,000
84
Pressure Ulcers
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - Help prevent specific safety events and/or medical errors. … Report on safety events after the fact. … Fear of litigation
Transparency and adverse events, compliance with patient privacy laws. … Organizations should be prepared to respond and communicate proactively when adverse events occur. … , to Responding to Adverse Events).