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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Process Reliability and Organizational Learning in Home Health Care
PROL IN HOME HEALTH CARE
Title: Process Reliability and Organizational Learning in Home Health Care
Principal Investigator and Team Members:
Michael P. Silver, MPH Principal Investigator
Cher Edmonds Study Coordinator
Robert…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_hca.pdf
April 01, 2019 - use of germ-killing soap and ointment on all ICU patients was effective for preventing
infections caused
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
6
Moment 2: Diagnostic Tests for HAP
HAP can be caused
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Because patients with complicated UTIs are at risk for UTIs caused by organisms such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_6_Pres_TX_508.pptx
July 23, 2010 - shows patient-centered communication can improve:
Patient safety
More than 70 percent of adverse events caused … For example, one study found that more than 70 percent of adverse events are caused by breakdowns in
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/etchegaray.html
August 01, 2017 - Good disclosures can also involve soliciting patients’ perceptions of what caused the adverse event, … While we cannot infer from these results that training caused the improved perceptions of culture, it
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Suydam.pdf
January 01, 2001 - Introduction
The 2000 publication of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To Err Is
Human,1 caused … that potentially preventable adverse events attributable to medical errors
during hospitalization caused
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Wachter.pdf
March 11, 2005 - Third, although many
errors are caused by systemic failures or breakdowns in teamwork, nurses and
other … restrictions later were relaxed, and we began to include errors
that may have reached the patient but caused
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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-West_102.pdf
March 31, 2008 - Errors appearing to have been caused by either the
failure or lack of a good system were reported in … necessary for the development and evaluation of specific interventions designed to reduce the
harm caused
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/105-what-are-the-4-es-notes.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
What Are the 4 Es?
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
What Are the 4 Es?
SAY:
This presentation reviews the 4 Es, a framework to guide the implementation…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-8x11-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents
For Residents With a
Urinary Catheter or if
Nonverbal
One or more of the following
without another recognized cause:
� Fever (>100°F or a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.pdf
March 01, 2017 - 4 Things You Should Know about Urine Cultures
4 Things You Should Know
About Urine Cultures
1. Bacteria in the urine does not necessarily
mean a catheter-associated urinary tract
infection (CAUTI) is present.
Bacteriuria is the term used to describe a positive urine culture, the
presence of bacteria in the urine. …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web2.html
December 01, 2017 - Webinar 2: Analyze Data and Patient/Caregiver Perspectives (Section 1 of the Guide): Slide Presentation
Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions
Text version of Webinar slide presentation.
Slide 1: Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Harper.pdf
March 01, 2004 - to use a
mandatory reporting system if the care provider witnessed or contributed to an
error that caused … Incident reviews are completed for the purpose of investigating an error
that caused or had the potential
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-k-debrief-audio-facnotes.docx
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework
Debrief Example Audio Transcript/Facilitator Notes
Hello everyone, I'm Jeff Durney. I'm one of the quality improvement advisers in the AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery, and for the next few m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/aspire_webinar2/aspire_webinar2.pptx
January 01, 2015 - Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmission Webinar 2
Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care
The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions
Webinar 2: Analyze Data and Patient/Caregiver Perspectives
(Section 1 of the Guide)
Agenda
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/saworksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer Prevention 1
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer
The Self-Assessment Worksheet i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/066-dec-staff-faqs-safety-side-effects.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization:
Staff Frequently Asked Questions
Safety & Side Effects
This document provides questions and answers to commonly asked questions. Some questions and answers may not be relevant to your unit. You should remove or edit information to match your unit’s protocols.
The…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/studdert-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Eighty percent of
claims involved injuries that caused significant (39%) or major (15%) disability or … found that closed malpractice claims yielded a rich source of data
about errors and the factors that caused
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/decolonization/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Decolonization
Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the skin. It is often used in healthcare facilities when patients carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or other dangerous germs on their bodies. It can keep them from developing an infection themselve…