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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccination-implementation-guide.html
August 01, 2022 - Vaccination Program Implementation Guide
Resource: Vaccination Program Implementation Guide
This guide outlines the steps nursing home leaders can take to prepare for, develop, and implement a staff vaccination plan. It includes considerations for discussing vaccine information with staff as well as ongoing…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/care-of-older-adults.html
July 01, 2021 - COVID-19 Resources: Care of Older Adults
Resource: COVID-19 Resources: Care of Older Adults
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has compiled a list of national resources that provide updated information on COVID-19 and older adults.
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Topic(s): Patien…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/prepare-for-surge.html
June 01, 2022 - How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
Resource: How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
This webinar training is intended to prepare healthcare workers to develop, manage and maintain a surge plan.
Source: AHCA/NCAL
Topic(s): Leadership & Management, Safe Operations, Environmental Safety, Cohorting
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/what-matters-conversations.html
June 01, 2021 - How to Get Ready for “What Matters to You?” Conversations
Resource: How to Get Ready for “What Matters to You?” Conversations
The first step to improving joy in work is for leaders to engage colleagues to identify what matters to them in their work. This video describes three actions to help leaders prepare …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/motivated.html
May 01, 2021 - University of Idaho: Motivated Disagreements and Vaccination Decisions
Resource: University of Idaho: Motivated Disagreements and Vaccination Decisions
This video of Associate Professor of Philosophy Bert Baumgaertner discusses his research about vaccination decision-making, strategies for resolving disagre…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/observational.html
May 01, 2021 - AHRQ Tool – Observational Audits for Useful Data Gathering
Resource: AHRQ Tool – Observational Audits for Useful Data Gathering (PDF, 531 KB)
This resource, designed by AHRQ, will help nursing homes get started with observational auditing, so you have useful data to guide improvement.
Source: AHRQ
Top…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/transfer-hospital.html
February 01, 2021 - Nursing Home Accepting Transfer from Hospital
Resource: Nursing Home Accepting Transfer from Hospital (PDF, 268 KB)
This information is for nursing home staff use when receiving an admission or return from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Probari - for the IN DOH
Topic(s): Infection C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/011-ss-decolonization-strategies-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - These phases can be broken down into the preoperative clinic or office visit and patient’s home, preoperative
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/services/quality/patientsftyupdate/ptsafetysum.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Making Health Care Safer II, Executive Summary
Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and priv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Wideman.pdf
April 20, 2004 - Barcode Medication Administration: Lessons Learned from an Intensive Care Unit Implementation
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Barcode Medication Administration:
Lessons Learned from an Intensive
Care Unit Implementation
Mary V. Wideman, Michael E. Whittler, Timothy M. Anderson
Abstract
An electronic barcode medication administration sy…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/public-health.html
Topic: Public Health
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical De…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/fostersafety.html
April 01, 2014 - Fostering a Culture of Safety
This video vignette shows a fictional scenario in which a positive culture of safety overcomes multiple commonly seen barriers to infection prevention in dialysis facilities.
Fostering a Culture of Safety
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TLeHkU34_…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide87.html
October 01, 2014 - 87. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Intensity of Clinical Interventions
Recommendation: Minimal interventions lasting less than 3 minutes increase overall tobacco abstinence rates. Every tobacco user …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide89.html
October 01, 2014 - 89. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Intensity of Clinical Interventions
Recommendation: Person-to-person treatment delivered for four or more sessions appears especially effective in increasing abstin…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-indicators-qis.html
Topic: Quality Indicators (QIs)
AHRQ Quality Indicators (Qis) are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes.
AHRQuality…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/05e-reduce-risk-recur/index.html
June 01, 2018 - What Will You Do to Reduce the Risk of Recurrence?
CUSP Toolkit
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. These videos reinforce the material presented in each module of the CUSP toolki…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/05a-id-unit-safety-issues/index.html
June 01, 2018 - Identify Your Unit’s Safety Issues
CUSP Toolkit
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. These videos reinforce the material presented in each module of the CUSP toolkit.
Identify…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/03d-sr-exec-role-team/index.html
June 01, 2018 - Senior Executive's Role on the Team
CUSP Toolkit Training - Video
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. These videos reinforce the material presented in each module of the CUSP tool…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene-implementation-toolkit.html
April 01, 2022 - Hand Hygiene Implementation Toolkit
Resource: Hand Hygiene Implementation Toolkit
This hand hygiene toolkit contains many ready-to-use practical tools which been field-tested and have yielded new, interesting data on hand hygiene practices and success factors for improvement.
Source: WHO
Topic(s): In…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-storage-handling.html
August 01, 2022 - Vaccine Storage and Handling Resources
Resource: Vaccine Storage and Handling Resources
This comprehensive guide reflects best practices for vaccine storage and handling from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases recommendations, product information from vaccine manufacturers, and s…