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221. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/type-harm.html
     September 01, 2025 - apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to reduce complications … apply AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent surgical site infections and other complications … Hospitals can use the toolkit to prevent complications such as surgical site infections, venous thromboembolism … practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections and other complications

222. Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool15.html
     March 01, 2014 - address a different aspect of the obesity epidemic: Consequences—reviews the scope and serious health complications

223. Appendix A. Teamwork and Communication Definitions and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/appa.html
     October 01, 2015 - Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications

224. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-vae-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Slide 4 Possible Complications of Mechanical Ventilation SAY: Mechanical ventilation puts patients … at risk for a number of complications, including ventilator-associated events, acute respiratory distress … There is some overlap of categories, as some of these complications cause oxygenation changes that qualify … developed for Epic or other electronic medical records, and define a broad range of conditions and complications

225. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/gastro-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - between both arms On presentation, 97% with abdominal pain, 90% with fever, mean WBC 12.5 cells/mL Complications

226. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-slides.html
     February 01, 2017 - Slide 5: Possible Complications of Mechanical Ventilation VAE: Ventilator-associated condition … Toward improved surveillance: the impact of ventilator-associated complications on length of stay and … Defines a broad range of conditions and complications occurring in mechanically ventilated patients. … Toward improved surveillance: the impact of ventilator-associated complications on length of stay and

227. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/overview-off-ventilator-slides.html
     February 01, 2017 - Multicenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. … Short-term: Increase in complications: VAP. Sepsis. … Reduce complications. Get patients off the ventilator. … Multicenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation.

228. Final Progress Report: Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/catchpole2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Reporting of complications increased significantly with academic detailing. … This included a higher proportion of death claims and complications attributable to inadequate oxygenation … CONTEXT: Improving Reporting of Complications Through Academic Detailing Investigation of the low reporting … of the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR) perioperative complications revealed that … These visual cues facilitated reporting through the ability to quickly identify complications and increased

229. Types of Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/types.html
     July 01, 2015 - The rate of surgical complications or hospital-acquired infections.

230. Toolkit Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/materials.html
     December 01, 2017 - Toolkit Materials Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery The products consist of two guides, supplemental tools for each guide, and 15 instructional modules to support change at the unit level. Guides Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery ( PDF , 508 KB) This guide provides an overview of the Comprehensive U…

231. Clabsitoolsap5 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap5.doc
     June 02, 2025 - Report uncorrected deviations and complications of line placement.

232. 5 Tk2 P4T2-Quality Improvement Review Tool For Antibiotic Use In Uti Phase 4 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T2-Quality_Improvement_Review_Tool_for_Antibiotic_Use_in_UTI_Phase_4.doc
     January 01, 2011 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 4 Quality-Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infections The goal of this tool is to allow nursing home staff to review empiric antibiotic choices recorded in the Antibiotic-Use Tracking Sheet to see if prescribing is consistent with national guidelines …

233. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rivard.pdf
     May 01, 2004 - For example, the rate of the hospital-level PSI Complications of Anesthesia is the number of discharges … The PSIs, unlike previous measures evaluating complications or adverse events related to hospitalization … Does the complications screening program flag cases with process of care problems? … Costs of potential complications of care for major surgery patients. … Identification of in-hospital complications from claims data. Is it valid?

234. Table 4. AADE Recommended Measures and Measurement Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/ptmgmttab4.html
     July 01, 2018 - Validated instruments (e.g., SF-12, SF-36, Zung/Beck Depression Scale) Reducing risks of diabetes complications

235. Examples of Hospital Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/examples.html
     March 01, 2016 - Patient Safety Measures Percentage of surgery patients with surgical complications or postoperative

236. Resources for Women’s Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/womens-health.html
     July 01, 2018 - Additionally, some women have health problems before they become pregnant that could lead to complications … Top of Page Smoking Cessation Smoking is a known cause of multiple cancers, heart disease, stroke, complications

237. 5 Tk2 P4T2-Quality Improvement Review Tool For Antibiotic Use In Uti Phase 4 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T2-Quality_Improvement_Review_Tool_for_Antibiotic_Use_in_UTI_Phase_4.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - Sample Vignettes Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 4 Quality-Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infections The goal of this tool is to a…

238. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_4_PPT_508.pptx
     April 01, 2011 - post-discharge are adverse drug events, hospital-acquired infections, and procedural complications Many … complications can be attributed to problems with discharge planning: Changes in medicines before and … include adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, and procedural complications. … Many of these complications can be attributed to discharge planning problems, including medication changes … and families that they know what to do and how do it, which lessens anxiety Prevents post-discharge complications

239. Understand the Science of Safety for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand-sci-slides.html
     July 01, 2023 - practice based on the unit's acuity and rate of volume change, there is an increased risk of patient complications … A shift in authority led to a significant drop in the number of reported birth complications.

240. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections – Slides
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-slides.pptx
     September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections – Slides Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Ambulatory Care AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0030 Sep…