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161. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - Based on principles and methods from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the toolkit … provides resources to enhance leadership and staff engagement, teamwork, and safety culture, in order … The toolkit's resources were used by LTC facilities that participated in the AHRQ Safety Program for … Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI, which involved a national quality improvement collaborative … designed to reduce CAUTIs and enhance patient safety culture and practices.

162. 149-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Assembling-Team (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention CUSP Tip Sheet: Assembling the CUSP Team ICU & Non-ICU Purpose … A culture of teamwork and learning from mistakes helps improve patient safety. … The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) focuses on utilizing unit-based teams to identify … Celebrate successes and highlight the importance of the patient safety and infection prevention work … No. 25-0007 October 2024 | 1 CUSP Tip Sheet: Assembling the Team AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention

163. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - Tool 5C: Assessing Comprehensive Skin Assessment. … A pressure injury educational program began in July. … Safety and quality. Pressure injuries fall under safety and quality, in the far left column. … Consider using Tool 5C: Assessing Comprehensive Skin Assessment . … This is your launching pad for your program.

164. 102-How-Integrate-Cusp-Approach-Guide (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention How To Integrate a CUSP Approach ICU & Non-ICU Slide Title and … Slide Number and Slide How to Integrate a CUSP Approach SAY: Welcome to this presentation about the Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP. … LFD is an effective way to understand all aspects of what happened, why it happened, including a comprehensive … No. 25-0007 October 2024 How To Integrate CUSP |1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU &

165. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar. … Unit Team is made up of the staff members who provide daily direct patient care by: Conducting comprehensive … The program includes: A 3-week orientation to the hospital and its prevention programs. … sustaining the program over the long term. … To improve competency of assessment scoring, care plan intervention selection, and documentation, a comprehensive

166. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - Setting-specific materials focus on improving antibiotic stewardship programs, engaging frontline staff … The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use helped clinicians in hospitals, doctors offices, … and long-term care apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making and concepts derived from the Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to improve antibiotic stewardship by selecting the optimal antibiotic … Project Report—Overall Summary Final Report:  AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use (

167. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - rates and prevention practices must be counted and tracked as one component of a quality improvement program … Slide 31: Painting the Picture With Data Data can tell you: Is your program improving? … Use Tool 5C: Assessing Comprehensive Skin Assessment. … Images: A screenshot shows a sample comprehensive skin assessment. … Developed an overall Pressure Injury Prevention Program Action Plan.

168. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events Introduction to the Protocol The Universal ICU Decolonization … protocol combines a comprehensive implementation readiness assessment with scientific rationale and … protocol provides a scientific foundation for hospital leaders of critical care and infection prevention programs … The protocol assumes existing infrastructure for quality improvement (QI) by which QI and patient safety … The protocol does not: Provide directions for building a comprehensive QI program.

169. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Next Page … Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI … effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in U.S. hospitals by implementing a Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). … partnership with: Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC) Missouri Center for Patient Safety

170. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - How to perform a comprehensive skin assessment. … Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar. … The AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNET) is a national Web-based resource for staying current on tested … strategies and best practices for patient safety. … are: A comprehensive skin assessment.

171. Toolkit Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery ( PDF , 508 KB) This guide provides an overview of the Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and its application to the surgical setting.

172. The Importance of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Antibiotic Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical Topics The Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention Why Choose a CUSP Approach? … CUSP Psychological Safety Learning From Defects Evaluating and Sustaining Progress Index of CUSP … Tools and Resources Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention   Importance of MRSA … On this page, you will find a comprehensive overview of MRSA, including its impact on patient health,

173. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-overvw.html
     September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events Introduction to the Protocol The Universal ICU Decolonization … protocol combines a comprehensive implementation readiness assessment with scientific rationale and … protocol provides a scientific foundation for hospital leaders of critical care and infection prevention programs … The protocol assumes existing infrastructure for quality improvement (QI) by which QI and patient safety … The protocol does not: Provide directions for building a comprehensive QI program.

174. Premortem Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - Premortem Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Problem … Quality improvement programs, like the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) are no exception … potential barriers and complications to project implementation and success BEFORE the launch of a new program

175. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Guide Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … ( PDF , 341 KB) Start with the Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary … The program is designed to improve resident safety in the LTC setting by implementing a combination of … clinical and cultural/behavioral interventions from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP … This guide provides guidance about how to start and implement a program, as well as information about

176. How To Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - However, implementation of technical bundles is facilitated by having Comprehensive Unit-based Safety … Program (CUSP) principles in place, including teamwork, communication and patient safety culture.  … guide walks users through one step of planning, implementing, and sustaining an infection prevention program … for mechanically ventilated patients and creating a culture of safety.

177. Table 1. Case Study Sites | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - Record Key Characteristics Key Informants Site 1 (1) Higher performance Catholic safety … Executive (2) Management (4) Staff (10) Site 7 (4) Higher performance Inner-city safety … Key: AMC = academic medical center; CLABSI = central line–associated bloodstream infection; CUSP = Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program; HPWP = high-performance work practices; ICU = intensive care unit; NA = not … a A safety net hospital or health system provides a significant level of care to low-income, uninsured

178. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - importance of using the safe surgery checklist as a teamwork and communication tool to improve patient safety … how to execute technical and cultural interventions surrounding the safe surgery checklist: The Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program. … Surgical Safety Checklist. Infection Prevention. Planning for Sustainability. … Training and Tools for Implementation Once you're ready to implement a program to improve safety culture

179. Learning From Defects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Antibiotic Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical Topics The Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention Why Choose a CUSP Approach? … The Science of Safety How To Integrate a CUSP Approach Performing a Premortem Assessment What Are … CUSP Psychological Safety Learning From Defects Evaluating and Sustaining Progress Index of CUSP … Tools and Resources Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention CUSP and MRSA Prevention

180. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, these tools dramatically reduced … Based on the experiences of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality