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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=18
Publications & Research Quality Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=21
Publications & Research Quality Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/research-careers.pdf
June 01, 2025 - It helped me foster a culture
around diagnostic excellence
that extends well beyond one
research study
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapq.html
April 01, 2018 - Culture Type Map to Procedure Types
Appendix F. Algorithms
Appendix G.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapo.html
April 01, 2018 - Culture Type Map to Procedure Types
Appendix F. Algorithms
Appendix G.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim4a.html
July 01, 2013 - Executive Summary
Introduction and Objectives
Methods
Results
Outcome and Process Measures
Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/James.pdf
January 01, 2004 - single injury sources
(e.g., adverse drug events), to organizational structures (e.g., building a culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/decision-making.pdf
March 01, 2022 - clinical trials and adoption
after definitive trials must be determined based upon local needs and culture … Choose a 1-year
period and count the number of unique patients who have a positive blood culture
from … Use your current processes for identifying MRSA carriers using reported
history, prior culture result … The
order of approaching these key stakeholders will depend on the culture, standard
processes, and … cultures, and history of MRSA to target those with
devices
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/041-pros-cons-mrsa-surveillance-one-pager.docx
October 01, 2024 - Active Surveillance1
Involves collecting cultures at admission and/or during hospital stay
Advantages … additional resources, including increased supplies and staff time to collect and process surveillance cultures … Passive Surveillance1
Involves monitoring the results of clinical cultures that grow MRSA
Passive … surveillance methods:
· Monitor results of all clinical cultures from symptomatic patients to document … and analyze the cultures that grow MRSA
· Use laboratory-identified (LabID) MRSA bacteremia surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-5.html
July 01, 2019 - WellMed is starting to focus on the culture of care between primary and specialty care with the goal … Quality Improvement Efforts and Culture
On the 4th Thursday of the month, the Medical Center clinic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/sepsis-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - 7
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
Sepsis
Sepsis: Cultures
Blood cultures … critical component of sepsis management8
Daily assessment of patient status, source of infection, and culture … Three scenarios:
No evidence of infection and antibiotics can be stopped
Evidence of infection and culture … data are available to guide narrowing of therapy
Evidence of infection and no culture data are available … have grown, narrow based on culture results
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AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T8-Sample_Antibiogram_Phase_2.pdf
May 01, 2014 - : Of XXX cultures used to make the antibiograms, XX%
were urine cultures, YY% were wound cultures, … and Z% were sputum cultures. … • The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were:
o E. coli: XX% of urine cultures
o Enterococcus … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms
• XX% of positive urine cultures were due … Gram positives
• XX of XX (XX%) S. aureus cultures were MRSA.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flink.pdf
April 09, 2004 - believe that a voluntary system is the most
effective way of encouraging reporting in a nonpunitive culture … Leadership support is critical in creating a culture of patient safety,
where there is a nonpunitive … This supports the use of NYPORTS as
an integral part of promoting a culture of patient safety. … encourage making the reporting system a “numbers game” and drive reporting
underground by perpetuating a culture
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/implguide-pt3.html
October 01, 2015 - The following are appropriate conditions for urine culture use:
Evaluation of sepsis without a clear … , evaluate current processes for obtaining urine cultures (e.g., avoid urinalysis or urine cultures as … Have periodic audits on urine culture use in intensive care units to look for trends, especially if CAUTI … avoid inappropriate antimicrobial use in catheterized patients is to refrain from obtaining a urine culture … When a urine culture is positive in a catheterized patient who has no symptoms of infection, do not treat
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_5.pdf
October 01, 2016 - WellMed is starting to focus on the culture of care between primary and
specialty care with the goal … Quality Improvement Efforts and Culture
On the 4th Thursday of the month, the Medical Center clinic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-creative-strategies-transcript.pdf
April 01, 2019 - www.ahrq.gov/cahps | 4 of 16
Nembhard, Slide 13
Much of the impetus is driven by a combination of belief … 31] or the percentage of
patients with Medicare or Medicaid, and various measures of organizational culture … Stifling organizational cultures may also be a barrier. … Such
cultures make ideas that depart from the status quo seem risky. … Build creativity into the culture of improvement and learning
within your organization, and reward it
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/health-team-works.html
August 01, 2014 - relationship building, complex adaptive change (adapting to multiple changes occurring at the same time), and culture … change management and relationship-building skills needed to successfully facilitate transformation to a culture … relationship building, complex adaptive change (adapting to multiple changes occurring at the same time), and culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T8-Sample_Pocket_Card_Long_Version_Phase_3.doc
May 01, 2014 - Version
9” (4 @ 2.25”) x 3.25”
Key Findings From the Antibiograms
· Most of our data come from urine cultures … : Of 192 cultures used to make the antibiograms, 93% were urine cultures, 6% were wound cultures, and … 1% were sputum cultures. … · The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were:
· E. coli: xx% of urine cultures
· Enterococcus … Gram Positives
· 11 of 14 (xx%) Staphylococcus aureus cultures were Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa.html
April 01, 2018 - During operative process, culture collected. … Culture considered positive if > 30cfu of bacteria identified. … During the operative procedure, a semiquantitative culture was collected from subcutaneous fat in the … positive cultures had colony counts that were too numerous to count. … , compared with 82 of 1,576 patients (5.2%) with negative cultures.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html
June 01, 2021 - Poster – Collecting Bacterial Cultures (PDF, 202.3 KB)
Poster – Urine Culture Collection (PDF, 178 … KB)
One-Page Document – Collection of Microbiological Cultures (PDF, 159.2 KB)
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