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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/battlesslides.pdf
July 18, 2015 - Background and Overview: Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Slide Presentation … 6
6
Background and Overview:
Ambulatory Surgery Center
Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Jim … Background on the Ambulatory
Surgery Center Survey
Latest addition to Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … family of surveys:
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Nursing Home Survey on Patient … Safety Culture
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Community Pharmacy Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module1-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Challenges
Say:
In some instances, resistance to changing catheter use practices comes from the belief … Behavior-based beliefs are a challenge. … Behavioral or Cultural Factors
Say:
Many ICUs obtain cultures from multiple sites when a patient … the temperature increase should warrant a critical evaluation of the patient rather than an automatic culture
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=5
June 12, 2025 - Can I translate the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture? … Why should an organization use AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety Culture? … The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture have several advantages. … How long is the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture? … Are Spanish versions of the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture available?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/sustaining-guide.pdf
March 01, 2017 - ............................................................................................. 4
A Culture … Supportive culture and infrastructure to support improvement
3. … A Culture of Safety
The root of improvement lies in the safety culture within a facility. … on Patient Safety Culture can help assess staff perceptions of resident safety
culture. … Consider reassessing safety culture on a regular basis, but not more frequently than every 6
months,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-b.docx
June 02, 2025 - Attending team meetings
Culture Survey Results Discussion
u. … Discuss the results of your center’s culture survey and gaps that the checklist work can help close … If you haven’t already done so, create a plan for sharing the culture survey results with staff and physicians
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/curriculum/teamstepps-3-readiness-form.pdf
August 01, 2005 - your institution clearly defined the need to initiate a teamwork-based patient safety initiative
for culture … Is building a stronger teamwork and safety culture an appropriate strategy to address your
institution … Is a culture change that emphasizes the importance of teamwork and safety feasible and
acceptable? … Your institution must be
willing to change its culture and processes to enhance teamwork and safety. … □ YES □ NO
Readiness for Change in Culture
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-faqs.html
July 01, 2017 - Are there certain species found in the urine culture that should be considered red flags and that will … antibiograms for urinary tract pathogens from the local hospital if you don't have antibiograms of cultures … Consider what factors or pressures may be driving the physician’s repeated rounds of cultures and antibiotics … How can I explain to a resident why we decided to not conduct a urinalysis or urine culture? … How do you start to change resident safety culture when the family asks for the patient to be sent to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-faqs.docx
March 01, 2017 - Are there certain species found in the urine culture that should be considered red flags and that will … antibiograms for urinary tract pathogens from the local hospital if you don’t have antibiograms of cultures … Consider what factors or pressures may be driving the physician’s repeated rounds of cultures and antibiotics … How can I explain to a resident why we decided to not conduct a urinalysis or urine culture? … How do you start to change resident safety culture when the family asks for the patient to be sent to
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/tools.html
March 01, 2017 - Adaptive work is things like—
Addressing problems that require a change in attitudes, beliefs, and … Helping the team use results of a safety culture survey to drive improvement. … Effective senior leaders help people successfully adapt to change by reinforcing attitudes, beliefs, … The facility safety teams were able to support changes in the culture and engage a group of skilled staff
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/lepguide.pdf
September 01, 2012 - and Traditions Affecting Patient Care
• Cultural beliefs and traditions, such as minimizing reports … Foster a Supportive Culture for Safety of Diverse Patient Populations
Foster a supportive culture for … and Traditions Affecting Patient Care
• LEP patients may also have cultural beliefs and traditions … attempts to provide health care professionals with the tools and skills
to communicate effectively across cultures … diverse, health care organizations are looking for innovative
ways to communicate effectively across cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-041415.pptx
April 16, 2013 - 12
…the shared set of social values and beliefs, both explicit and implicit, that guides actions and … decisions within the organization
Culture
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A coherent culture is one in which there is widespread … agreement around core values and beliefs. … 31
Requirement for ≥ 100,000 CFU/ml organisms in urine culture
Exclusion of non-bacteria as sole pathogens … Things
Urine meters
36
Process: Protocols
37
Acute Urinary Retention Protocol, Urinary Cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/123-mrsa-toolkit-implementation-guide.docx
October 01, 2024 - Blood culture stewardship focuses on optimizing the use of blood cultures to improve the accuracy and … Blood Culture Stewardship
Blood cultures are one of the most ordered microbiologic tests in acute care … false positive results and improve the yield of blood cultures.
· Improving the process of reporting … The objective of blood culture stewardship is to optimize blood culture testing, improve the accuracy … cultures in non-neutropenic adult populations.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/pace-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Scope: Developing safe medical delivery systems requires the creation of a culture of safety, a
review … Result: The overall safety culture of the system requires reinforcement. … The Safety Culture
Survey may not accurately identify high- and low-safety cultures. … The Office Safety Culture Survey highlighted the spotty nature of the safety culture
within the system … survey was not particularly successful at accurately identifying clinics with high versus low
safety cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/asc/index.html
August 01, 2024 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Database
AHRQ has established the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … for survey data from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that have administered the AHRQ patient safety culture … The database serves as an important resource for patient safety culture improvement. … Surgery Center Pilot Study (PDF, 2 MB)—Pilot study results are provided for the items and safety culture … composites on the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture from 59 ambulatory
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/bacteremia-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - this presentation, participants will be
able to:
Review recommendations for appropriate
blood culture … SAY:
Before we focus on specific organisms, it is
important to review indications for blood culture … 24-hour
period, 73 percent of bacteremic episodes were
detected with one blood culture, 94 percent … In these cases, bacteria
are usually growing in more than one blood culture
set. … It
is important that appropriate blood culture
collection criteria are used.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/cultural-competence/planclas.html
July 01, 2019 - goals will recognize that members have different customer-service and health-care needs based on their cultural … backgrounds.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-gray.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Surveys
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … • Surveys of providers and staff about the extent to which their
organizational culture supports patient … Free technical assistance and resources available
15
Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed
Across … 24
Assess
patient safety
culture
Raise staff
awareness
about patient
safety
Identify
strengths … 5 Reasons to Use the AHRQ SOPS Surveys
Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed Across SOPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/tool-examples.docx
March 01, 2017 - Adaptive work is things like—
· Addressing problems that require a change in attitudes, beliefs, and … and making the team feel safe to discuss their concerns
· Helping the team use results of a safety culture … Effective senior leaders help people successfully adapt to change by reinforcing attitudes, beliefs, … The facility safety teams were able to support changes in the culture and engage a group of skilled staff
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-SOPS_101_Webcast-GRAY-Overview.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Surveys
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … (SOPS)
Westat
12
What is Patient Safety Culture? … 13
AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
• Surveys of providers and staff about the extent to which … the
organizational culture supports patient safety
Hospital
Version
1.0 and 2.0
Nursing
Home … AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed Across SOPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Always attempt to obtain a sputum Gram stain and
culture. … Blood cultures should be considered for severely ill
patients. … S. aureus and
gram-negative bacilli pathogens grow easily in culture. … If HAP is the likely diagnosis, use sputum culture results
to narrow therapy. … When cultures have not been obtained, directing
therapy can be challenging, and the decision to de-