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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/014-bcx-algorithm-decision-support-tool.docx
October 01, 2024 - Blood Culture Algorithm Decision Support Tool
Originally published in “Does This Patient Need … Is the primary site of infection not readily available for culture?
iii. … Assess if blood culture is to document clearance in three scenarios:
i. … Assess if blood culture is needed for either:
i. … Single positive blood culture with skin flora in a symptomatic patient
ii.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201411.html
August 01, 2014 - Mercy Health Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS® to Enhance Care
Search All … largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, has used AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture … Mercy also uses the AHRQ resources to gain critical insights into opportunities to enhance safety culture … The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture is a tool hospitals can use to assess their patient safety … Implementing "Just Culture Principles," which include creating an open and just environment, learning
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surveys-patient-safety-culture
December 24, 2008 - Measurement Tool/Indicator
Classic
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … Citation Text:
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture. … Organizations can also use the AHRQ database to compare their Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS … An AHRQ WebM&M perspective discussed how to establish a safety culture. … November 28, 2023
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-paradoxes-and-safety-culture
February 06, 2008 - Commentary
Safety paradoxes and safety culture. … Safety paradoxes and safety culture. … Achieving a culture of safety is paramount in any high-risk industry, such as healthcare. … paradoxes and how high reliability organizations (HROs) can overcome these paradoxes to foster a culture … Safety paradoxes and safety culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-sops-teamstepps-webcast-bakdash.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS®in Action Webcast - Bakdash
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … SOPS
databases
• Conducts research to further the measurement
and understanding of patient safety culture … • Develops resources to improve safety culture in
facilities
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What is Patient Safety Culture … Patient Safety Culture
The beliefs, values, norms,
shared by health care staff
Determines
behaviors … Measures: A composite measure is a grouping of two or more survey items that assess the
same area of culture
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/mcbride-mr-et-al-2004
January 01, 2004 - The site contains information on 15 cultures, 12 religions, and 6 ethnic minority cohort groups. … Web site had a simple text-based browser format with hyperlinks and contained "three categories of culture-based … information for specific ethnic groups" ("15 cultures, 12 religions and 9 American minority, cultural … , or immigrant cohort groups"): greetings and introductions, religious beliefs and beliefs about healing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/theory-driven-longitudinal-evaluation-impact-team-training-safety-culture-24-hospitals
October 16, 2019 - A theory-driven, longitudinal evaluation of the impact of team training on safety culture … A theory-driven, longitudinal evaluation of the impact of team training on safety culture in 24 hospitals … Teamwork training is being increasingly used as a means of improving organizational safety culture … June 17, 2014
Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles … August 18, 2010
Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/balancing-just-culture-regulatory-standards
December 13, 2023 - Commentary
Balancing just culture with regulatory standards. … Balancing Just Culture with regulatory standards. … Balancing Just Culture with regulatory standards. … March 1, 2023
Just culture: it's more than policy. … November 14, 2018
Improving patient safety by practicing in a just culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/013-strategies-prevent-bcc.docx
October 01, 2024 - ICU & Non-ICU
Optimize Patient Selection for Blood Cultures.1
Use a Blood Culture Decision Support Tool … to guide ordering of blood cultures to limit inappropriate cultures. … Use Venipuncture To Draw Blood Cultures; Avoid Central Line Blood Draws.2
Peripherally drawn blood cultures … Don gloves prior to drawing blood cultures. … Draw At Least Two Sets of Blood Cultures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-229-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Timely Blood Culture for Children With Sepsis Syndrome
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Timely Blood Culture for Children with Sepsis … guidelines strongly recommend that children immediately receive
a broad spectrum antibiotic, blood cultures … When possible, blood cultures should be obtained before
administering antibiotics, but this test should … et al. shows that 99.3 percent of all
sepsis occurrences are identified within the first two blood cultures … Sepsis: Percent of patients with severe sepsis/septic shock who had 2 sets of blood
cultures collected
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/international/hospital/translators-version-2.html
October 01, 2024 - What is "patient safety culture"? … Patient safety culture is the extent to which an organization’s culture supports and promotes patient … Patient safety culture refers to the beliefs, values, and norms shared by healthcare practitioners and … the word "culture" in the title. … with patient safety culture at this level.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/linking-patient-safety-culture-quality-ratings-nursing-home-setting
June 29, 2022 - Study
Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home setting … Linking Patient Safety Culture to Quality Ratings in the Nursing Home Setting. … Based on data from Nursing Home Compare and a national survey on patient safety culture in nursing … homes, the authors found that nursing homes with better patient safety cultures tend to have higher … Linking Patient Safety Culture to Quality Ratings in the Nursing Home Setting.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklists-safety-my-culture-and-me
June 19, 2019 - Commentary
Checklists, safety, my culture and me. … Checklists, safety, my culture and me. … This commentary discusses how culture affects team communication in health care. … Checklists, safety, my culture and me. … November 5, 2014
Creating a culture of safety by using checklists.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-cultural-competency-and-attributes-patient-safety-culture-study-us-hospitals
October 20, 2021 - Study
Hospital cultural competency and attributes of patient safety culture: a study … Hospital cultural competency and attributes of patient safety culture: a study of U.S. hospitals. … This longitudinal study concluded that culturally competent hospitals have better patient safety culture … Hospital cultural competency and attributes of patient safety culture: a study of U.S. hospitals. … Influence of gender, profession, and managerial function on clinicians' perceptions of patient safety culture
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/overview.html
March 01, 2017 - Overview of the Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules and Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture … The first step in improving safety culture in your LTC facility is establishing a baseline. … One way to gather this baseline data on safety culture in your facility is to administer the Nursing … Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture . … It solicits staff opinions about the culture of patient safety in their nursing home.
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/index.html
January 01, 2025 - The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) ask healthcare providers and other staff in hospitals … The surveys can be used to raise awareness of and improve patient safety culture in your organization … (1:09) Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Hospital Survey . Medical Office Survey . … the Surveys When using any of the SOPS surveys, reference the full name "Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … If you are administering a patient safety culture survey that is based on a SOPS survey or uses items
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-ginsberg.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
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AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … • Tools to improve patient safety culture in facilities
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What is Patient Safety Culture? … Patient Safety Culture
The beliefs, values, norms,
shared by health care staff
Determines
behaviors … Raise staff awareness about patient
safety culture
Assess patient safety culture to
identify strengths … Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed Across SOPS Surveys
How are SOPS surveys used?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-patient-safety-education-interventions-patient-safety-culture-health-care
January 26, 2022 - Review
Effect of patient safety education interventions on patient safety culture … Effect of patient safety education interventions on patient safety culture of health care professionals … Additionally, based on the reporting using the AHRQ Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS … safety culture in many hospitals. … September 30, 2020
Why accountability sharing in health care organizational cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-040913.ppt
June 02, 2025 - *
Culture Change Model
Comparison Table
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Objective Kotter: Leading Change Kouzes and Posner: Leadership … senior executive to spread to other units in the organization
Sustainability Anchor news approaches in culture … Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program
An intervention to learn from mistakes and improve safety culture … Patient and family make-up, knowledge, values, beliefs, religious and cultural backgrounds are incorporated … families to share their voice
CUSP is a structured approach to learn from mistakes and improve safety culture
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/responding-unprofessional-behavior-trainees-just-culture-framework
June 24, 2020 - Commentary
Responding to unprofessional behavior by trainees - a "just culture" … Responding to Unprofessional Behavior by Trainees — A “Just Culture” Framework. … Responding to Unprofessional Behavior by Trainees — A “Just Culture” Framework. … June 30, 2021
Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically … July 20, 2022
Just Culture, Medication Error Prevention, and Second Victim Support: a