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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/connecting-dots-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - of Safety Culture
Enduring, shared, learned 1 beliefs and behaviors that reflect an organization … ’s willingness to learn from errors 2
Four beliefs present in a safe, informed culture 3 :
Our … reporting and just cultures create atmosphere of trust
Sensemaking 8 of patient safety events and … BELIEF 88%
2. … BELIEF 78%
2. Staff feel free to question the decisions or actions of those with more authority.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/waever.html
August 01, 2017 - unanticipated issues. 4,6 However, limited empirical work examines linkages between organizational cultures … The Intersection of Liability and Patient Safety Culture
Patient safety culture and liability intersect … not fully reflected in existing culture measurement tools include aspects of “just culture,” such as … Recommendation 4: Examine sub-cultures and clearly define the perspective your metric is asking respondents … physicians, nurses, and administrators on several dimensions. 15 , 37,38 Despite documentation of sub-cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/hrccdocumentationhandout_0.pdf
June 02, 2025 - increased urgency/frequency
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22 Infection
23 IV fluids given 1 1
24 Blood cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T3-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_3.pdf
May 01, 2014 - generated by the nursing home’s contracted clinical
laboratory, using the results from residents’ cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T4-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_1.pdf
May 01, 2014 - generated by the nursing home’s contracted clinical
laboratory, using the results from residents’ cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/connecting-dots-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide five - The concept of safety culture tend to be defined as enduring, shared, and learned beliefs … If you think about it, all culture, whether it's our national beliefs and behaviors, the culture of our … You can use four beliefs that are found in a safe, informed culture to engage frontline workers about … There are the cultures that we have within all of our organizations, our organizational culture. … So, in summary then, safety culture, on slide 41, is our beliefs, our behaviors that reflect whether
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/safer-together.html
January 01, 2025 - Implementation Resource Guide , the Plan centers on four foundational and interdependent priority areas: Culture … demonstrate and foster commitments to safety as a core value and promote the development of safety cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/prelaunch-activities.pdf
March 01, 2022 - As is the case with many infection prevention programs, it will take time to
achieve culture change. … identifying MRSA carriers include:
o Past history of MRSA flagged in EMR system
o MRSA-positive culture … or history documented on transfer
o MRSA-positive screening test (if performed) or clinical culture … Use your current processes for identifying MRSA-positive clinical
cultures, screening cultures, and … Recognize that there may be patients with a history of MRSA, but with recent
negative surveillance cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - If Arcanobacterium is identified in a bacterial throat culture, antibiotic therapy may not be indicated … However, if Fusobacterium is detected in a throat culture and the patient is ill appearing, consider … Although Neisseria can be identified on routine cultures, it can sometimes be difficult to grow. … Often, a reflex bacterial culture is performed by the laboratory if the rapid strep test is negative. … The clinical significance of group C or group G strep in throat cultures is unclear and there is no consensus
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - indicated
2 or 3 points: GAS possible; obtain a rapid strep test and if positive (or if reflex bacterial culture … antibiotics
4 points: GAS likely; treat with antibiotics ± obtain a rapid strep test
‒ Reflex bacterial cultures … • Positive strep culture in the absence of symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis: do not treat. … • Do not send a test of cure rapid strep test or bacterial culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/connolly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Serum vancomycin levels within 24 hours following surgery were recorded, and
microbiology cultures from … Microbiology Analyses
Microbial cultures were obtained from the anterior nares and surgical site preoperatively … Cultures were initially stored at 4°C and later were incubated in 6% sodium chloride–supplemented
tryptic … Microbiology cultures were evaluated based on frequency of pre- and postoperative S.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/when-to-order/role-play.html
May 01, 2017 - of Culturing: The Importance of Knowing When to Order Urine Cultures
Facilitator Instructions
This … situation-background-assessment-recommendation) to effectively communicate resident care and when to order urine cultures … The interaction led to a urine culture being ordered for Mrs. … I nappropriate Recommendations:
Ordering a urine culture . … Inappropriate Recommendations:
Ordering a urine culture .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - TMP/SMX), the medical director can draft a caution alerting prescribers to avoid these drugs unless culture … Yellow highlighting in any row indicates that fewer than 30 residents were included in the set of cultures … ; these results are less reliable than those for 30 cultures or more. … Enterococcus sp *
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* This antibiogram uses 2 years of culture
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1402.html
January 01, 2014 - Jude Relies on AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Search All Impact Case Studies … " since 2009 to understand and improve the hospital's culture, identify areas ripe for quality improvement … and has been validated in many contexts and cultures," says James M. … AHRQ's tool helps hospitals assess their patient safety culture, track changes, and evaluate the impact … that is striving to implement a just culture throughout the entire institution.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod1-slides.html
February 01, 2023 - Issues
Evidence-based guidelines
Socio-adaptive (cultural issues)
Staff behavior and unit culture … Slide 13
Adaptive or Cultural Changes
Require a change of values, attitudes, or beliefs (i.e. … organisms (MDROs)
Slide 16
Behavioral or Cultural Factors
Pan culturing
ICUs may obtain cultures … from multiple sites when a patient has a temperature spike
Not an automatic culture
Belief that
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
October 01, 2022 - Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU
Antibiotic Stewardship
Fundamental Best Practices
Antibiotic Stewardship
Blood Culture … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … treatment: Vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam
Diagnostic results: Negative sputum Gram-stain and cultures … , negative blood cultures. … Since his cultures don’t show MRSA or Pseudomonas, I think it would be reasonable to stop the vancomycin
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-080814.pptx
January 01, 2013 - 5
Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes and behaviors shared by … Basic underlying assumptions: Unconscious, taken for granted beliefs & values; Determine behavior, thought … , feeling
Espoused beliefs and values
Observed behavior
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Behaviors
Beliefs & Values
Underlying … ) Culture
Learning Culture
Effective reporting and just cultures create atmosphere of trust
Sense-making … These components represent four areas of beliefs and behaviors that interact to produce an organization
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/assess-psc-hsop-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - domains of safety culture. … Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. … Promoting a Culture of Safety. … Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. … Promoting a Culture of Safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/infographic.html
March 01, 2017 - Routine catheter changes, urinalysis, and cultures are not required.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/what.html
February 01, 2016 - Providing tailored education and skills training using materials appropriate for different cultures and