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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/050-dec-implementation-notes.docx
October 01, 2024 - bloodstream infection (BSI) rate: Number of all-cause BSI events per 1,000 patient-days
· MRSA clinical cultures … : Percentage of patients on the unit with any positive MRSA clinical culture over the past year
Knowing … The mupirocin protocol resulted in 18.4 percent fewer S. aureus clinical cultures and 14.1 percent fewer … MRSA cultures than iodophor. … In the Cardio ICU, the reduction in MRSA cultures and bloodstream infections is particularly dramatic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/etchegaray2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Parent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture: Parent-Centered Safety Culture Tool … Parent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture: Parent-Centered Safety Culture Tool
Project Team: Jason … Key Words: NICU parents, safety culture, infant safety, parental roles
1. … Aim 2: To develop and psychometrically test a survey to measure parent perceptions of safety culture … Parent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture: Parent-Centered Safety Culture Tool
Structured Abstract
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Leape.pdf
June 02, 2025 - have noted, and several papers in this
volume specifically address, what is at stake is changing a culture—more … accurately, changing thousands of cultures. … Culture is most simply defined as
“how we do things here,” and every organization has its own way of … without being struck with the immense diversity of issues that must be confronted
in building a safe culture … At the heart of that
transition is creating the culture change we need to make patient care safe.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/prescribers-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Let’s get a UA and urine culture. … communication is to state:
“I’m calling because our policy states I must inform a provider about all positive cultures … I'm calling because our policy states that I must inform the on-call physician about all positive cultures … Start an antibiotic based on the urine culture results. … The nurse faxes the urine culture results to the provider’s office.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part1-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Review approaches employed by the microbiology lab for reporting culture and susceptibility data. … the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making approach
Diagnostic criteria for infection
Appropriate cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/communication-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - 16
Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institution.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/measuring-safety-culture.pdf
May 13, 2025 - Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Safety Series (Session 3): Measuring and Responding to Safety Culture … Safety Culture: Measuring and Responding
Framing
Simply – “The way we do things around here”
Culture … Associations between patient safety culture and
workplace safety culture in hospital settings. … Instructions
Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Safety Series
Framing
Safety Culture Surveys … Stories
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program
Areas of Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/smith2slides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Development of the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Slide Presentation … Scott Smith, PhD
Senior Study Director
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What is Patient Safety Culture? … do things around here”
Exists at
multiple
levels:
System
Organization
Department
Unit
Beliefs … Composites
27 items assess 8 composites of patient safety culture
1. … Safety Culture?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/best-practices-survey-administration-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Ginsberg Presentation
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … by healthcare organizations to assess provider and
staff perceptions about how their organizational culture … • Develops tools 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 … Assess
patient safety
culture
Raise staff
awareness
about patient
safety
Identify
strengths
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/teams-infographic.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Remember T.E.A.M.S. to Improve Safety Culture
T
E
A
M
S
Team
Formation
Excellent
Communication … Re-evaluate your culture annually. Are the
intended changes happening? … Evaluating culture is an ongoing process.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/mowebinar_2014/famolaro-0914slides.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
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Success Stories … from the AHRQ
Medical Office Survey on Patient
Safety Culture
Webinar
September 16, 2014
1: … 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 on … of
patient safety in outpatient medical offices
Assesses staff and provider attitudes and beliefs
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/teams-infographic.html
March 01, 2017 - T.E.A.M.S. infographic
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Culture … consists of values, attitudes, and beliefs that can have an impact on resident safety, care outcomes … Culture influences how change can occur. … Re-evaluate your culture annually. Are the intended changes happening? … M
Meet Monthly
Evaluating culture is an ongoing process.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/baker-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - at most US hospitals, and use
supplemental surveys to describe patient safety practices and “safety cultures … topics such as building a business
case for safety, the role of senior management in creating safe cultures … a comparison for safety culture in
hospitals. … Many questions from the CSA were adopted
for use in the PSC Culture Survey. … For these questions, we compared the Navy results against the
Patient Safety Cultures in Healthcare
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-sops101-webcast-2023-ginsberg.pdf
January 01, 2023 - An Overview of the SOPS® Surveys for New Users - Ginsberg
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety
Culture … SOPS databases
• Conducts research to further the measurement and understanding of patient
safety culture … • Develops tools 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 … at
multiple
levels:
System Organization Department Unit 13
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-ASC-webcast-2023-0509-ginsberg.pdf
January 01, 2023 - SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Webcast - GINSBERG
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
(SOPS®) … • 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 … • Surveys of providers and staff about the extent to which their
organizational culture supports patient … Raise staff awareness about patient
safety culture
Assess patient safety culture to
identify strengths
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod1.html
February 01, 2023 - In this way, you can see trends and beliefs related to catheter use. … Challenges
Narration:
In some instances, resistance to changing catheter use practices comes from the belief … Behavior-based beliefs are a challenge. … Slide 16: Behavioral or Cultural Factors
Narration:
Many ICUs obtain cultures from multiple sites … the temperature increase should warrant a critical evaluation of the patient rather than an automatic culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-fisher.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Understanding SOPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Fisher
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture … SOPS databases
• Conducts research to further the measurement and understanding of 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 … 2023
SOPS Medical Office
Database Submission:
September 2023
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/attitudes-beliefs-transcript.pdf
April 01, 2022 - David: So, attitudes and beliefs are framed by the environment that we
work in or the culture. … If you were an organizational psychologist or industrial
psychologist, they'd say culture is the way … So, just
because you have a wonderful organization doesn't mean that your culture is
one where you … respect, and all of
those things have a big role to play when you're talking about creating a safe
culture … Kate: And that first-name basis is an indicator of a strong safe culture, where people
are empowered
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/mosurv14chap1.html
June 01, 2014 - Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Chapter 1. … Achieving a culture of patient safety requires an understanding of the values, beliefs, and norms about … , and organizational climate and culture. … The survey includes 38 items that measure 10 composites of patient safety culture. … Each of the 10 patient safety culture composites is listed and defined in Table 1-1 .
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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
10
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?