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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-across-cultures
February 12, 2020 - Commentary
Emerging Classic
Safety culture across cultures … Safety culture across cultures. Safety Sci. 2019;120:402-410. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.021. … This paper discusses the relationship between national culture and safety culture , and how national … culture influences an individual’s organizational beliefs, assumptions and values related to safety … Safety culture across cultures. Safety Sci. 2019;120:402-410. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.021.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-bacterial-cultures.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Collecting Bacterial Cultures
AHRQ Pub. … No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
• Only collect bacterial cultures
from … AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Collecting Bacterial Cultures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiological-cultures.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Collection of Microbiological Cultures
Only collect bacterial cultures in symptomatic patients … Urine Cultures
Symptom-Free Pee Let It Be! … Respiratory Cultures
When to collect a specimen
• Only if pneumonia is suspected—not for chronic … Collection of Microbiological Cultures
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Stewardship … – Long-Term Care Culture Collection 2
References
CDC Specimen Collection Guidelines.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mistakes-errors-and-failures-across-cultures-navigating-potentials
January 20, 2021 - Book/Report
Mistakes, Errors and Failures across Cultures. … Citation Text:
Mistakes, Errors and Failures across Cultures. Vanderheiden E, Mayer C, eds. … Cite
Citation
Citation Text:
Mistakes, Errors and Failures across Cultures … July 20, 2011
Building a Culture of Patient Safety Through Simulation: An Interprofessional
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.pdf
March 01, 2017 - 4 Things You Should Know about Urine Cultures
4 Things You Should Know
About Urine Cultures
1. … Bacteriuria is the term used to describe a positive urine culture, the
presence of bacteria in the urine … Inappropriate triggers for urine cultures include—
■ Urine color
■ Urine smell
■ Urine sediment
■ … Urine cultures should only be ordered if one
or more CAUTI symptoms are present.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/hoff-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Creating Learning Cultures Around Mistakes for Residents
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Project Title: Creating … Learning Cultures Around Mistakes for Residents
Timothy J. … mistake, not excusing one’s part in the incident but not letting the
event create untrue or exaggerated beliefs … This need to integrate learning cultures
into existing residency work cultures means mean that the development … Implementing safety cultures in medicine: What we
learn by watching physicians.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50777/psn-pdf
January 08, 2020 - Safety culture across cultures.
January 8, 2020
Yorio PL, Edwards J, Hoeneveld D. … Safety culture across cultures. Safety Sci. 2019;120:402-410.
doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.021. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-across-cultures
This paper discusses the relationship between … beliefs, assumptions and values related to safety and then
how those influence worker perception. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-across-cultures
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/when-to-order/cultures-slides.html
April 01, 2017 - The Culture of Culturing—The Importance of Knowing When To Order Urine Cultures
AHRQ Safety Program … Order Urine Cultures
Welcome to today's educational session on The Culture of Culturing: The Importance … Determine when (or not) to order urine cultures. … If a urine culture is sent, and bacteria are found (in other words, a positive urine culture), that resident … Urinalysis
Urine culture
Urinalysis and antibiotics
Culture and antibiotics
Nothing
Slide
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/05-SHARE-Cultural-Competence.pdf
October 25, 2024 - Remember that each patient has a unique set of beliefs and
values, and they may not share yours. … > Be aware of your own culture and how that may affect how you communicate with
your patients. … > You won’t be able to learn about every aspect of every patient’s culture. … Don’t be
afraid to let your patients know that you are unfamiliar with their culture. … > Recognize that in many cultures, family members are deeply involved in health
decisions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/contaminated-or-not-guidelines-interpretation-positive-blood-cultures
November 16, 2022 - Studies have shown that trained phlebotomists or blood culture teams have fewer contaminated blood cultures … only one of several blood culture sets will be positive. … contamination rates in the range of 3% per blood culture drawn. … or blood culture teams to obtain blood for culture rather than using random nursing personnel, nondegree … cultures at some institutions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-organizational-cultures-promote-patient-safety
June 16, 2011 - Study
Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. … Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. … This study provides a link between safety climate and organizational culture demonstrating that … Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety. … January 19, 2012
Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
October 01, 2024 - Slide 6
Importance of Blood Culture Stewardship
SAY:
Blood cultures are one of the most common microbiologic … Unfortunately, up to half of these positive blood cultures may represent blood culture contaminants rather … For example, one study of ICUs in Europe reported a blood culture utilization rate of 60 blood cultures … by blood culture contamination or S. aureus cases, which require repeated blood cultures. … Slide 16
Blood Culture Collection Process
SAY:
When collecting blood cultures, the number of sets
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - This module will identify the situations in which urine cultures are appropriate or inappropriate. … It is needed because urine cultures can be harmful if they’re ordered in the wrong situation. … This includes how a culture is collected, what container is used and how transport time can impact culture … There are inaccurate beliefs and rote behaviors. … Beliefs can be corrected with stewardship education.
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/whento-order/urine-cultures.pptx
March 01, 2017 - The Culture of Culturing: The Importance of Knowing When to Order Urine Cultures
The Culture of Culturing … —
The Importance of Knowing When To Order Urine Cultures
AHRQ Pub. … Determine when (or not) to order urine cultures—sometimes a urine culture just isn’t needed. … If a urine culture is sent, and bacteria are found (in other words, a positive urine culture), that resident … Urinalysis
Urine culture
Urinalysis and antibiotics
Culture and antibiotics
Nothing
Urine Culturing ׀
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/studying-organisational-cultures-and-their-effects-safety
April 20, 2014 - Commentary
Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety. … Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety. … Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety. … January 2, 2017
Measuring safety culture in healthcare: a case for accurate diagnosis … November 24, 2010
The safety culture in a children's hospital.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section7.html
May 01, 2023 - Obtaining any culture needs to be based on a suspicion of infection of the site cultured. … Indications for Urine Cultures
Many clinicians order urine cultures in catheterized patients who are … What Triggers Urine Cultures? … cultures based on urinalysis results may lead to inappropriate urine culture and unnecessary antimicrobial … Discourage Urine Culture Use
Appropriate Urine Culture Use
Urine quality: color, smell
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-recognition-positive-blood-culture
January 29, 2020 - Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture
Citation Text:
Doernberg S. … Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture. PSNet [internet]. … Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture. PSNet [internet]. … Contaminant blood cultures and resource utilization. … Don't perform urinalysis, urine culture, blood culture or C. difficile testing unless patients have
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-targets-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - Create an alert that requires prescribers to review and sign off on cultures when they return from the … and beliefs
Identifies system opportunities to prevent them from occurring again
Identifying Targets … Clinicians are not using appropriate criteria to order urine cultures. … Pocket guides with criteria for when to order urine cultures. … Identifying Targets
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Adaptive Problems
Adaptive solutions require a change in attitudes, beliefs,
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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.