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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-knowledge-attitudes-and-behavior-related-reporting-adverse-drug-events
September 23, 2020 - October 19, 2022
Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically … ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative … March 2, 2011
The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-clinical-decision-support-tool-facilitating-naturalistic-decision
January 01, 2023 - a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Facilitating Naturalistic Decision Making and Improving Blood Culture … Blood cultures are the only way to diagnose sepsis; however, overuse of blood cultures may result in … Develop an EHR-embedded CDS tool to reduce unnecessary blood culture utilization. … Implement the CDS tool in the PICU at JHH and assess its use and impacts on blood culture utilization … Dissemination of a novel framework to improve blood culture use in pediatric critical care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/039-mrsa-surveillance-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - Cons of Active Surveillance:
Additional costs and staff time to collect samples and perform cultures … Who will collect the cultures?
Which body site(s) will be cultured? … When will the cultures be collected? … | 13
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU
MRSA Surveillance
Culture Collection Sites16 … 14
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU
MRSA Surveillance
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When To Collect Cultures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846167/psn-pdf
March 15, 2023 - #glossary-heading-term-837128
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-diagnostic-stewardship-blood-cultures-critically-ill-children-culture-rates
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments-completion-guide.pdf
June 01, 2021 - the time you are reviewing the case:
• If the resident was suspected to have an infection for which cultures … ”
• If the resident was suspected to have an infection for which cultures were not collected (or
attempted … ”
• If the resident was suspected to have an infection for which cultures were not indicated, mark
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60041/psn-pdf
March 11, 2020 - The culture of organizations,
assessing that culture from the leadership, patient and clinician perspectives … evidence-based-organization-and-patient-safety-strategies-european-hospitals
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-across-cultures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-medication-delivery-system-how-disclosure-and-systems-investigation-improve-patient
April 03, 2005 - The action plan proposed by this project includes ensuring a just culture so staff feel empowered to … October 5, 2022
Leadership behaviors, attitudes and characteristics to support a culture … April 17, 2024
Nurse leader attitudes and beliefs regarding medical errors. … March 6, 2024
Rooting an error review process in just culture: lessons learned. … May 12, 2021
Why accountability sharing in health care organizational cultures means
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/scientific-rationale.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Universal CHG and mupirocin
Group C: Routine care
Group B:
37% less MRSA positive clinical
cultures … mupirocin
Group B: Universal CHG and iodophor
Group A:
18% less S. aureus positive clinical
cultures … 14% less MRSA positive clinical
cultures
Equivalent to Group B for
bloodstream infections … Routine contact
precautions continued to occur for known MRSA carriers by history or clinical cultures … define MRSA carriers as patients known to the hospital to be MRSA carriers (by
reported history, prior culture
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
July 15, 2008 - and every 3 months for up to 36 months, investigators rescreened patients for bacteriuria with urine cultures … Urine cultures would then be performed only on patients with positive screening results. … , 2 urine cultures, and 3 urine cultures at fewer than 20 weeks', 28 weeks', and 36 weeks' gestation. … 9 Additional cultures were performed at routine prenatal visits if a leukocyte esterase-nitrite test … with diabetes, normal renal function, and asymptomatic bacteriuria confirmed in 2 consecutive urine cultures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845654/psn-pdf
March 08, 2023 - Clinicians interviewed revealed serious
problems with the work cultures. … exposure-incivility-hinders-clinical-performance-simulated-operative-crisis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/culture-safety-ems-systems
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/specimens.html
June 01, 2021 - One-Page Document – Collection of Microbiological Cultures (PDF, 159.2 KB)
Poster – Appropriate Collection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72556/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the
nursing home setting. … Linking Patient Safety Culture to Quality Ratings in the Nursing
Home Setting. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/linking-patient-safety-culture-quality-ratings-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 quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/motivational-influences-anaesthetists-use-practice-guidelines
April 18, 2011 - survey study found that anesthetists' decisions to adhere to practice guidelines are affected by their beliefs … January 4, 2012
Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically … ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/education-bundles.html
February 01, 2019 - of facility staff, and when appropriate, residents and families, on infection prevention and safety culture … Communication Strategies
Describes how barriers to effective communication can impact the safety culture … Word , 282 KB; HTML )
Urine Culturing and Antibiotic Stewardship
Know When To Order Urine Cultures … Summarizes reasons why more urine cultures lead to more CAUTI diagnoses, tools to use to appropriately … identify when to order a urine culture, and strategies to apply to communicate signs and symptoms effectively
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/attitudes-and-barriers-incident-reporting-collaborative-hospital-study
June 15, 2011 - August 19, 2009
Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically … ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative … April 6, 2011
The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Urine cultures should not be performed on a scheduled basis (e.g., monthly).
2. … Urine cultures should not be used to identify UTIs in the absence of symptoms. … Urine cultures should be used to identify the most appropriate antibiotic. … appropriate to initiate empirical antibiotic therapy; but for
all other symptoms, wait for a urine culture
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60062/psn-pdf
March 18, 2020 - This news story illustrates how safety culture can be derailed by leadership misalignment of patient … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/freedom-speak-review-whistleblowing-nhs
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-cultures-entrapment-re-analysis-bristol-royal-infirmary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections, and a 37 percent reduction in positive cultures … for MRSA and VRE cultures. … medical devices of interest who are known to be MRSA carriers by history, screening test, or clinical culture … of interest who are known to be MRSA carriers by history, screening test (if performed), or clinical culture
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-6k.pdf
August 01, 2017 - these individuals come
from racial and ethnic backgrounds that follow different cultural norms and customs … use or to get care from providers who speak their
native language and/or understand their norms and customs … This program led to a significant increase in the number of behavioral health
practitioners with cultural … backgrounds commonly requested by members, including
African Americans (which rose by 80 percent over … Tools 9 and 10 deal with addressing
language differences and
considering culture, customs, and
beliefs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-four-moments-single.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Have we
collected appropriate cultures before
starting antibiotics?