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241. 4 Tk1 T2-Clinician Letter Final 0 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - and provide guidance regarding managing potential UTIs and indications for ordering urinalyses and cultures … Although residents with specific UTI symptoms like dysuria usually need treatment, urinalyses and cultures … mortality.1,2,3 Asymptomatic bacteriuria applies to a positive result from any routinely collected culture

242. Final Progress Report: Automated Lab Test Followup To Reduce Medical Errors (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - The most common abnormal results for which follow-up was not completed were urine cultures (22), strep … throat cultures (22), Epstein-Barr virus titers (10), and stool cultures (9). … We chose three types of tests for study: Chlamydia cultures, blood lead levels, and urine pregnancy … culture 106 (9%) Blood culture 93 (8%) Serum protein analysis 34 (3%) Cerebrospinal fluid culture 33 … culture positive for Salmonella 1 Blood culture positive for Corynebacterium 1 Positive Clostridium

243. Assessing the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on safety culture with proactive risk assessments | PSNet
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     June 12, 2024 - Study Assessing the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on safety culture … Assessing the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on safety culture with proactive risk assessments … assessment, ideally prior to the merger, can identify strengths and weaknesses of the organizations' safety cultures … Assessing the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on safety culture with proactive risk assessments … About The Topic Health Care Executives and Administrators Risk Managers Latent Errors Culture

244. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 16, 2011 - Finally, large-scale systems need to maintain strong safety cultures and norms that reinforce common … psnet.ahrq.gov//#highreliabilityorganizations https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#error https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety

245. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Are there certain species found in the urine culture that should be considered red flags and that will … antibiograms for urinary tract pathogens from the local hospital if you don’t have antibiograms of cultures … Consider what factors or pressures may be driving the physician’s repeated rounds of cultures and antibiotics … How can I explain to a resident why we decided to not conduct a urinalysis or urine culture? … How do you start to change resident safety culture when the family asks for the patient to be sent to

246. Antibiotic Stewardship FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-faqs.html
     July 01, 2017 - Are there certain species found in the urine culture that should be considered red flags and that will … antibiograms for urinary tract pathogens from the local hospital if you don't have antibiograms of cultures … Consider what factors or pressures may be driving the physician’s repeated rounds of cultures and antibiotics … How can I explain to a resident why we decided to not conduct a urinalysis or urine culture? … How do you start to change resident safety culture when the family asks for the patient to be sent to

247. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2021 - Cultures of blood and CSF were obtained but imaging of the cervical spine was not ordered. … The next morning, two blood cultures returned positive for Staphylococcus aureus while CSF culture was … Blood culture results are highly concordant with SEA fluid culture results.23 Most importantly, positive … blood cultures in a patient complaining of neck or back pain should raise suspicion for SEA. … Operative management is followed by 4-6 weeks of parenteral antibiotic therapy tailored to culture results

248. Dangers of Missing an Epidural Abscess: Multiple Visits and Delayed Diagnosis with a Severely Negative Outcome | PSNet
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     April 27, 2022 - Cultures of blood and CSF were obtained but imaging of the cervical spine was not ordered. … The next morning, two blood cultures returned positive for Staphylococcus aureus while CSF culture … Blood culture results are highly concordant with SEA fluid culture results. 23 Most importantly, positive … blood cultures in a patient complaining of neck or back pain should raise suspicion for SEA. … Operative management is followed by 4-6 weeks of parenteral antibiotic therapy tailored to culture results

249. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 29, 2020 - exploring-challenges-quality-and-safety-work-nursing-homes-and-home-care- case-study-basis A part of the SAFE-LEAD program to promote safety culture … different EHR systems that do not communicate), and; inadequate time leading to different error reporting cultures

250. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - Fundamental Best Practices SAY: In addition to the four main strategies, Antibiotic Stewardship and Blood Culture … Urine cultures are often sent in the hospital, and often grow organisms. … However, positive urine cultures should only lead to antibiotic therapy if the patient has signs and … acute care setting on building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program, improving the safety culture … Sputum Gram-stain and cultures as well as blood cultures are negative, but his creatinine has increased

251. Culture of Safety | PSNet
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     September 15, 2024 - Culture of Safety Citation Text: Culture of Safety. PSNet [internet]. … Background Patient safety culture is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes … It refers to the values, beliefs, and norms that are shared by healthcare practitioners and other staff … Patient safety culture can be measured by determining the values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors related … Culture of Safety

252. AHRQ_Brand_NameOnly (xls file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Repeats) Number of UTI SBAR Forms Used Number of UTIs That Met Diagnostic Criteria Number of Negative Cultures

253. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 08, 2025 - The elements include promoting transparency, supporting safe cultures through partnership, and encouraging

254. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs … Two tools specifically address CLAS: Address Language Differences (Tool #9) and Consider Culture, … Customs, and Beliefs (Tool #10) . … It fits with their cultural traditions and beliefs, making them feel respected and understood.

255. One Dose, Two Errors | PSNet
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     September 29, 2017 - The patient was intubated and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics while waiting for blood culture … A few hours into the admission, the microbiology lab called the ICU to report that the blood cultures … She reviewed the laboratory data and was surprised to find that the patient had no positive blood cultures … She called the microbiology lab, who confirmed that the patient had not had any positive blood cultures … In the course of the discussion, she came to a troubling realization: the positive yeast cultures were

256. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2008 - include: adherence to hand hygiene, contact precautions for patients with MRSA, active surveillance cultures … were required.(16,17) While not formally studied, I suspect that organizations that have a strong culture … The two most complex issues surrounding the control of MRSA are the role of active surveillance cultures … However, there is considerable evidence to support the use of active surveillance cultures for identifying … safety activities, this requires a comprehensive approach focusing on the system and organizational culture

257. Four Questions To Ask Your Doctor or Nurse About Antibiotics (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Four Questions To Ask Your Doctor or Nurse About Antibiotics Cultures and other laboratory tests

258. 4 Tk1 T2-Clinician Letter Final 0 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.docx
     October 01, 2016 - and provide guidance regarding managing potential UTIs and indications for ordering urinalyses and cultures … Although residents with specific UTI symptoms like dysuria usually need treatment, urinalyses and cultures … ,[footnoteRef:3] Asymptomatic bacteriuria applies to a positive result from any routinely collected culture

259. Final Progress Report: Implementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small, Rural Hospitals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/jones-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - are based on the organizational psychology perspective, which views safety culture as shared beliefs … The organizational beliefs and practices associated with these components of culture are assessed by … Perceptions of organizational beliefs and practices that support a just culture, a flexible culture, … practices.6 Hospital leaders impact beliefs about organizational culture by supporting frontline workers … A typology of organizational cultures.

260. Spotlight (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - – Cultures of blood and CSF were obtained but imaging of the cervical spine was not ordered. … • The next morning, two blood cultures returned positive for Staphylococcus aureus while CSF culture … – Approximately two-thirds of these cultures return positive. … • Blood culture results are highly concordant with SEA fluid culture results. … • Operative management is followed by 4-6 weeks of parenteral antibiotic therapy tailored to culture