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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/aph.html
August 01, 2022 - Intermediate Actions
Increase in staffing/decrease in workload.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-weaning.pdf
June 02, 2025 - – Decrease in tongue thrust.
– Ability to sit with support at 60-90 degrees.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/safety-hai-prevention/index.html
January 01, 2025 - implement a bundle of recently updated evidence-based infection prevention toolkits designed to measurably decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/safe-electronic-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - communicating and documenting EFM findings provides a common language for use among providers and staff to decrease … interpreting and communicating FHR tracings provides a common language for use among providers and staff to decrease … Variable Decelerations
Appearance : abrupt decrease in FHR with beginning to nadir of < 30 seconds, … Late Decelerations
Appearance : symmetrical, gradual (≥ 30 seconds) decrease to nadir and return associated
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/6.html
December 01, 2017 - Report Description
The On-Time Risk Change Report (formerly Priority Report) uses 6 criteria: decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-section-1-tables-1-4.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Cardiovascular
Despite administration of isotonic intravenous fluid bolus ≥ 40 mL/kg in 1 hour,
• Decrease … mechanical ventilation
Neurologic
Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 11
OR
Acute change in mental status with a decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/chesapeake-regional-healthcare.html
February 01, 2024 - The goal of this initiative was to decrease patient falls and falls with injury. … These audits resulted in a 31% decrease in acute care falls from 4th quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2023
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/medlist.html
October 01, 2022 - This strategy helps to improve documentation because we can see the medications and decrease medication
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops2-database-report.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Average
Increase
Average
Decrease
1. … Average
Increase
Average
Decrease
1. … Average
Increase
Average
Decrease
3. … positive score
decrease. … Similarly, the average decrease was calculated by including
only hospitals that had a decrease in their
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/calculating-sample-size.html
August 01, 2024 - Inaccuracies in the sampling frame such as poor contact information (e.g., addresses and phone numbers) will decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/009-ss-evidence-decolonization-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - population of patients colonized with S. aureus at hospital admission, with CHG use there was a 58 percent decrease … When looking specifically at the surgical population, there was a 79 percent decrease in risk of developing … The findings showed a decrease in complex S. aureus SSIs, with statistically significant decreases in … Although fewer than half of the sites were fully adherent, there was a statistically significant decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Tool_3_Pres_video_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - shows bedside shift report can improve:
– Patient safety and quality
• Improved communication
• Decrease … complications
– Patient experiences of care
– Time management and accountability between nurses
• Decrease … in time needed for shift report
• Decrease in overshift time
• [Include specific goals / data for
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/006-ss-preop-chlorhexidine.pptx
April 01, 2025 - screened on admission
Randomized: nasal mupirocin and CHG soap/bathing x5 days versus placebo
58 percent decrease … in risk of S. aureus infection
79 percent decrease in risk of deep SSI
Bode et al., 20163
Mortality … mupirocin and CHG bathing (over 5 days) and optimal perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis
42 percent decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-detailed_measure-specs.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Cardiovascular
Despite administration of isotonic intravenous fluid bolus ≥ 40 mL/kg in 1
hour,
• Decrease … ventilation
Neurologic
• Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 11
OR
• Acute change in mental status with a decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spread.pptx
April 15, 2012 - Plan for Spread
11
Work With the Next Unit
12
Account for Variability
13
Goal: Decrease … populations; similar physicians; staff receptiveness; unit leadership
Exercise: Develop a Spread
Plan To Decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips87.html
October 01, 2014 - The goal of the MATCH toolkit is to decrease the number of patients who receive potentially conflicting … In order to decrease discrepancies, medication reconciliation is discussed weekly during agency case
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-technical-specifications.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Cardiovascular
Despite administration of isotonic intravenous fluid bolus ≥ 40 mL/kg in 1 hour,
• Decrease … ventilation
Neurologic
• Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 11
OR
• Acute change in mental status with a decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/burden-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Determine if prioritizing discharging patients first will decrease the time to discharge orders entered … m
Unadjusted results Mean difference in
minutes
Mean difference in
minutes
Mean percentage
decrease … 144)
Unadjusted results Mean difference in
minutes
Mean difference in
minutes
Mean percentage
decrease … Reference group = yes)
Mean difference in
minutes
Mean difference in
minutes
Mean percentage
decrease … Starting morning census Mean difference in
minutes
Mean difference in
minutes
Mean percentage
decrease
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief6.html
July 01, 2024 - Simulation to decrease “door-to-needle” time for thrombolysis from a median of 27 to 13 minutes in patients
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8.html
October 01, 2014 - Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) score for lipid screening or a significant decrease … Five articles demonstrated a significant decrease in HbA1c levels (ranging from 1.4 to 2.1 percentage … study found significant decreased hospital and ER utilization, another article found no significant decrease … Five articles demonstrated a significant decrease in HbA1c levels (ranging from 1.4 to 2.1 percentage … One article found a significant decrease in the risk of hospitalization (16 percent), while another found