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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T3-Antibiogram_Specifications_Phase_2.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 3 Implementation
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 2
Antibiogram Specifications
This document outlines key specifications for antibiograms and recommendation…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting-ready.html
August 01, 2017 - Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery
Whether you call it outpatient surgery, ambulatory surgery * , office surgery, or same-day surgery, it means the same thing: surgical procedures that don't require an overnight hospital stay.
Patients and their family members or friends are important membe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops2-database-report-summary.pdf
January 01, 2022 - 2021 SOPS Hospital 2.0 Database Report Executive Summary Overview Infographic
~ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
~
Findings from the 2022 Hospital Survey 2.0 Database
This overview summarizes survey findings from the 2022 Hospital Survey on Patient Safet y Culture 2.0 Database.
400
participating
hospitals …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Leonhardt_35.pdf
March 15, 2008 - medications at the
time of a visit with their primary care provider was routine in Aurora clinics, the documentation … Real-time physician documentation in the
charts of these reconciled medications (i.e., immediately after
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
October 01, 2015 - 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013
2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and
Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From
2010 to 2013
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects.pptx
December 01, 2017 - No redundant systems were in place in this emergent situation to ensure that the documentation matched
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/domino-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Shared Decision Making in Surgery To Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Liability
Shared Decision Making in Surgery to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Liability
Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH, PI
Karen L. Posner, PhD, Project Manager
Lynne Robbins, PhD, Co-Investigator
Richard J. Bran…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/mhi-rsf.pdf
June 02, 2025 - In addition to Level 3, an electronic
data system is used to support the
documentation of need, monitoring
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Valade_46.pdf
May 05, 2008 - identifying text fragments that contained meaning units, and
implementing standardized coding and documentation … Documentation of the process, including original letters soliciting testimony,
verbatim testimony from
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/community-pharmacy/pharmacy-resources.pdf
May 01, 2023 - Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A
Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community
Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture
I. Purpose
This document provide…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/McPhillips.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children
213
Methodological Challenges in Describing
Medication Dosing Errors in Children
Heather McPhillips, Christopher Stille, David Smith, John Pearson,
John Stull, Julia Hecht, Susan Andrade, Marlene Miller, Robert Davis
Abstract
Alth…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Miranda.pdf
July 01, 2004 - Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety
139
Speaking Plainly: Communicating the
Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety
David J. Miranda, Paula K. Zeller, Rosemary Lee,
Christopher P. Koepke, Howard E. Holland,
Farah Englert, Elaine K. Swift
Abstract
The development and tes…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/sppc-summary_report.pdf
May 01, 2017 - A few units even formalized some of the TeamSTEPPS techniques into documentation
AHRQ Safety Program … implementation, units used diverse approaches targeting changes to unit policies, processes, and
documentation … Some
units also worked to standardize equipment, policies, documentation practices, and roles and
responsibilities … administration of oxytocin and magnesium sulfate
both included a focus on interpretation, communication, and documentation
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/impmaterials.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Implementation Materials: Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Three implementation documents are used to help the nursing home change team integrate the pressure ulcer prevention reports they choose to use into day-…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/tab1.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Table 1. List of Important Measure Constructs, by DRA Domain
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary
…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/visfig1.html
October 01, 2002 - Figure 1: Framework of Rehabilitation
Vision Rehabilitation: Care and Benefit Plan Models: Literature Review
Text Description
The framework is arranged in rows by level of one's experience or interaction that is affected by the disability, and in columns by stage of condition, services delivered, and cont…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/5steps.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - Five Major Steps to Intervention (The “5A’s”)
Five Major Steps to
Intervention (The “5A’s”)
Successful intervention begins with identifying users and appropriate
interventions based upon the patient’s willingness to quit. The five major steps
to intervention are the “5 A’s”: Ask…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/training/videos.html
March 01, 2022 - Staff Training Videos
As part of this toolkit, videos provide background information about the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection Trial, commonly encountered patient scenarios, and instructions on the proper techniques for cleaning central and midline catheters and lumbar drains with chlorhexid…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/nursing-protocols.html
May 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocols
The Toolkit for Decolonization of non-ICU Patients With Devices includes the trial-based 1 protocols for decolonization with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 2% nasal mupirocin. Also included are common alternatives to the trial-based protocols for implementing decolonization.
Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/composites.html
November 01, 2018 - Combining Quality Measures Into Composites
Composite scores represent small sets of data points that are highly related to one another, both conceptually and statistically. Combining and presenting these items as a single score reduces the potential for information overload. Learn more about Combining Measures…