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381. Improving the Safety of Heparin Administration by Implementing a Human Factors Process Analysis (pdf file)
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     May 19, 2003 - Brennan et al.5 reported that among these patients, drug complications were the most common type of … Heparin is a drug which, if administered incorrectly, may cause severe hemorrhagic consequences. … • Nurse educators responsible for training nursing staff on the use of the drug. … nurses believed that the full set of data had to be entered each day the patient remained on the drug … stations where heparin is administered extensively, and medical/surgical nursing stations where the drug

382. Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - Consistent instructions could reduce confusion and help patients more safely use multi-drug regimens. … appropriateness of any given translation for a particular patient before using it for the patient's drug … the article, "Rationale and design of a randomized trial to evaluate an evidence-based prescription drug

383. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Mupirocin for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - The Food and Drug Administration approved mupirocin in 2002 to clear Staphylococcus aureus from its … Because mupirocin is a prescribed drug, it is possible to track administration across units and to ensure

384. Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Care Medication Safety: Stakeholders' Perspectives Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug … Bolkan Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital

385. Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - As a result of the intervention, Eddy Heritage staff have identified and resolved potential adverse drug … discharge medication reconciliation list, a patient discharged on Percocet with a known allergy for the drug

386. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - 28 measures of patient safety events, including many types of hospital-acquired infections, adverse drug … For example, measured adverse drug events continued to drop from 2014 to 2017, while measured pressure … Preliminary 2017 2019 Goal (20% Reduction of each HAC) Adverse Drug Events 33.7 30.0 27.1 … Total Change in HAC- Related Costs Estimate of Total Change in HAC-Related Deaths Adverse Drug … Measures used to estimate the national HAC rate HAC Type Source Measure Adverse Drug Event MPSMS

387. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey (pdf file)
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     June 13, 2017 - • In the last 6 months, how often did your drug therapy team listen carefully to you?

388. Catheter Types and Being Part of the Insertion Team
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     March 01, 2017 - Notes Research has shown that residents with a urinary catheter have a higher chance of having multi-drug … hands and clothing due to splashing, and therefore minimize the risk of infecting others with multi-drug … due to any splashing that may occur, and it will also minimize the risk of transmission of any multi-drug

389. Aspiration Pneumonitis/Pneumonia (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - hospital is high or the patient has a known history of MRSA colonization or infection, intravenous drug

390. Wrap-Around Observation Manual—Second Version | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2013 - public (e.g., HHS, Lincoln Public Schools, SSI) and/or private (e.g., private therapists/counselors, drug … The team explicitly asks the parent what services, treatments or interventions (e.g., drug treatment, … Examples would include the steps needed to attend outpatient therapy once a week, or attend drug therapy … Examples include medication, psychotherapy, homemaker services, drug counseling, housing, vocational … When discussing severe behavior problems (e.g., gang activity or drug abuse), Care Coordinator talks

391. Data Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2024 - Their expenditures, prescription drug usage, and utilization can be analyzed.

392. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - • Having uniform and standard drug packaging, preparation, and labeling.

393. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - pharmacy barcode system* for medications at Brigham and Women’s Hospital resulted in fewer adverse drug … learn from errors. ■ Reduce patient harms and errors within hospital settings (e.g., falls, adverse drug … The results show that linking patient age and drug prescribing information to identify potentially … The primary benefit was a decrease in adverse drug effects (ADEs) from dispensing errors, projected … prescribing clinicians, track the impact of medications on symptoms, view medication precautions and drug-drug

394. Introduction and Welcome (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream

395. 7 Things You Should Know About Urinary Leg Bags (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - US Food and Drug Administration. … US Food and Drug Administration Guidance for the Content of Premarket Notifications for Urine Drainage

396. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2017 - Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care 6.N. Price Transparency Visit the AHRQ Website f…

397. Return on Investment Tool (doc file)
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     January 01, 2013 - For many components of the CPOE, the number of estimated adverse drug events (ADEs) averted was multiplied … Other types of cost savings identified included decreased drug costs (decreased use and shift from use … , software, network, leadership, and training Returns (numerator) $28.5 million Averted adverse drug … Pharmaceutical Prices The Red Book by Thomson Reuters provides comprehensive drug product and pricing … The cost of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. JAMA 1997;277:307-11.

398. INSTRUCTIONS: Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - For many components of the CPOE, the number of estimated adverse drug events (ADE) averted was multiplied … Other types of cost savings identified included decreased drug costs (decreased use and shift from … Pharmaceutical Prices The Red Book by Thomson Reuters provides comprehensive drug product and pricing … The cost of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. JAMA 1997;277:307-11. … Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: excess length of stay, extra costs and attributable mortality

399. New Clinical Processes and Improving Workflows for Opioid Management in a Geriatric Clinic: Using Input from The Team Case Study (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2023 - Conversation Tool; The Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity (PEG) Scale; the annual urine drug … ▶ Annual urine drug screens completed. ▶ PEG scales completed.

400. Medication Management Transactions and Errors in Family Medicine Offices: A Pilot Study (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2008 - Among a sample of elderly patients, Gurwitz, et al.,6 found that many adverse drug events were due to … These are then paper-clipped to the chart for completion of drug dosage and amount to be refilled, which … automated documentation and benefit from system prompts that alert the prescribing clinician to potential drug-drug … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 1556-1564. 3. … Legibility and drug name confusion. Arch Fam Med 1997; 6: 296-298. 9. Elder NC, Dovey SM.