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61. Search Evidence-Based Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2024 - Final Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse Drug … International—University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report Status: Final Reducing Adverse Drug

62. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - A blood thinner is a kind of drug called an anticoagulant (an-te-ko-AG-u-lent).

63. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2022 - The most common cause of unintentional injuries was drug overdose (which accounted for over 40% of unintentional … Published studies signal a rise in health concerns related to both alcohol and illicit drug use in recent … of opioid-related deaths, the percentage of people age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug … Opioid-Related Hospital Stays and Emergency Department Visits Among All Income Groups Increases in Drug … Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids Among All Racial/Ethnic and Income Groups Differences in Drug Overdose

64. Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for the National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Systems, and the Food and Drug

65. FAQs (Staff) Safety and Side Effects CHG and Iodophor (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - , tightness in the chest, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue), stop the decolonization drug

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. FAQs (Staff): Safety and Side Effects: CHG and Mupirocin (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - , tightness in the chest, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue), stop the decolonization drug

70. 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

71. Strategy 6N: Price Transparency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

72. Safe Medication Administration: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Having uniform and standard drug packaging, preparation, and labeling.

73. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 18, 2023 - Blog: A Boost for Health Services Research June 14, 2022 AHRQ and National Institute on Drug

74. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - tightness in the chest, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue), stop the decolonization drug

75. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Iodophor (pdf file)
    preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-safety-chg-iodophor.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - tightness in the chest, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue), stop the decolonization drug

76. Patient Narratives Can Catalyze Staff Improvement and Bolster Survey Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events . … Literature A retrospective cohort study of the 2018 angiotensin receptor blocker recalls and subsequent drug

77. Making Health Care Safer II, Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2013 - hospitalizations as “common;” examples include falls, venous thromboembolism (VTE), potential adverse drug … into two main sections: PSPs aimed at a specific (single) patient safety target, such as adverse drug … Practices Designed for a Specific Patient Safety Target Adverse Drug Events High-alert drugs: patient … Moderate Low Low-to- moderate Low Little/Moderate Use of clinical pharmacists to prevent adverse drug … • Multicomponent interventions to reduce falls • Use of clinical pharmacists to reduce adverse drug

78. Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - .1 Among older patients, oral anticoagulants are associated with 10 percent of preventable adverse drug … Since medication-related adverse events are common1 and warfarin is involved in preventable adverse drug … of chronic diseases,47 the challenge of managing multiple medications, and the incidence of adverse drug … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med 2003;348(16):1556–64. 2. … Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting.

79. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2020 - Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Food and Drug … Patient Safety Mortality Prevalence Cost Findings on Patient Safety Improving Trend: Adverse Drug … Events With Heparin and Factor Xa Improving Trend: Inpatient Adverse Drug Events With Anticoagulants

80. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - anticoagulants have been shown to be associated with as many as 10 percent of preventable adverse drug … medication regimen reports and determining concordance is similar to the few published studies of drug … of chronic diseases,52 the challenge of managing multiple medications, and the incidence of adverse drug … Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting. … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. NEJM 2003 348(16):1556– 64. 19.