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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/141-cusp-tip-sheet-assembling-team.docx
April 01, 2025 - CUSP Tip Sheet:
Assembling the CUSP Team
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are important to high-quality patient care. A culture of teamwork and learning from mistakes helps improve patient safety. The Compre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-22-meetings.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Running Effective Meetings and Creating Capacity for Practices to Run Effective Meetings
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 22: Running Effective Meetings and Creating
Capacity for Practices to Run Effective Meetings
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Heal…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
January 28, 2011 - Likewise, committee chairs should also be
encouraged to develop advisor members’ understanding of standards … Patients and families are encouraged and supported in participating
in care and decisionmaking at the
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/mod6-facguide.html
March 01, 2017 - Module 6: Sustainability: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Slide 1: Module 6: Sustainability
Say:
The Sustainability module of this toolkit helps an organization maintain and sustain a process that has worked well.
Slide 2: Objectives
Say:
In this module we wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0603.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Yields Meaningful Results at Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2005
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a multi-specialty medical group located near San Francisco, is now using AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture . The first…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-m.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures
Appendix M. Endoscopy Infographic
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Empower
patients
and families
to insist that
all team members wash
their hands before providing
care; encourage patients and
families to perform hand
hygie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallpxoverview.pptx
October 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ’s Safety Program for
Nursing Homes:
On-Time Falls Prevention
Facilitator Training
Overview of On-Time
On-Time Falls Prevention
Facilitator Training
2-day training provides:
Overview of On-Time.
Instruction on the role of a Facilitator.
Introduction to On-Time reports and implementation…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/partnering-patients-family.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and
CAUTI
This “Making It Work” tip sheet provide…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide106.html
October 01, 2014 - 106. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Treatment Elements
Recommendation: Two types of counseling and behavioral therapies result in higher abstinence rates: (1) providing smokers with practical counsel…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide116.html
October 01, 2014 - 116. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
For Smokers Not Willing To Make A Quit Attempt At This Time
Recommendation: Motivational intervention techniques appear to be effective in increasing a patient's l…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/guide.html
December 01, 2017 - On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training Instructor's Guide
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes
Overview of On-Time
Note: This version of the On-Time introduction is for training Facilitators who have not had pressure ulcer prevention training. If they have had that training, this set of sl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-basin-bathing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocol Training_Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 11-6
Nursing Protocol Training
Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG)
and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-bed-bathing.pptx
March 01, 2022 - Computer-Based Training Modules: Bed Bathing With CHG
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 11-5
Nursing Protocol Training
Bed Bathing With 2% No-Rinse Chlorhexidine (CHG) Cloths and Showering With 4% Rinse-Off CHG Liquid Soap
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
1
Targeted Decolonization In…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide40.html
October 01, 2014 - 40. What's New in 2008?-New Recommendations (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
For Smokers Not Willing To Make a Quit Attempt at This Time:
Recommendation: Motivational intervention techniques appear to be effective in increasing a patient's…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
What are antibiotics?
• Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiot…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
· What are antibiotics?
Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiotics work by targeting and killing harmful bacteria.
· How do people get bacterial infections?
Normally, your immune system helps control the bacteria…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wv.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: West Virginia
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in West Virginia.
West Virginia is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 2 : How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIP…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ak.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: Alaska
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in Alaska.
Alaska is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 2 : How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstrat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/akstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Alaska State at a Glance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/vchip-strategies-for-kdd.pdf
February 01, 2015 - Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices
Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices*
The following are strategies that healthcare professionals and primary care practices used to improve office systems to address and
promote optimal asthma treatment as…