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161. Senior Leader Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/checklist.html
     March 01, 2017 - Ensure all employees receive education concerning the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI … Ensure there is a clear threshold within the data, which indicates areas of concern that require immediate

162. Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2020 - Ensure you have chlorhexidine in your central line kits. … Adjust the frequency as needed to ensure the cart is stocked at all times. … Develop a strategy to ensure unit staff members ask providers daily if any catheters or tubes can be … To ensure that staff ask the question, add it to a rounding form, called the Daily Goals Checklist … To streamline and ensure use of the audit form, bundle it with the CUSP Toolkit's Observing Patient

163. AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - Relevance The Digital Healthcare Research Program at AHRQ provides foundational research to ensure that … To ensure successful participation, please download the Webex app and/or test your system prior to the

164. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Ensure staff members have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to implement best-practice safety measures … To ensure nursing home safety and quality improvement resources from the Network are available to all

165. Describing Health Care Quality Measures in User-Friendly Ways | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - the development of comparative quality reports for the public, sponsors need to take extra steps to ensure

166. Exhibit 11. Supporting Increases in Patient Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - supporting patients and families in transition planning 32 , 188-194 Designating a person to ensure

167. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Daily Rounds Assessment Include in the daily rounds the following: (1) nutritional assessment to ensure … facilities may adapt the tool to allow for easy completion, using check boxes and short phrases to ensure … of Patients Every 1 to 2 Hours and Promotion of Highest Level of Mobility • Have senior leaders ensure … dietitian when nutritional elements could contribute to risk of nutritional deficiencies.1, 9-11 o Ensure … Orthotics o Wheelchairs and wheelchair cushions (must be frequently readjusted in growing children) • Ensure

168. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4p_combo_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Daily Rounds Assessment Include in the daily rounds the following: (1) nutritional assessment to ensure … facilities may adapt the tool to allow for easy completion, using check boxes and short phrases to ensure … of Patients Every 1 to 2 Hours and Promotion of Highest Level of Mobility • Have senior leaders ensure … dietitian when nutritional elements could contribute to risk of nutritional deficiencies.1, 9-11 o Ensure … Orthotics o Wheelchairs and wheelchair cushions (must be frequently readjusted in growing children) • Ensure

169. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan Nursing home leaders can reference this resource to ensure … and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan Nursing home leaders can reference this resource to ensure … identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement infection prevention and control measures to ensure

170. Cusp Patient Family Engagement Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Advisors work with physicians, nurses, administrators, and support staff to ensure their contributions … · What else could the nurse have done to ensure effective communication with the patient and family member … Staff members should ask patients and their families what questions they have to ensure an open line … Slide 17 SAY: Using the IDEAL discharge planning process helps ensure that clinicians, patients … · What else could the health care team have done to ensure the patient and family member were involved

171. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Select Be Prepared if you want to ensure that your patients ask you any questions they have and communicate … Select Teach-Back if:you want to ensure that your patients understand what you tell them, including

172. Surgical Safety Team Roles and Responsibilities Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - SAFETY PROGRAM TASKS (ADAPTIVE)       Educate Staff on the Science Of Safety Who will ensure … Who will ensure a high response rate? Who will analyze the safety culture results?

173. Senior-Leader-Checklist (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/senior-leader-checklist.docx
     March 01, 2017 - Ensure all employees receive education concerning the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI … Ensure there is a clear threshold within the data, which indicates areas of concern that require immediate

174. CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules These modules offer simple steps ICU teams can take to ensure

175. Office of the Director (OD) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2025 - Office of the Director (OD) The Office of the Director oversees AHRQ activities to ensure the

176. Implementation Coaching | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Coaching, however, continues even after content or skill mastery to ensure sustainability. … Coaches will help ensure that team members understand teamwork concepts and that they are appropriately … Over the longer term of your implementation, coaches should continue to monitor teamwork behaviors to ensure … Similarly, coaches should ask questions to try to understand team members’ point of view and to ensure … Ensure that identified coaches have the support of leadership and are highly respected among staff.

177. Develop Your Own? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - In determining methods to be used: What standardized method will be used to ensure that all of the … Some States have made significant investments in cleaning claims or encounter data to ensure accuracy … If in-house expertise is not available, outside assistance is needed to ensure that these critical steps … Nonetheless, CAHPS® also includes specifications and protocols designed to ensure reliability, validity … Keep in mind: The sequencing of questions has been carefully structured and tested to ensure that

178. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid CHG and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Ensure that cloths are applied to skin by firm massage to ensure the binding of CHG to skin proteins. … Ensure thorough cleaning, with special attention to commonly soiled areas such as the neck, axilla, skin … patient refused a critical antihypertensive or diabetic medication, their healthcare providers should ensure … Similarly, the goal here is to ensure that the patient understands that they are refusing a protective

179. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - Ensure that cloths are applied to skin by firm massage to ensure the binding of CHG to skin proteins … • Ensure thorough cleaning, with special attention to commonly soiled areas such as the neck, axilla … patient refused a critical antihypertensive or diabetic medication, their healthcare providers should ensure … Similarly, the goal here is to ensure that the patient understands that they are refusing a protective

180. Using a Tiered Approach With CUSP Principles Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Then, ensure all patients receive evidence-based care through engaging, educating, executing, and evaluating … prevention focus on standardizing processes, products, and procedures); creating independent checks to ensure … The second CLABSI tier 1 intervention is ensure proper aseptic insertion techniques. … This intervention also focuses on how to ensure proper aseptic insertion techniques and maintenance of … safety that emphasizes the use of two-person insertion and assures staffing supports are created to ensure