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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/036-ss-nursing-practice-guide.docx
April 01, 2025 - Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Use this guide to help ensure … patient handouts for decolonization and patient/provider talking points
· Follow up with patient to ensure … provided by facility, document receipt of CHG product by patient
· Document followup with patient to ensure … provided to or used by patient
· Document CHG bathing in pre-op if patient did not bathe at home
· Ensure … they understand nasal product instructions
· Ensure escalation of standard pathway is in place in the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/producing-effective-treatment-enhancing-safety-medical-physicists-strategies-ensure-quality
July 12, 2023 - Producing effective treatment, enhancing safety: medical physicists' strategies to ensure … Producing effective treatment, enhancing safety: medical physicists' strategies to ensure quality in … This study uses human factors engineering approaches to examine how medical physicists ensure patient … Producing effective treatment, enhancing safety: medical physicists' strategies to ensure quality in
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/managing/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Survey Project
By developing a comprehensive project management strategy early on, you can ensure … This communication and coordination will ensure that the leaders of each sub-team consult with and inform … Ways to encourage good communication include the following:
Ensure some overlap of membership in … you will need to monitor their progress, work with them to overcome any setbacks they encounter, and ensure … using a vendor to produce online or printed reports, your job is to oversee the vendor's work and to ensure
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide52.html
October 01, 2014 - Recommendation: Sufficient resources should be allocated for clinician reimbursement and systems support to ensure … Guideline Update: Recommendation: Sufficient resources should be allocated for systems support to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/simulation-based-education-ensure-provider-competency-within-healthcare-system
May 02, 2018 - Commentary
Simulation-based education to ensure provider competency within the healthcare … Simulation-based Education to Ensure Provider Competency Within the Health Care System. … Simulation-based Education to Ensure Provider Competency Within the Health Care System.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - for Use
Purpose
Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure … Ensure the order for the catheter and balloon size matches the inserted IUC.
2. … Ensure the IUC is inserted into the device.
4. … Ensure the tubing does not go in and out of the urethra during cleaning.
10. … Ensure that the drainage bag is secured below the level of the bladder at all times and not resting on
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/ahrq-info-quality-gdlns.html
September 01, 2019 - Scope and Applicability of Guidelines for Agency
AHRQ will ensure that disseminated information meets … It is AHRQ's goal to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information … Generally, it is the responsibility of AHRQ's Center Directors to ensure the utility, objectivity, and … Before disseminating information in any format, data are reviewed internally to ensure that they are … Staff must ensure that strong measures are in place to guarantee the integrity of research information
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48059/psn-pdf
June 05, 2019 - Five strategies to ensure
national patient safety investigations improve patient
safety. … Five strategies to ensure national patient safety investigations
improve patient safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/investigating-improvement-five-strategies-ensure-national-patient-safety … This
commentary recommends five strategies to ensure investigations inform patient safety improvement … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/investigating-improvement-five-strategies-ensure-national-patient-safety-investigations
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/sustainability/checklist.html
January 01, 2017 - Complete the Sustainability Scorecard
Every 6 months
Daily Care Processes
• Continue to ensure … a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Daily *
• Continue to ensure … eligible patients are receiving a spontaneous awakening trial (SAT)
Daily *
• Continue to ensure … a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Daily *
• Continue to ensure … ARDS
Daily *
* These are daily evidence based best practices that we encourage you to use to ensure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide6.html
August 01, 2022 - Ensure Team Effectiveness . … Develop an infrastructure to ensure effective support program deployment. … To ensure optimal team performance, it is important to have an infrastructure in place to ensure second-victim … Ensure “ready access” support for clinicians in high-risk clinical areas and teams. … to ensure the program is fulfilling its intent.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/sustainability-checklist.docx
January 01, 2017 - month
Complete the Sustainability Scorecard
Every 6 months
Daily Care Processes
Continue to ensure … conduct a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Daily*
Continue to ensure … that eligible patients are receiving a spontaneous awakening trial (SAT)
Daily*
Continue to ensure … conduct a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Daily*
Continue to ensure … or has ARDS
Daily*
*These are daily evidence based best practices that we encourage you to use to ensure
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/environmental-monitoring-in-healthcare-to-ensure-adequacy-of-housekeeping-cleaning-and-reduce-the-spread-of-hospital-acquired-infections-hais
November 01, 2017 - Reports
Nominated Topics
Environmental Monitoring in Healthcare to Ensure … SHARE:
Environmental Monitoring in Healthcare to Ensure … Environmental Monitoring in Healthcare to Ensure Adequacy of Housekeeping Cleaning and Reduce the Spread … Current guidelines (Best Practices 2012) recommend that monitoring of housekeeping should be done to ensure … The White Paper recommendations can direct future research needs to ensure the data published provides
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/steps.html
October 01, 2017 - that a facility staff will incorporate the On-Time reports into day-to-day prevention activities and ensure … The team discusses residents populated on the report to ensure that data on the report agree with staff … Step 12: Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out
Once a new report is incorporated into a … conduct periodic monitoring of the processes surrounding the use of the On-Time reports in order to ensure … Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out
3 rd month to 4 th month (some facilities implement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/senior-staff-safety-rounds-commitment-ensure-safety-top-priority
May 30, 2018 - Commentary
Senior staff safety rounds: a commitment to ensure safety is the top priority … Citation Text:
Senior staff safety rounds: a commitment to ensure safety is the top priority. … Cite
Citation
Citation Text:
Senior staff safety rounds: a commitment to ensure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/news-and-events/events/webinars/chsp-webinar-slides-071223.pdf
July 12, 2023 - Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-checklist.docx
January 01, 2017 - Ensure physicians are educated about project goals and progress
3. … Ensure your intensive care unit (ICU) has an overarching protocolized approach to daily ICU patient management … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for the appropriate use of noninvasive ventilation
6. … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for using subglottic secretion drainage endotracheal tubes … Ensure infection control reports of ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates are reviewed with unit staff
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/860723/psn-pdf
January 17, 2024 - Are the new safety paradigms (only) about safety and
sufficient to ensure it? … Are the new safety paradigms (only) about safety and sufficient to ensure it? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-new-safety-paradigms-only-about-safety-and-sufficient-ensure-it-overview … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-new-safety-paradigms-only-about-safety-and-sufficient-ensure-it-overview-and-critical … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-new-safety-paradigms-only-about-safety-and-sufficient-ensure-it-overview-and-critical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/actions-needed-help-ensure-appropriate-medication-continuation-and-prescribing-practices
September 07, 2016 - Book/Report
Actions Needed to Help Ensure Appropriate Medication Continuation and … Citation Text:
Actions Needed to Help Ensure Appropriate Medication Continuation and Prescribing Practices … Cite
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Actions Needed to Help Ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845070/psn-pdf
February 22, 2023 - Registered nurses' efforts to ensure safety for home-
dwelling older patients. … Registered nurses' efforts to ensure safety for home?dwelling older
patients. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/registered-nurses-efforts-ensure-safety-home-dwelling-older-patients
Providing … This qualitative
study with 13 registered nurses in Sweden explored how nurses ensure safe home health … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/registered-nurses-efforts-ensure-safety-home-dwelling-older-patients
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-home-setting-regulatory-course-ensure-safe-high-quality-care
June 30, 2021 - Commentary
Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality … Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care. … Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care.