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  1. Agitated Delirium Contributes to Missed Testing and Delayed Diagnosis of Gastric Perforation | PSNet

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    June 28, 2023 - 16,17 Due to the high incidence of delirium among hospitalized patients, strategies for surveillance, prevention … , and management should be implemented for older adults. 16,17 Delirium prevention and care bundles, … delirium or worsening agitation. 19 Currently, there are no recommended pharmacologic treatments for prevention

  2. Discharged Blindly | PSNet

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    October 26, 2022 - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 28, 2021 - Open Communication between the Clinic and Patient Clear communication provides a critical role in the prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reviewed March 11, 2019.

  4. The LifePoint National Quality Program Provides Structured Framework for Reducing Inpatient Harm | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Preventing Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Outside of the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Bundle,” Prevention … May 29, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 05, 2021 - Preventing Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Outside of the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Bundle,” Prevention

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 30, 2023 - dynamic reality, reorienting focus from performance measures of harm to measures that reflect risk prevention … nursing homes across the United States to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention … leadership, and governance—ensuring that there is a core value and non- negotiable commitment to the prevention … with our work to radically reorient our thinking and approach to safety to place more emphasis on prevention

  7. Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge Citation Text: Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3…

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 24, 2024 - discuss the frequent fecal leakage and perhaps the medication could have been adjusted, avoiding the fall

  9. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

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    July 01, 2011 - Cost-effectiveness of dabigatran compared with warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

  10. Hard to Swallow | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - specific written protocol, certain medical information can be assumed because the patient observations fall … Hospitals and clinicians should be cautious of quick fixes or reliance on a single prevention technique

  11. Mixup Beyond the Medication Label | PSNet

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    June 01, 2014 - National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention. … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, United States Department of Health … July 28, 2021 Medication incident recovery and prevention utilising an Australian

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 29, 2020 - //psnet.ahrq.gov//#2 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#2 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-patterns-and-prevention-wrong-site-surgery

  13. Systematic review on the prevalence, frequency and comparative value of adverse events data in social media. | PSNet

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    October 06, 2021 - Review Systematic review on the prevalence, frequency and comparative value of adverse events data in social media. Citation Text: Golder S, Norman G, Loke YK. Systematic review on the prevalence, frequency and comparative value of adverse events data in social media. Br J Clin Pharmacol…

  14. The intended and unintended consequences of communication systems on general internal medicine inpatient care delivery: a prospective observational case study of five teaching hospitals. | PSNet

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    October 31, 2011 - December 22, 2010 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  15. Effect of the World Health Organization checklist on patient outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. | PSNet

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    June 03, 2020 - Study Classic Effect of the World Health Organization checklist on patient outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Citation Text: Haugen AS, Søfteland E, Almeland SK, et al. Effect of the World Health Organization checklist on patient outc…

  16. What does 'safe care' mean in the context of community-based mental health services? A qualitative exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers, and healthcare providers in England. | PSNet

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    December 07, 2022 - August 9, 2023 ‘I felt like I was dying’: how women with postpartum depression fall through

  17. Randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of a Just-in-Time training on procedural performance: a proof-of-concept study to address procedural skill decay. | PSNet

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    May 31, 2017 - December 30, 2008 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  18. Near-miss transcription errors: a comparison of reporting rates between a novel error-reporting mechanism and a current formal reporting system. | PSNet

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    January 31, 2018 - March 17, 2021 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  19. Adverse events in long-term care residents transitioning from hospital back to nursing home. | PSNet

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    April 28, 2021 - Study Adverse events in long-term care residents transitioning from hospital back to nursing home. Citation Text: Kapoor A, Field T, Handler S, et al. Adverse Events in Long-term Care Residents Transitioning From Hospital Back to Nursing Home. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1254-1261. doi:…

  20. Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles. | PSNet

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    April 05, 2023 - Study Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles. Citation Text: McCain N, Ferguson T, Barry Hultquist T, et al. Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(1):26-32. doi:10.1097/ncq.0000000000000642. Copy Citation Format:…
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