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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2014 - Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering June 1, 2014 Smith TA. Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering. PSNet [internet]. 2014. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wandering-floors-safety-and-security-risks-patient-wandering Case Objectives Define patie…

  2. Engaging Seriously Ill Older Patients in Advance Care Planning | PSNet

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    December 22, 2018 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  3. Discharged with IV antibiotics: When issues arise, who manages the complications? | PSNet

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    October 10, 2017 - April 27, 2016 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  4. In Conversation With... Pascale Carayon, PhD and Nicole Werner, PhD | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - What are you doing with infection prevention? … We’ve also done a lot of work in infection prevention. … process was focused on the particular patient population of older adults who come to the ED with a fall … Related Resources Perspectives on Safety Suicide Prevention … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 18, 2024 - minimize CSF leak, mimic the compliance of dura, and be biologically inert.48 Currently, the options fall … Commercially available sealants fall into two categories as either synthetic, consisting of polyethylene … Closed continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid via a lumbar subarachnoid catheter for treatment or prevention

  6. The Safety of Medical Devices | PSNet

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    June 01, 2011 - The back of a patient chair on a tomography system bent and broke off, allowing a patient to fall. … Or are there ways to prospectively anticipate that something is likely to fall off the back of the truck

  7. Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - February 26, 2025 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention … Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 24, 2020 - In comparison, the recommended dose of rivaroxaban for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial … dose depends on several factors including the indication (atrial fibrillation, VTE treatment, or VTE prevention … (4) assist with cost issues, especially for Medicare patients whose insurance may change yearly or fall

  9. Volume Too Low: In and Out | PSNet

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    July 01, 2017 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  10. Hidden Mystery | PSNet

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    December 01, 2011 - and pulse oximetry monitoring, wound care, blood draws, intravenous catheter placement, skin care and prevention … behavior.( 19 ) Taken together, these studies indicate that obese patients' medical care might well fall

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2005 - pulse oximetry monitoring, wound care, blood draws, intravenous catheter placement, skin care and prevention … //#references Taken together, these studies indicate that obese patients' medical care might well fall

  12. Complaints as Safety Surveillance | PSNet

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    May 05, 2021 - Issues contributing to complaints fall into three broad categories: conduct (personal behavior below

  13. Pocket Syringe Swap | PSNet

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    July 01, 2006 - drugs used by anesthesia practitioners are administered by IV push or IV infusion, and many of them fall

  14. Advancing Patient Safety Through State Reporting Systems | PSNet

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    June 01, 2007 - while being cared for in a health care facility Patient death or serious disability associated with a fall … February 25, 2015 Exploring the causes of adverse events in hospitals and potential prevention

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2011 - The back of a patient chair on a tomography system bent and broke off, allowing a patient to fall.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2011 - Mobility Lost in the ICU October 1, 2011 Smith J. Mobility Lost in the ICU. PSNet [internet]. 2011. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mobility-lost-icu Case Objectives Describe the role of the physical therapist in the hospital and ICU. Compare the risks from immobility with the benefits gained from a program of ther…

  17. Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas of Agreement | PSNet

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    September 24, 2024 - Combine this prevention strategy with a spirit of continuous learning from successes and failures, and … Ideally, an industry would mobilize itself to take a stand on safety and harm prevention issues. … February 12, 2020 Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure

  18. Medication Reconciliation With a Twist (or Dare We Say, a Patch?) | PSNet

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    April 03, 2024 - different points of care.( 23 ) Pharmacists, who have been shown to play an important role in the prevention … To date, such cost-benefit studies have tended to fall on the side of benefit.( 29,30 ) This case illustrates

  19. In Conversation with... Dr. Neal Sikka and Dr. Colton Hood about Remote Patient Monitoring | PSNet

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    March 15, 2023 - These data tend to fall in a different category than the data we collect in the clinical setting, like … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

  20. Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away | PSNet

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    July 01, 2011 - Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away Citation Text: Gupta K, Khanna R. Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X…
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