Results

Total Results: 1,090 records

Showing results for "fall prevention".
Users also searched for: falls

361. Mapping a Large Patient Safety Database to the 2005 Patient Safety Event Taxonomy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Clarke_8.pdf
     January 25, 2008 - Fall E. Error related to procedure, treatment, and/or test F. … the organizational, technical, patient, and practitioner causes for any error, plus the indicated prevention … : Selective 8.3 Prevention: Universal 7.6 6 Table 2. … Event type (modified UHC taxonomy) 37.6 Disposition of event 37.6 Procedure error: Procedure 30.0 Fall … We already spend time critiquing causes and prevention during discussions in weekly group analyses of

362. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/McPhillips.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - he or she meant to prescribe), potentially no error would be detected because this dose would still fall … Many minimum recommended adult doses fall well below the minimum recommended weight-based dose for … Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group. JAMA 1995;274(1):29–34. 2. … Medication error prevention by clinical pharmacists in two children’s hospitals. … The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention.

363. Small and Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals.html
     April 01, 2013 - re going to listen first to Denise Flook, who is the director of workforce development and infection prevention … I work especially with our patient safety on infection prevention initiatives, and Lorna Martin works … We want to enhance the coordination of care because that’s where a lot of times we fall down. … What is your fall rate or your pressure ulcer rate or whatever? … Or, “We’ve gone 20 days without a patient fall.”

364. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - We had seven hospitals that were implementing a CAUTI prevention program. … This is actually a CAUTI prevention guide to patient safety. … Do you have a project manager with dedicated time coordinate your CAUTI prevention activities? … prevention on that same unit? … This has to do in applying mindfulness to CAUTI prevention.

365. Final Progress Report: SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly residents (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/coburn-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The project resulted in an online infection control and prevention training module that is currently … After the completion of the evaluation this fall, the curriculum will be offered to other state EMS … Project Closeout Reports: Each pilot site project completed a survey in the fall of 2012 to summarize … EMS online training An online infection control and prevention training curriculum for EMS providers … Manuscript on the EMS intervention and online training tool to be submitted to a peer-reviewed publication, Fall

366. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Functional Specifications (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/functspecs.pdf
     March 22, 2014 - ulcer healing, falls prevention, and prevention of inappropriate hospitalizations. … Specifications for Each Pressure Ulcer Prevention Report 3.1. … for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention 12 3.2.4. … Days Prior value may not be the same as Weight for Week 4 because the 30 Days Prior value date may fall … 30 Days Prior value may not be the same as Weight for Week (Week4) because 30 Days Prior value may fall

367. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/facslides.html
     September 01, 2017 - Slide 6: On-Time Reports for  Four Adverse Events Four Reports: Pressure Ulcer Prevention. … Falls Prevention. Preventable Hospital and ED Visits. … Large decline in pressure ulcer incidence rate seen in Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program Evaluation. … Prevention Programs: Reviews information on existing prevention programs.

368. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications Facilitator Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-indications-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - She has chronic urinary incontinence and is a high fall risk. … The answer is False, because the catheter actually does not decrease fall risk.

369. AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Facilitates Process Improvement Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/casestudy.html
     December 01, 2017 - The Healthcare-Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Falls Prevention task forces have achieved similar successes

370. Diagnostic Safety Issue Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs.html
     July 01, 2025 - The papers fall under two types—either a "call to action" or a "state of the science."

371. Appendix 2-B. Pre/Post-Test Questions and Answers for Module 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/gdmodap2b.html
     October 01, 2014 - Falls Prevention Appendix 1-A. Suggested Slides for Module 1 Appendix 1-B.

372. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-one-page.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Diagnosis • Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture in a patient with no signs or symptoms of a urinary tract infection (e.g., dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever, flank pain). • ASB is common and often assocated with pyuria (urine containing ≥10 white blood cells …

373. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC Manager Infection Prevention … She’s going to fall trying to get up.”

374. Core Principles for the PCA Diagnostic Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams-6.html
     July 01, 2023 - For example, a clinician may recommend a wearable technology to assess a patient’s fall risk. 29 The … be responsible for ensuring the technology is worn, while the AI would provide daily summaries about fall … risk and near falls and notify family members or the clinician if a fall occurs. … In fall 2022, the FDA provided updated guidance on designation of software as a medical device (SaMD)

375. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - or VAT prevention. … Third: Do you have an effective nurse champion for your CAUTI prevention activities? … Six: Do you have an effective physician champion for your CAUTI prevention activities? … Seven: Have physicians fully embraced CAUTI prevention activities? … Eight: Has senior leadership fully supported CAUTI prevention activities?

376. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/appendectomy-booklet.pdf
     November 01, 2023 - If your blood pressure is low, we may have you wait so you don’t faint or fall. … Call, Don’t Fall! Do NOT get up on your own the first time! … You may be lightheaded and could fall. Press the call button. And a nurse will help you get up. … Timing of Surgery Your Wishes Recovery in the Hospital Moving Helps You Recover Call, Don’t Fall

377. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults1.html
     September 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Introduction Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Introduction Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety i…

378. Rafael Borja (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.doc
     November 04, 2014 - We had seven hospitals that were implementing a CAUTI prevention program. … This is actually a CAUTI prevention guide to patient safety. … Do you have a project manager with dedicated time coordinate your CAUTI prevention activities? … prevention on that same unit? … This has to do in applying mindfulness to CAUTI prevention.

379. Emergency Departments Don’t Coordinate How They Collect, Use Social Needs Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/918.html
     June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Commits to Priority Actions for Suicide Prevention . Upcoming AHRQ Webinars . … AHRQ Commits to Priority Actions for Suicide Prevention The Biden-Harris administration's 2024 National … Strategy for Suicide Prevention introduced a comprehensive,10-year plan to tackle suicide across society

380. Final Progress Report: Staff Nurse Fatigue and Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/rogers-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - only were more likely to report struggling to stay awake, they also were 2.4 times more likely to fall … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events: Implications for prevention.