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  1. Picking Up the Cause of the Stroke | PSNet

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    August 07, 2024 - Use of designated nurse PICC teams and CLABSI prevention practices among U.S. hospitals: a survey-based

  2. Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A False Sense of Security. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2005 - References Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

  3. Debriefing for Clinical Learning | PSNet

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    September 15, 2024 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  4. Implement Teamwork and Communication: | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2012 - Implement Teamwork and Communication: Facilitator Notes The Implement Teamwork and Communication module of the CUSP Toolkit will help you to identify barriers to communication. Contents Slide 1. Cover Slide Slide 2. Learning Objectives Slide 3. Basic Components and Process of Communication 2 Slide 4…

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with Lucy Savitz about Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety February 26, 2025 Savitz LA, Sousane Z, Mossburg SE. In Conversation with Lucy Savitz about Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2025. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-lucy-savitz-about-learnin…

  6. Implementation Guide: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Part One, Screening (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - These customers contract with ProCare Health to provide a holistic package of prevention and wellness … diagnosis of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (i.e., consistently elevated fasting blood sugar levels that fall … diagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (i.e., consistently elevated fasting blood sugar levels that fall … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines “overweight” as a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater … Accessed March 13, 2023. 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  7. Ed-Catheter-Insertions-Transcript (doc file)

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    September 10, 2013 - He is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and St. … compliance proper technique for placement and review the points of impact for the emergency nurse in CAUTI prevention … bed and tripped with the catheter and fell, and then he was found to have – at that point, after the fall … any CAUTI cases that are attributed to ED placement, so if you can work with your hospital infection prevention … So if you – you know, as what was asked in the question, you know, how do we engage infection prevention

  8. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Between fall 2008 and 2017, as a result of OPQC EED efforts, more than 60,000 births in the state have … Innovation, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … NPC-QIC Improvement/outcomes Frank G, Walsh KE, Wooton S, et al Impact of a Pressure Injury Prevention

  9. Recommendation: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    January 23, 2024 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Language and speech disorders in children.

  10. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    June 15, 2007 - David Meyers, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research … United States; more than 900 000 cases were reported in 2004 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Author Affiliations a Center for Primary Care, Prevention … Prevention of pelvic inflammatory disease by screening for cervical chlamydial infection. … [PMID: 15466776] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  11. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief No. 38_Automated Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2021 - and secondary prevention groups, respectively. … Also, for the discussion of reviews by device engineers, it seems all technologies fall short on validity … Diabetes prevention is included, but not diabetes. … I think it may be more clear to state that the “diabetes prevention” is “type 2 diabetes prevention” … ", we mean type 2 diabetes prevention.

  12. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)

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    November 30, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Source: http:/ … Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … The focus is on change in adherence not the prevention measure. … Focus is on change in provider behavior, not the prevention measure specifically. … “Prevention of Dialysis Catheter Malfunction with Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator.”

  13. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2017 - He is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and St. … compliance proper technique for placement and review the points of impact for the emergency nurse in CAUTI prevention … bed and tripped with the catheter and fell, and then he was found to have – at that point, after the fall … any CAUTI cases that are attributed to ED placement, so if you can work with your hospital infection prevention … So if you – you know, as what was asked in the question, you know, how do we engage infection prevention

  14. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital 1.0 Survey: 2021 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2021 - Handoffs & Transitions % Disagree/Strongly Disagree Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring … Handoffs & Transitions % Disagree/Strongly Disagree Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring … When the distribution of hospital scores follows a normal bell-shaped curve (where most of the scores fall … When the distribution of hospital scores follows a normal bell-shaped curve (where most of the scores fall

  15. Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure | PSNet

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    July 01, 2017 - dL) postingestion than at 4 hours (150 mg/dL).( 11 ) This is because the measured concentration will fall

  16. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Background and Information for Translators (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2009 - Things "fall between the cracks" when transferring patients from one unit to another.

  17. Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering | PSNet

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    August 21, 2007 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering Citation Text: Smith TA. Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Huma…

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2015 - In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD June 1, 2015 In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2015. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-christine-cassel-md Editor's note: Christine Cassel, MD, is President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF). Dr. Cassel, one of the foun…

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 15, 2017 - Cultural Competence and Patient Safety December 27, 2019 Brach C, Hall KK, Fitall E. Cultural Competence and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/cultural-competence-and-patient-safety Background   Culture can be defined as the “personal identification, language, thoughts, co…

  20. In Conversation with...Geri Amori, PhD | PSNet

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    December 01, 2010 - remember most vividly was that the focus of people in the C-suite was very much on lawsuits: lawsuit prevention … First, in the mid-1990s, RMF's loss prevention staff saw an alarming trend in malpractice cases related … More recent evidence comes from the Malpractice Insurers Medical Error Prevention Study, a large study … MA William Berry, MD, MPH Surgical Consultant, CRICO/RMF Kathy Dwyer Program Director, Loss Prevention … MS August 1, 2009 Council recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention
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