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  1. Adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation: a consensus document from the World SIVA International Sedation Task Force. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-event-reporting-tool-standardize-reporting-and-tracking-adverse-events-during
    April 20, 2016 - April 20, 2016 Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults … December 14, 2010 Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43068/psn-pdf
    May 29, 2014 - interdisciplinary-team-members Examining patient safety in home hospice care, the authors found that falls … identification-serious-and-reportable-events-home-care-delphi-survey-develop-consensus https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic-evidence-review

  3. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-alternatives.pptx
    April 01, 2022 - incontinence when nurses can turn/provide skin care Routine use to manage incontinence To reduce risk of falls … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. … Incontinence-associated dermatitis: consensus statements, evidence-based guidelines for prevention and

  4. Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet

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    March 30, 2022 - event as preventable requires some judgment about the degree to which the evidence supports specific prevention … Preventable adverse events : those that occurred due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for prevention … if care had been different; Adverse events due to negligence : those that occurred due to care that falls

  5. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet: Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care, January 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan29/diet-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-adults-2003
    February 03, 2014 - providing controlled diets Counseling interventions aimed at weight loss or weight maintenance, falls … prevention, depression, cognitive functioning, or disease prevention other than CVD/diabetes mellitus

  6. Open for Better Care. | PSNet

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    January 28, 2015 - The initiative aims to build collaborative programs across New Zealand to reduce falls , health care–associated … December 22, 2021 Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care.

  7. Impact of computerized prescriber order entry on the incidence of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - November 16, 2022 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … May 27, 2011 Effect of computer order entry on prevention of serious medication errors

  8. HCUP Statistical Brief #19: Common Injuries That Result in Hospitalization, 2004 (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2006 - definition of injury used in this statistical brief is consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention … Over 38 per- f injury stays were the of falls. … By far, the most frequent cause of injury was falls. … Statistical Brief, injuries were defined in a manner consistent with the State and Territorial Injury Prevention … State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association. http://stipda.org/associations/5805/files

  9. Proactive Postmarketing Surveillance: Overview and Lessons Learned from Medication Safety Research in the Veterans Health Administration (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Campbell-R_106.pdf
    April 14, 2008 - It has established an international reputation in the areas of falls and safe patient handling and movement … Because of the recognized chance of certain medications to increase the risk of injurious falls in the … scientific and data gathering activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention … WHO report as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention … Drugs and falls in community-dwelling older people: A national veterans study.

  10. Designing a safer process to prevent retained surgical sponges: a healthcare failure mode and effect analysis. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/designing-safer-process-prevent-retained-surgical-sponges-healthcare-failure-mode-and-effect
    April 27, 2019 - Study Designing a safer process to prevent retained surgical sponges: a healthcare failure mode and effect analysis. Citation Text: Steelman VM, Cullen JJ. Designing a safer process to prevent retained surgical sponges: a healthcare failure mode and effect analysis. AORN J. 2011;94(2):1…

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33561/psn-pdf
    September 15, 2024 - wrong-patients-blood-evaluating-near-miss-wrong-transfusion-event https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/maternal-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls … serious harm or death, easily identifiable and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-patterns-and-prevention-wrong-site-surgery

  12. What every graduating resident needs to know about quality improvement and patient safety: a content analysis of 26 sets of ACGME milestones. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-every-graduating-resident-needs-know-about-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety
    March 29, 2023 - December 18, 2017 Root cause analysis and actions for the prevention of medical errors

  13. Adverse and Temporary Harm Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals Designated in OIG Report as Clearly Preventable or Likely Preventable by Clinical Category (pdf file)

    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/adverse-events-rehab-hospitals.pdf
    July 01, 2016 - Adverse and Temporary Harm Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals Designated in OIG Report as Clearly Preventable or Likely Preventable by Clinical Category Page 1 of 4 Adverse and Temporary Harm Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals Designated in Office of Inspector General Report1 as Clearly Preventable or Likely Pr…

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2022 - client, including vital signs (e.g., blood pressure, pulse rate), other clinical indicators (e.g., falls … antidepressants, sleep aids, or other psychotropic drugs in clients with signs of confusion, a history of falls … in the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys, one in Santa Barbara and one in Kern County), a disease prevention … health systems, university pharmacist training programs, post-acute care transition programs, and fall prevention … review of medications, improved adherence to medications for chronic illnesses, reducing risks for falls

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42083/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2013 - Progress in patient safety improvement has been hindered by a lack of high-quality research on error prevention … certain health care–associated infections and surgical complications, bundled interventions to reduce falls … surgical-safety-checklist-reduce-morbidity-and-mortality-global-population https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  16. National Patient Safety Goals | PSNet

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    January 16, 2025 - safety, facilitating clinician communication, as well as preventing hospital-associated infections, falls … A nursing care center goal includes preventing falls in patients and nursing home residents by identifying … individuals at risk for falls, such as those taking medications that could result in weakness, dizziness … The goal additionally includes taking steps to prevent falls in these high-risk individuals.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43444/psn-pdf
    August 27, 2014 - Kingdom revealed that the most common events included failure to recognize clinical deterioration, falls … improving-situation-awareness-reduce-unrecognized-clinical-deterioration-and-serious-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47349/psn-pdf
    January 30, 2019 - information sharing and advice networks on several patient safety outcomes, including medication errors, falls … //psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial

  19. Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality among Northwest AI/AN.

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or31.jsp
    August 01, 2014 - Motor vehicle crashes account for majority of unintentional injury deaths Injury prevention … Falls: AI/AN 8.5, white 27.6. Accidental drowning:AI/AN 4.2, white 3.2. … projects at NPAIHB Injury Prevention Program NW Tribal Injury Prevention … Coalition → 5-year Tribal Injury Prevention Action Plan Focus on motor vehicle safety & elder falls … Bridget Canniff & Luella Azule, Injury Prevention Program Tam Lutz, Jodi Lapidus, & Nicole Smith, Native

  20. Clinicians' perceptions of opioid error–contributing factors in inpatient palliative care services: a qualitative study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-perceptions-opioid-error-contributing-factors-inpatient-palliative-care-services
    June 01, 2016 - The impact of safety culture, quality of care, missed care and nurse staffing on patient falls … 27, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans May 31, 2023
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