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  1. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - Multi-use Website AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. … Citation Text: AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. … This project supports the implementation of targeted healthcare-acquired infection prevention initiatives … The first of three planned toolkits, Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings , is now … Cite Citation Citation Text: AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 07, 2017 - Adverse events included medication errors and hospital-acquired conditions, such as pressure ulcers and falls

  3. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
    April 17, 2018 - Evidence Summary Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention … Studies were excluded if participant enrollment was based on known high risk of fracture or falls or … community-dwelling populations not known to have vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis, high risk for falls … Vitamin D with or without calcium supplementation for prevention of cancer and fractures: an updated … Effect of monthly high-dose vitamin D supplementation on falls and non-vertebral fractures: secondary

  4. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/i10_injury_struck/nedsnote.jsp
    May 10, 2015 - Codes and is consistent with the classification system used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … HCUP includes 12 data elements that identify the mechanism of the injury: cutting/piercing, drowning, falling … elements are not included on any HCUP databases as HCUP worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  5. Slide 1

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-090914.pptx
    January 01, 2014 - Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI 1 Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH Medical Director, Infection Prevention … unnecessary antibiotic use in causing C. difficile infection Summarize the role of unit culture on prevention … occ.bds, patient-occupied bed-days; DDDs, defined daily doses. 30 How Culture Plays a Role in CAUTI Prevention … Workload issues leading to work-arounds Weighing risk of catheters v. other issues (i.e. falls) Patient … Education Monitoring Our qualitative study 35 Goal: To understand unit-level culture around CAUTI prevention

  6. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)

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    March 01, 2017 - These tools are used in combination with clinical or operational efforts to minimize harms such as falls … SLIDE 3 SAY: Why is infection prevention and quality improvement important? … PLAY VIDEO: Video 2.1: Importance of Infection Prevention ASK: Why is infection prevention important … in America’s Nursing Homes campaign and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s infection prevention

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2010 - These tools are well described in a recent guideline on pressure ulcer prevention.(9) Multiple known … To be effective, pressure ulcer prevention programs must involve all departments and staff, including … Pressure ulcer prevention and management. JAMA. 2003;289:223-226. [go to PubMed] 4. … Guidelines for the prevention of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2008;16:151-168.  … What was their mobility and functional status prior to the fall, including any prior falls or hospitalizations

  8. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - Multi-use Website Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … Citation Text: Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Pressure Injury Prevention … March 7, 2018 Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program.

  9. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    June 01, 2010 - Furthermore, AHRQ has no regulatory authority over the Medicaid program, which falls under the jurisdiction … A description of the Prevention Quality Indicators can be found at http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov

  10. Draft Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    March 06, 2025 - foods or fluids or nutrition therapy (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Interventions aimed at primary prevention … Cognitive function Function: ADLs, IADLs, global function Dementia-related symptoms/behaviors Safety (falls

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43121/psn-pdf
    April 16, 2014 - experience implementing a patient safety measurement tool that incentivized improvement in four areas: falls

  12. Improving Safety Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms (pdf file)

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    June 30, 2025 - ), staffing, response to errors, handoffs, leader support of safety practices • 60% reduction in falls … in ICUs and non-ICUs https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/index.html 46 https: … //www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/index.html In Progress: AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine … index.html https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/index.html Now Enrolling: AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention … Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use Now Enrolling: AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention

  13. Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative environment. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proactive-patient-safety-focusing-what-goes-right-perioperative-environment
    April 26, 2023 - November 16, 2022 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  14. Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the era of the 80-hour resident workweek. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreased-bile-duct-injury-rate-during-laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-era-80-hour-resident
    March 17, 2021 - March 17, 2021 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  15. Flow accuracy of IV smart pumps outside of patient rooms during COVID-19. | PSNet

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    October 12, 2022 - 2020 Human-based errors involving smart infusion pumps: a catalog of error types and prevention … March 30, 2011 Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates

  16. Identifying the 'right patient': nurse and consumer perspectives on verifying patient identity during medication administration. | PSNet

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    September 03, 2011 - September 3, 2011 Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls … April 5, 2013 Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients

  17. Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative. | PSNet

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    December 22, 2018 - Adopting the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) program to engage older adults in fall prevention

  18. Registered nurses' judgments of the classification and risk level of patient care errors. | PSNet

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    August 24, 2022 - perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults with a history of falls … May 5, 2021 Do falls and other safety issues occur more often during handovers when nurses

  19. Patient safety in home health care: a grounded theory study. | PSNet

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    September 25, 2019 - November 15, 2023 The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms … Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls

  20. The safety of Australian healthcare: 10 years after QAHCS. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-australian-healthcare-10-years-after-qahcs
    January 12, 2022 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention … medication review followed by face-to-face feedback to prescribers on adverse drug events recognition and prevention
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