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  1. Barriers to and facilitators of bedside nursing handover: a systematic review and meta-synthesis. | PSNet

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    August 25, 2021 - Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes - falls … Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes - falls

  2. Pediatric trainee perspectives on the decision to disclose medical errors. | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - interventions to reduce duration and variability in delays to identification of serious injury after falls … Occupational therapy utilization in veterans with dementia: a retrospective review of root cause analyses of falls

  3. Crying wolf, alarm safety and management in paediatrics: a scoping review. | PSNet

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    April 24, 2018 - Review Crying wolf, alarm safety and management in paediatrics: a scoping review. Citation Text: Cole R, Roderick G, Cheema O, et al. Crying wolf, alarm safety and management in paediatrics: a scoping review. J Adv Nurs. 2024;Epub Sep 25. doi:10.1111/jan.16398. Copy Citation Format…

  4. Patient safety. Factors for and perceived consequences of nursing errors by nursing staff in home care services. | PSNet

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    May 18, 2022 - Adopting the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) program to engage older adults in fall prevention

  5. An analysis of adverse events in the rehabilitation department: using the Veterans Affairs root cause analysis system. | PSNet

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    June 21, 2017 - The most common incidents were falls and delayed response to clinical deterioration. … November 21, 2012 Root cause analysis of reported patient falls in ORs in the Veterans

  6. Patient safety and image transfer between referring hospitals and neuroscience centres: could we do better? | PSNet

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    July 19, 2023 - December 14, 2022 Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital

  7. The effect of facility characteristics on patient safety, patient experience, and service availability for procedures in non–hospital-affiliated outpatient settings: a systematic review. | PSNet

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    April 12, 2023 - November 12, 2014 Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported

  8. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older people: origin and progress. | PSNet

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    January 19, 2022 - perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults with a history of falls … March 6, 2012 Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during

  9. Pharmacist-led program to improve transitions from acute care to skilled nursing facility care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-led-program-improve-transitions-acute-care-skilled-nursing-facility-care
    December 09, 2020 - Adopting the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) program to engage older adults in fall prevention

  10. Workplace Safety in Health Care | PSNet

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    January 01, 2017 - is important to recognize conditions that lead to injury, such as a wet floor leading to slips and falls … to lifting heavy linen bags Explore using smaller linen bags Attendant mops floor Trips & Falls … Slips and falls on wet floor Planned change to microfiber mop leaving floor drier than string mop … Attendant cleans & replaces step stools Trips & Falls Tripping and falling on stools Step … Trips/falls Explore options (other than blankets) to cover/secure cords Check & replace oxygen

  11. Digital Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    May 01, 2024 - Using Integrated Social and Medical Risk Data Dashboards To Improve Chronic Disease Management and Prevention … Shareable, Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall Assessment and Prevention … Lucero Organization: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Aims to develop a shareable, standards-based fall prevention … Impact and Sustainability of a Digitally-Based Diabetes Prevention Program  (R01) PI: Yoshimi Fukuoka … The findings from this study have clear implications for primary care, where diabetes prevention is a

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2017 - Refused Medication Error February 1, 2017 Foley M. Refused Medication Error. PSNet [internet]. 2017. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/refused-medication-error The Case A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure and mental status changes. He was alert to self and place only. The patient h…

  13. 3. What Is the Clinical-Community Relationships Measurement Framework? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlas3.html
    March 01, 2013 - Socioecological model Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease … Prevention and Health Promotion. (2011). … 3, are also essential domains of measurement for understanding clinical-community relationships for prevention

  14. ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the U.S. health-care system? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/he-thought-what-he-was-doing-was-good-people-why-it-so-difficult-prevent-unnecessary-medical
    September 02, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the U.S. health-care system? Citation Text: ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessa…

  15. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - November 1, 2016 Preventing Falls With Injury.

  16. Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - January 2, 2017 Prevention Quality Indicators Overview.

  17. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities: Training Modules. | PSNet

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    August 17, 2022 - August 1, 2012 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care

  18. Challenge Competition: Impact of Patient Safety Tools. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - Grant Recipient Challenge Competition: Impact of Patient Safety Tools. Citation Text: Challenge Competition: Impact of Patient Safety Tools. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2023. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print…

  19. The clinical transformation of Ascension Health: eliminating all preventable injuries and deaths. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-transformation-ascension-health-eliminating-all-preventable-injuries-and-deaths
    January 05, 2017 - October 21, 2011 An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital.

  20. 023-Ss-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects-Fg (doc file)

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    April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Learning From Defects Surgical Services For: Cardiac … If this is the case, the CUSP team should investigate whether infection prevention strategies were in … The unit and the infection prevention team may detect that MRSA has been transmitted from one patient … A factor that falls in the category of being a minor reason for the defect and rarely occurs may not … No. 25-0029 April 2025 Learning From Defects | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical
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