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10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Advances in Patient Safety
AHRQ Toolkit … Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent
AHRQ WebM&M
Designing
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/acute-care-long-desc.html
June 01, 2020 - their family caregivers in the design of health information technology (IT) tools to prevent patient falls … , which reduced falls by 25 percent in acute care hospitals. 1-3 Today, it is used in more than 100 … Interventions for Patient Safety) Program: a collaboration to end the persistent problem of patient falls … Preventing falls in hospitalized patients. … American Nurse 2018;13(9):8-13. https://www.myamericannurse.com/preventing-falls-hospitalized-patients
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January 01, 2016 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 2B: Quality Improvement Process
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January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 3E: Clinical Pathway for Safe Patient Handling
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Seattle Hospital Improves Patient Safety with AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit … Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-19 AHRQ Product(s): QI Toolkit Topic(s): Quality Indicators (QIs … Idaho, Utah Country: N/A Implementer: Intermountain Healthcare Date: December 2016
AHRQ’s Toolkit … Helped Vanderbilt University Hospital Substantially Reduce Patient Falls Impact Case Study Identifier … : 2016-16 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Patient Safety, Prevention
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Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit … Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-02 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit … Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Date: May 2018
Mississippi Hospital Reduces Patient Falls … by 25 Percent Using AHRQ Program Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-01 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls … in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Healthcare Costs, Quality of Care, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Prevention
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January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 2C: Current Process Analysis
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January 29, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Files incident report for new falls and carries out postfall assessment. … Collaborates with other staff to ensure timely and accurate reporting of any falls and completion of … Works with nurse to provide appropriate educational materials and teaching to patients at risk for falls … Implements computerized alerts for medications that present high risk for falls, where appropriate.
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January 28, 2013 - information on who is part of the senior leadership team, see the resource box in section 1.3 of the toolkit … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team based on the Ontario Agency for Health Protection
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January 01, 2024 - toolkit
coordinating teams
use to compare
hospital fall-risk-
reduction structures
and processes … toolkit
n=5 composites (7 items each)
assess teamwork support for fall
risk reduction
n=1 item … toolkit
n=1 composite (11 items) assess
management support
n=1 composite (4 items) assess staff … Identifying a gait belt as an intervention decreases the
odds patients falling unassisted. … Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Being Safe from Falling
in the Hospital.
2.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-3/slides.html
September 01, 2017 - No recent history of falling.
Difficulty walking due to hip pain.
No ambulatory aid. … Safety Plan, pages 1 and 2, and a “No falling” warning sign. … Identify top 3 patients at risk for falling on next shift. … of falls. … Preventing falls in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care.
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April 01, 2019 - Country: United States of America Implementer: University of Florida Date: March 2019
AHRQ Toolkit … Track Data to Keep Infection Rates Low Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-09 AHRQ Product(s): CAUTI Toolkit … Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-05 AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit … Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent Impact Case Study Identifier … : 2018-04 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Healthcare Costs, Quality
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January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 2F: Action Plan
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January 28, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
How to use this tool: Complete the checklist. … Staff attitudes about falls have been assessed.
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January 01, 2012 - Evaluation Tools
Background: This tool can be used to identify medication-related risk factors for falls … or 3G, “STRATIFY Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors”) to determine if a patient is at risk for falls … evaluate patient
* Includes opiates.
† Although not included in the original scoring system, the falls … toolkit team recommends that you include non-benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic drugs (e.g., zolpidem) … Evaluation Tools
Use the tools below when evaluating patients found to have high medication-related risk for falls
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-experience.html
AHRQ Toolkit Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent
AHRQ Tools
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January 01, 2024 - https://research.jefferson.edu/connected-
care-center/uncertainty-communication-
toolkit.html
Falls … The toolkit has reduced falls by 25
percent in acute care hospitals and is used in more than
100 hospitals … Web: ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/
fall-tips
Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement … facilities to help them detect
and communicate changes in a
resident’s condition and prevent
and manage falls … The toolkit
addresses approaches to design that target six areas of
safety: infections, falls, medication
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/24630-Jones-report.pdf
November 15, 2017 - toolkit
coordinating teams
use to compare
hospital fall-risk-
reduction structures
and processes … toolkit
n=5 composites (7 items each)
assess teamwork support for fall
risk reduction
n=1 item … toolkit
n=1 composite (11 items) assess
management support
n=1 composite (4 items) assess staff … Identifying a gait belt as an intervention decreases the
odds patients falling unassisted. … Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Being Safe from Falling
in the Hospital.
2.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/index.html
November 01, 2021 - Evidence reports and technical reviews about long-term care
Resources
Long-term care resources
Toolkit … Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
End of Life Care
Home and Community-based Services
Falls … Life
TeamSTEPPS
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Related Content
Toolkit … To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care
Topic: Long-Term Care
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other
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www.ahrq.gov/chain/practice-tools/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Recent Research Findings Suggest Practice Recommendations for Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients … Learn what the Brigham and Women's CERT is doing to reduce fall rates and access their toolkit and copies … role that nurses can play in improving health literacy and access AHRQ's Health Literacy Universal Toolkit … Treatment of Maladaptive Aggression in Youth (T-MAY) Toolkit
This toolkit provides clinicians with … Warfarin Communication Toolkit for Nurses
This collection of materials introduces a new communication