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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/027-evaluating-cleaning-data-collection.docx
October 01, 2024 - Evaluating Environmental Cleaning With Fluorescent Gel:
Data Collection Instructions and Form
ICU & Non-ICU
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING WITH FLUORESCENT GEL: DATA COLLECTION INSTRUCTIONS
Fluorescent Gel Placement (DAY 1)
Step 1: Choose the first available room from your randomly ordered list of rooms.
Step 2: Perform hand …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/evaluate-more/index.html
March 01, 2019 - More About the National Evaluation
This page includes additional information about the national evaluation’s objectives, research questions, and data sources.
Contents
Overview
Evaluation Objectives
Data Sources
Demonstration Projects by Grant Category
Evaluation Questions
Evaluation Design Plan…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-berry.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Health Care Transformation Among Small Urban Practices Serving the Underserved
Health Care Transformation Among Small Urban Practices Serving the
Underserved
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Berry, PhD
Institution: New York University School of Medicine and New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygien…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/placement/settings.html
January 01, 2023 - Settings: Finding the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report
Reconfirming Who Your Audience Is
Before you can identify appropriate settings, you need to have a clear and shared sense of the audience you are trying to reach. Assuming your resources are limited, you’ll probably need to set priorities within …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
March 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/041-ss-training-preop-chg-bathing.pptx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Surgical Decolonization
Staff Training: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in the Preoperative Area
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief3.html
July 01, 2024 - Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Introduction
Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure
Use Simulation To Adopt and Adapt Best Practices
Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/150-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Celebrating Success and Spreading MRSA Prevention Beyond the Unit
ICU & Non-ICU
Purpose
Recognizing success, large and small, both early on and long term is important to sustainability. Communicating success can help frontline personnel have the courage to speak …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/multichronic/summit-agenda.html
November 01, 2021 - 2020 AHRQ Research Summit on Transforming Care for People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Agenda
November 17-18, 2020
Day 1 – November 17, 2020
Session 1
Plenary: Welcome and Summit Description/Overview
Gopal Khanna, MBA
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Arlene S. Bierman,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/why/why.doc
January 01, 2004 - Why Child Health Measures
Why Child Health Measures?
Contents
Developmental Status and Change
Differential Epidemiology
Dependence
Demographic Patterns
Children with Chronic Health Conditions
Want More Information?
In recent years, there has been growing interest in a special focus on quality measurement for chi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T5-Suspect_a_Urinary_Tract_Infection_brochure_MA_Coalition_final.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Suspect a Urinary Tract Infection?
How Taking Antibiotics
When You Don’t Need Them
Can Cause More Harm Than Good
Did You Know That…
»Up to 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed are not
needed or are not prescribed appropriately?
»Confusion or sudden behavior changes don’t
necessarily indicate a urinary tra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 3. Resident Information Sheet: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
One of your tests showed that you have a type of bacteria that cannot be treated with the antibiotics you have been taking. [Optional: Insert specific information about the bacteria found, the culture site, and which antibiotics are not effective.] It is…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs2.html
October 01, 2015 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
National Quality Strategy Priori…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/distribution/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Distributing a CAHPS Report
The purpose of a distribution strategy is to ensure that your audience has easy access to information with CAHPS survey results at the time that they are most likely to pay attention to it and use it. The success of a CAHPS project often rides on the effectiveness of the distribution…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-i.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix I. Checklist Observation Tool and FAQs - Implementation Guide
Why Should We Use This Tool?
Monitoring checklist use is an extremely important part of this project. Performing observations can often reveal weaknesses in checklist performance that may otherwise go unnoticed. This tool allows you to col…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/premortem-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustainability and the Premortem Tool: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Sustainability and the Premortem Tool
Say:
This module will cover Sustainability and the Premortem Tool.
Projects can fail for many reasons, and the safe surgery project is no exception to this possibilit…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp3.html
August 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Key Findings
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Case Studies
Key Findings
Conclusions
References
Table 1. Case Study Sites
Table 2. Summary of Key…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/hycr-tools-resources-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - You are going too fast if you can not complete
a sentence. … Having good
balance is
important for
many activities
we do every
day, such as
walking and
going
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/affinity-details-emerging-strategies-cr.pdf
January 01, 2021 - EVENT SUMMARY
LEARNING COMMUNITY AFFINITY GROUP | SUMMARY AT-AT-GLANCE | 1
AFFINITY GROUP DETAILS AT-A-GLANCE
Title Emerging Strategies for Supporting CR Patients between Onsite Visits
August 13, 2020
Purpose • To provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing related to how CR
programs are suppor…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/appendixb.html
August 01, 2025 - EMS) technicians as a risk assessment tool to identify which children can be safely managed without going