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1081. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865418/psn-pdf
      March 27, 2024 - cybersecurity who understands both security and clinical work and can oversee cyber-awareness programs, cyber-hygiene … be modeled on successful past patient safety interventions, such as the WHO’s “My Five Moments for Hand … Hygiene” guidelines and “Surgical Safety Checklist.”

1082. In Conversation with…Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - For instance, a study of an intervention to improve compliance with hand washing provided annual compliance … data for several years before and after implementation of the hand hygiene campaign. … report surrogate outcomes (e.g., error rates, changes in safety culture) or process measures, such as hand-washing … For instance, interventions to reduce work hours of physician trainees might result in more frequent hand-offs … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

1083. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33682/psn-pdf
      April 01, 2009 - RW: On one hand, there is tremendous pressure to fix the problems of medical errors and poor quality; … on the other hand, there are often major gaps in what we really understand about how to make them better … The other is routine safety processes, such as hand hygiene, communication, and medication reconciliation … On the other hand, I do not view IT in health care as a panacea.

1084. Resource List - AHRQ Medical Office Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/medoffice-resourcelist.pdf
      April 01, 2023 - Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/training.html The Centers for Disease … Control and Prevention’s Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings provides healthcare workers and patients … Other resources include the latest technological advances in measuring hand hygiene adherence, frequently … Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Health Information Exchange Projects Health Information Security and … Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings 9. HealthPartners Ambulatory Safety Toolkit 10.

1085. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
      August 26, 2011 - hygiene in general—will be used to select relevant studies. … All HAIs: Hand hygiene Surgical site infection: • appropriate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis … (CDC/HICPAC IA) • avoidance of femoral catheterization (2007 report) • decontaminate hands before … Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control … Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.

1086. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866847/psn-pdf
      September 25, 2024 - bed, daily sedation vacation and assessment of readiness to extubate, secretion drainage, and oral hygiene … Zero harm and safety culture go hand-in-hand, an uncompromising commitment to safety as a core value

1087. In Conversation With… Jeffrey Starke, MD | PSNet
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      September 11, 2023 - The most important thing is good hand hygiene. … But we first got hand hygiene put in there, and it worked so well that we did it for influenza vaccine … Some who read or listen to this will say this is more evidence that medicine is going to hell in a hand

1088. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33831/psn-pdf
      April 01, 2017 - blameworthy acts, either patterns of errors or patterns of behavior, such as the serial violators of hand … hygiene protocols. … The goal was to try to solve some of these intractable quality and safety problems—hand hygiene noncompliance … opportunities to improve and bringing resources to bear on the smallest problems before they get out of hand

1089. Interpreting the Patient Safety Literature | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - For instance, a study of an intervention to improve compliance with hand washing provided annual compliance … data for several years before and after implementation of the hand hygiene campaign. … report surrogate outcomes (e.g., error rates, changes in safety culture) or process measures, such as hand-washing … For instance, interventions to reduce work hours of physician trainees might result in more frequent hand-offs … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

1090. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2022 - indications Infection Control Interventions Monthly auditing of hospital cleaning (started 2006) National hand … hygiene campaign (started 2007) MRSA admission screening (universal screening from 2008 to 2011; targeted … 10 MRSA Reduction in the Hospital8 Interventions implemented: 2006: Environmental cleaning 2007: Hand … hygiene 2008: MRSA admission screening 2011: MRSA decolonization 50 percent reduction in hospital cases

1091. Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2020 - Interventions to eliminate CLABSI include— Appropriate use of hand hygiene. … on the audit form address line placement and maintenance, including the need for the central line, hand … hygiene, site of line placement, dressing and tubing changes, and use of chlorhexidine for skin preparation

1092. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - holistically, pace themselves, focus on what matters most, and maintain regular quality improvement "hygiene … Prior relationships with practices or "warm hand-offs" predicted recruitment success, with almost 1 in

1093. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
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      April 01, 2022 - Appropriateness ׀ 11 11 Keystone ICU Project: Site Selection11 Keystone Bundle Intervention: Performing hand … hygiene Using maximal sterile barrier precautions Cleaning skin with chlorhexidine before insertion

1094. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - visitation in most cases and includes details about core principles of infection prevention such as hand … hygiene, masking, and physical distancing as needed.

1095. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - The effectiveness of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of MRSA has been demonstrated in observational … studies in which hand hygiene promotion campaigns were associated with subsequent reductions in the … incidence of MRSA among hospitalized patients.9 While hand hygiene remains important in the effort … hygiene, barrier precautions, environmental cleaning, and antimicrobial decolonization. … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

1096. Slide 1 (ppt file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/org_embrace-slides/Organizational-Embrace-of-CUSP-to-Improve-Patient-Safety-Mar-20-2012-508.ppt
      January 01, 2012 - month Separate Executive Rounds with patient safety leader (PSL) Work on a few defects at a time Hand … hygiene Hand offs and transitions in care Patient identification Standardization of care practices … * Directed Defects Work Hand hygiene One hour per month “secret shopper” from each patient safety

1097. PCIP Evaluation Patient Survey (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2021 - Information Project (PCIP) Evaluation: Patient Survey New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene … The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is conducting a survey about patient … Please put your completed survey in the provided envelope and hand it back in.

1098. Febrile Neutropenia and an Almost Fatal Medication Error | PSNet
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      February 01, 2012 - are instructed to take certain precautions if they develop neutropenia, such as maintaining adequate hand … hygiene and avoiding sick contacts, raw or uncooked meat, fruits or vegetables, unpasteurized beverages … Hospitals Physicians Information Professionals Medical Oncology Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

1099. Central Venous Catheter Insertion Bundle Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - The central venous catheter insertion bundle can incorporate a variety of components including hand hygiene … There was greater than 95 percent adherence in about 50 percent of the ICUs surveyed with hand hygiene

1100. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2013 - procedure, develop muscle memory for the key technical steps, and demonstrate proper safety practices (hand … hygiene, wide sterile barriers, and sharps safety). … adjunctive training option because it enables the trainee to learn procedures incrementally, with hands-on … support during the more challenging stages of the procedure, and progressive hands-off supervision