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1221. Inappropriate Antibiotic Use | PSNet
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      September 22, 2010 - enforcing, and educating staff about the importance of isolation and barrier precautions as well as hand … hygiene for the prevention of cross-transmission of resistant organisms.

1222. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2003 - enforcing, and educating staff about the importance of isolation and barrier precautions as well as hand … hygiene for the prevention of cross- transmission of resistant organisms.

1223. Risk-Based Patient Safety Metrics (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
      March 25, 2008 - Other hospital-acquired infections result from lack of proper hand hygiene. … Thus, poor hand hygiene is a patient safety risk factor that can be reduced with a resultant decrease … Failure to comply with this protocol is a recognizable yet preventable risk; compliance, on the other hand

1224. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Facilitators-Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-facilitators-guide.docx
      September 01, 2015 - CAUTIs develop from a patient’s colonic or perineal flora, generally because of bacteria on the hands … maintenance bundle: · Maintain unobstructed urine flow · Maintain a continually closed system · Perform hand … hygiene and use standard precautions before touching the catheter · Empty urine drainage bag regularly … Remember, it’s important to do this aseptically by using good hand hygiene practices and avoiding contamination … The nurse should hand the urinary catheter bag to the transporter so he can attach it to the side of

1225. Implementation Quick Start Guide: Medication Mangement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage_quickstartfull.pdf
      December 15, 2016 - NYC Health (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).

1226. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 -       Urinary Incontinence Toileting plan Wet checks Treat causes Assist with hygiene … * To determine if a patient has bottomed out, the caregiver should place his or her outstretched hand … Do a hand check by placing palm up and feeling for a cushion of air under the heaviest areas of the body … Do a hand check by placing palm up and feeling for a cushion of air under the heaviest areas of the body

1227. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7a.html
      August 01, 2017 -       Urinary Incontinence Toileting plan Wet checks Treat causes Assist with hygiene … * To determine if a patient has bottomed out, the caregiver should place his or her outstretched hand … Do a hand check by placing palm up and feeling for a cushion of air under the heaviest areas of the body … Do a hand check by placing palm up and feeling for a cushion of air under the heaviest areas of the body

1228. Final Report: GestureClean: A Touchless Interaction Language for the Operating Room (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wachs1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - shape, hand motion trajectory, plane of motion, etc.). … Salience - how discriminative is the movement of the hand; and 6. … Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 54(3): 131. 30.Spinuzzi, Clay. 2005. … Optimal Consensus Intuitive Hand Gesture Vocabulary Design. … User-Defined Gestures for Free-Hand TV Control.

1229. Organizational Embrace of CUSP to Improve Patient Safety (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - So I’m going to hand it over to Jeane Decosmo at the Maryland Hospital Association. … We are working now and continue to work with hand hygiene and have asked each of the CUSP teams in their … Right now, we’re using “What barriers are you finding to hand hygiene?” as our opening question.

1230. Mobility Lost in the ICU | PSNet
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      August 01, 2018 - weakness or reduced aerobic capacity) and functional limitations (e.g., ability to manage personal hygiene … interrupted to achieve an optimal response from physical therapy interventions.( 13 ) On the other hand … Care Providers Critical Care Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

1231. Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kizer1.pdf
      April 01, 2004 - care summaries or other similar records should be prepared with all source documents immediately at hand … Decontaminate hands with either a hygienic hand rub or by washing with a disinfectant soap prior to … Use of hand-held electronic prescribing devices to reduce medication errors. 5.

1232. Session 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod1sess2.html
      October 01, 2014 - For example, on the one hand, sometimes we worry too soon that our second sneeze might be a sign of a … cold and, on the other hand, sometimes we ignore too long our bad cough and get sinusitis or even pneumonia … when the resident raises his or her arms while eating, during activities, or while performing personal hygiene

1233. Final Progress Report: Safety Outcomes of Obese Residents in US Nursing Homes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - walking in corridor, locomotion on unit, locomotion off unit, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene … Residents who needed progressively more assistance with personal hygiene (set-up assistance: OR=.76, … Relative to needing no assistance with personal hygiene, residents who needed set- up help for personal … hygiene had significantly lower odds of experiencing a UTI (OR=0.90, SE=0.03, p=0.002). … It may be that larger facilities have more staff on hand to help provide the additional assistance

1234. Implementation Quick Start Guide: Medication Management (Half-Page) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage_quickstartbrochure.pdf
      December 15, 2016 - NYC Health (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).

1235. Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/sustaining-guide.pdf
      March 01, 2017 - For example, when an LTC facility is seeking to improve hand hygiene practices, the team is critical

1236. Renal Failure Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | PSNet
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      February 01, 2004 - June 10, 2013 Perspective Innovations in Promoting Hand … Hygiene Compliance May 1, 2014 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the

1237. COVID-19: Team and Human Factors to Improve Safety | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/covid-19-team-and-human-factors-improve-safety
      September 15, 2024 - opportunities for error, prominent signage should be used for equipment locations; reminders about hand … hygiene, personal protective equipment use, and environmental cleaning to prevent pathogen transmission

1238. Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/implementation.pdf
      May 01, 2017 - Coaching is part of a learning progression that begins with a one-on-one conversation and continues with hands-on … Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products Hand hygiene products are only effective if staff use … well-defined daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks related to the particular change at hand

1239. Novel IT to Create Patient-Integrated Quality Improvement - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024553-bardach-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Systematic review of studies on compliance with hand hygiene guidelines in hospital care.

1240. Changing-System-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-facilitator-guide.docx
      June 01, 2021 - Or having to walk down the hall in order to perform hand hygiene after leaving a resident’s room.