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  1. Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to improve emergency department handoffs in a community hospital. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-targeted-solutions-toolr-improve-emergency-department-handoffs-community-hospital
    April 13, 2022 - April 13, 2022 Improving hand hygiene at eight hospitals in the United States by targeting

  2. Strategies for improving patient safety culture in hospitals: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-improving-patient-safety-culture-hospitals-systematic-review
    February 14, 2017 - October 6, 2011 Assessment of fidelity in interventions to improve hand hygiene of healthcare

  3. Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Staff Training Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonization-training-materials.html
    November 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

  4. Closing the gap on infection prevention staffing recommendations: results from the beta version of the APIC staffing calculator. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/closing-gap-infection-prevention-staffing-recommendations-results-beta-version-apic-staffing
    December 20, 2023 - 2016 The impact of time at work and time off from work on rule compliance: the case of hand … hygiene in health care.

  5. Medication event huddles: a tool for reducing adverse drug events. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-event-huddles-tool-reducing-adverse-drug-events
    December 19, 2014 - September 24, 2017 The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand … hygiene compliance among health care personnel.

  6. Economic evaluation of interventions for prevention of hospital acquired infections: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-evaluation-interventions-prevention-hospital-acquired-infections-systematic-review
    October 19, 2022 - September 1, 2018 Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: a systematic

  7. Differences between managers’ and safety professionals’ perceptions of upwards influence attempts within safety practice. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/differences-between-managers-and-safety-professionals-perceptions-upwards-influence-attempts
    December 08, 2021 - qualitative study of senior hospital managers' views on current and innovative strategies to improve hand … hygiene.

  8. Errors, omissions, and outliers in hourly vital signs measurements in intensive care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-omissions-and-outliers-hourly-vital-signs-measurements-intensive-care
    June 20, 2011 - August 20, 2018 Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: a systematic

  9. 7 Things You Should Know About Urinary Leg Bags (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/7-things.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - Before connecting the leg bag to an indwell- ing urinary catheter, perform hand hygiene and put on clean … Remove gloves, discard them in the trash, and perform hand hygiene again. … should have a policy and procedure that takes manufacturer’s instructions into account and includes: hand … hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE), instructions for aseptic technique, cleaning and

  10. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.docx
    March 01, 2017 - Perform hand hygiene using an alcohol-based sanitizer or soap and water immediately before donning gloves … Staff practices standard precautions, performs hand hygiene, and wears clean gloves when handling the

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39419/psn-pdf
    September 20, 2011 - health-care-consumers-inclination-engage-selected-patient-safety-practices-survey-adults https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

  12. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
    April 24, 2015 - Standard Precautions: Use gloves when manipulating the catheter site and drainage system and practice hand … hygiene before and after. 1.8 A sterile, continuously closed drainage system should be maintained for … Use gloves and practice hand hygiene before and after handling the drainage device. 1.12 Patients with

  13. In Conversation with...David Marx, JD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdavid-marx-jd
    October 01, 2007 - For example, when hand hygiene compliance rates are just 60%, how do we get people to be compliant? … It might be doing a task by memory, not confirming two patient identifiers, or not doing hand hygiene … Let's go back to hand hygiene. … Hand hygiene noncompliance is accepted because the culture has accepted it. … One of those scenarios is hand hygiene noncompliance.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46108/psn-pdf
    December 21, 2017 - as likely to speak up about this compared to a traditional patient safety threat such as inadequate hand … hygiene.

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42530/psn-pdf
    December 30, 2014 - patient-engagement-and-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47401/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2019 - comparing-patient-reported-hospital-adverse-events-medical-record-review-do-patients-know https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

  17. Silence Kills: The Seven Crucial Conversations for Healthcare. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/silence-kills-seven-crucial-conversations-healthcare
    July 09, 2012 - a formative assessment of a video empowering patients to ask their health care providers to perform hand … hygiene. … Physicians Nurses Nurse Managers Critical Care Nursing Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

  18. Patient safety in after-hours telephone medicine. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-after-hours-telephone-medicine
    November 12, 2014 - October 19, 2022 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene. … Care Family Medicine Primary Care General Internal Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

  19. Patient Notification Toolkit. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-notification-toolkit
    September 07, 2016 - May 20, 2015 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43251/psn-pdf
    June 11, 2014 - speak up regarding medication safety, but they were not as comfortable voicing concerns related to hygiene
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