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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the environment and devise a detailed plan for implementation. The first phase of implementing an antibiogram program is to conduct a thorough assessment of the nursing home’s capacity a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 4. Antibiogram Formats and Instructions
Formats
The medical director must become familiar with the format of the antibiogram provided by the lab and develop an understanding of its content. A variety of approaches can be taken to formatting and presenting information about the antibiogram, including the use of hig…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/just-in-case-mindset.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Overcoming the Just in Case Mindset
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Overcoming the “Just in Case” Mindset
The "Making It Work" tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive care unit (ICU) te…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
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Table of Contents
Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Findings
Appendix A. Grantee Profiles
Appendix B. References
On September 9, 2009, Presid…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/mcc-summit/mcc-summit-dorr-samal.pdf
May 19, 2020 - Health IT for Multiple Chronic Conditions
Health IT for Multiple
Chronic Conditions
Lipika Samal, MD, MPH
David Dorr, MD, MS
Purpose
People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) are especially prone to
harm from lack of coordination and communication.
Health Information Technology (HIT) solutions can bring t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/talkingquality/resources/checklist/checklist-assess-reporting-project.pdf
December 26, 2018 - Your Project Checklist: Assess Your Health Care Quality Reporting Project
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TalkingQuality
Your Project Checklist:
Assess Your Health Care Quality Reporting Project
This document contains checklists for the following sections of Assess Your Health Care Quality
Reporting Project:
• What To Evaluate
• Element…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/talkingquality/resources/checklist/checklist-assess-reporting-project.doc
December 26, 2018 - Assess Complete Checklist
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Note: You must use the UP and DOWN ARROW instead of TAB or SHIFT + TAB to fill out this form. This document contains eighteen links.
Your P…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/appf.html
March 01, 2017 - Helps to frame the problems and solutions.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/cahps-program/index.html
April 01, 2023 - The CAHPS Program
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Its purpose is to support investigator-led research to better understand patient experience with healthcare and develop scientific…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/womens-health-week-2023.html
May 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention Primary
MAY
12
2023
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
As we approach Mother’s Day and National Women's Health Week , all of us at AHRQ…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/portrait-of-sepsis.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll
SEP
27
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Pamela Owens, Ph.D.
The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 m…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/teamstepps-30.html
September 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum
SEP
12
2023
By
Craig Umscheid, M.D., M.S., and
Monika Haugstetter, M.H.A., M.S.N., R.N.
It has been 17 years since AHRQ launched TeamSTEPPS, a patient s…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/public-health-emergency-refocus.html
May 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality
MAY
19
2023
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
On May 11, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administrat…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-leiferman.html
May 01, 2024 - Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health
Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. Chair and Professor University of Colorado-Denver Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. “Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure that every child has the best possible start in…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/long-covid-grant-awards.html
September 01, 2023 - HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID
Press Release Date: September 20, 2023
Funding will help implement and evaluate models for delivering comprehensive, coordinated, person-centered care to people with Long COVID.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Se…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day-2024.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
On World Patient Safety Day, AHRQ Highlights the Urgent Need to Address Diagnostic Safety
SEP
16
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.
As the healthcar…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=14
February 01, 2014 - Search Publications
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/nasal-decolonization.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Nasal Decolonization
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization
Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/integrate-cusp-approach.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolon…