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3621. Patient Monitors in Critical Care: Lessons for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Drews_16.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Patient Monitors in Critical Care: Lessons for Improvement Patient Monitors in Critical Care: Lessons for Improvement Frank A. Drews, PhD Abstract Unexpected incidents are common in intensive care medicine. One means of detecting, diagnosing, and treating these events is use of physiologic displays that sho…

3622. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - Five Major Steps to Intervention (The “5A’s”) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/5steps.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - Five Major Steps to Intervention (The “5A’s”) Five Major Steps to Intervention (The “5A’s”) Successful intervention begins with identifying users and appropriate interventions based upon the patient’s willingness to quit. The five major steps to intervention are the “5 A’s”: Ask…

3623. Creating Psychological Safety in Teams: Handout | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/psychological-safety.html
      November 01, 2018 - Creating Psychological Safety in Teams: Handout Resource: Creating Psychological Safety in Teams  (PDF, 195 KB, 3 pages) It is important for team members to feel that their environment supports asking for help, trying new ways of doing things, and learning from mistakes. This resource provides suggestions f…

3624. For Professionals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2016 - For Professionals Tools, Recommendations, and Resources for Clinicians and Providers and Hospitals and Health Systems Clinicians & Providers Clinical information on evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines, medical effectiveness, pharmaceutical therapy, new technology, screening and preventive ser…

3625. Introduction and Welcome | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-intro.html
      September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Introduction and Welcome Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Introduction and Welcome Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview Scientific Rationale References Appendix A. Flow …

3626. Introduction and Welcome | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Introduction and Welcome Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Introduction and Welcome Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview Scientific Rationale References Appendix A. Flow …

3627. Nursing Protocols | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocols The Toolkit for Decolonization of non-ICU Patients With Devices includes the trial-based 1 protocols for decolonization with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 2% nasal mupirocin. Also included are common alternatives to the trial-based protocols for implementing decolonization.    Hospit…

3628. Create a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/index.html
      January 01, 2024 - Create a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing For information on how the materials below can be integrated into institutional efforts to improve antibiotic use, read the Implementation Guide for Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (PDF, 402 KB). Presentations Improving antibi…

3629. Recruitment and Retention of Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/quality-improvement-initiatives-toolkit.html
      January 01, 2021 - Back to MUI Resources Recruitment and Retention of Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Toolkit Resource Available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 832 KB) Summary Effectively engaging practices in a primary care quality improvement (QI) initiative, including…

3630. Team Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/engagement.html
      April 01, 2022 - Team Engagement To make sustainable quality improvements, you need to recruit an enthusiastic team and keep members engaged by providing the relevant data, inviting team feedback, and creating necessary incentives. Accomplishing this will take time and frequent evaluation. Although the nuances of your approach …

3631. Telehealth and Health Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/teledx-5.html
      August 01, 2020 - Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Telehealth and Health Disparities Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction Evidence Base Supporting Telehealth Imp…

3632. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impact-grants/index.html
      August 01, 2015 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants   Project Profiles Each grant title below links to a short profile about the project. The profiles include an overview of the efforts to spread primary care transformation within the model State, efforts to disseminate the mod…

3633. Sharing Additional Information and Resources in Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/index.html
      November 01, 2018 - Sharing Additional Information and Resources in Quality Reports Once people are engaged with your report, you have a valuable opportunity to introduce them to other information that may be helpful to them in a variety of ways. Don’t put this information front and center in your report, but make it easily availa…

3634. PATIENT Self-Bathing Skills Assessment: Bed Bath With 2% CHG Cloth (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/patient-assessment-chg-bed-bath.docx
      March 01, 2022 - PATIENT Self-Bathing Skills Assessment: Bed Bath With 2% CHG Cloth Patient Name_______________________ Unit_________ Date________________ Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 12-2 – Patient Self-Bathing Skills Assessment: Bed Bath with 2% Chlorhexidine Cloth Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is a …

3635. PATIENT Self-Showering Skills Assessment: Showering With Chlorhexidine Gluconate (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/patient-assessment-chg-showering.docx
      March 01, 2022 - PATIENT Self-Showering Skills Assessment: Showering With Chlorhexidine Gluconate Patient Name_______________________ Unit_________ Date________________ Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 12-1 – Patient Self-Showering Skills Assessment: Showering With Chlorhexidine Chlorhexidine gluconate (CH…

3636. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-surveillance.html
      April 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance National Healthcare Safety Network Data Reporting Web site The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) provides long-term care facilities with a system to track CAUTI and other infections in a strea…

3637. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Am I Ready to Become an Advisor? (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/become-an-advisor.docx
      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Am I Ready to Become an Advisor? AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Am I Ready to Become an Advisor? Are you thinking about becoming a patient and family advisor? Review the checklist below and check those statements with which you agree. If there are statements with which y…

3638. Checklist-Creating (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/checklist-creating.docx
      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Coaching Clinical Teams Module Checklist for Creating an Observation Tool This checklist can help you in each step of creating your observation tool. Drafting (Before Testing Your Tool) Testing (Before Using Your Tool) Make sure that your tool: · Is tested by those who wil…

3639. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 14) (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 14) Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 14) Readiness to Partner With Patient and Family Advisors As a clinician or staff member, I am…

3640. Let Consumers Drill Down to Components of Roll-Up Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/web/pathways/composites.html
      May 01, 2019 - Let Consumers Drill Down to Components of Roll-Up Scores Whenever you provide a composite or a summary score, you should seriously consider letting people drill down to the details. Not everyone will want to do this, but some will. To learn more about using composites and summary scores to reduce the burden o…