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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-factsheet.docx
January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Did You Know?
Continuous subglottic suctioning and frequent intermittent subglottic suctioning drainage of subglottic secretions, via a cuffed endotracheal tube, are associated with up to a 50 percent decrease in the incidence of gastric aspiration, a potential cause…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/overview.docx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules
Overview of the Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules and Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Safety Toolkit is designed to support learning and implementation efforts to improve safety cult…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/leader.html
March 01, 2017 - Resident And Family Engagement: What is my role as a leader?
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
What is resident and family engagement?
Resident and family engagement is one component of person-centered care, a philosophy that recognizes residents as individuals and as partners…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gershon-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Exposure to cockroach allergen in the home is associated with incident
doctor-diagnosed asthma and recurrent
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/international/nursing-home/translators.html
October 01, 2014 - Nursing Home SOPS Translation Information
This document provides information about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture to help translation team members develop a translation that conveys the same meaning as the original U.S. English version.
Back…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/module1_pu-whychange_slides.pptx
June 16, 2017 - Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
ADD Name of Hospital Here
Module 1 – Understanding Why Change Is Needed
1
Ice Breaker
Describe an interesting fact about yourself.
2
Compelling Reasons To Implement Program
Pressure injury rates continue to escalate.
The inci…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/resources/infotransNHSOPS.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Background and Information for Translators
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Background and Information for Translators
January 2010
Purpose and Use of This Document
In this docum…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/children/publications/2010.html
October 01, 2014 - Articles and Publications, 2010
AHRQ-Supported Research on Child and Adolescent Health
These articles and publications publicize knowledge about significant findings resulting from AHRQ-supported intramural and extramural research focusing on improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar8_pu_sustainingpractices.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention Practices at Your Hospital
Sustaining Pressure Ulcer
Prevention Practices at
Your Hospital
Presented by Dan Berlowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Bedford VA Medical Center
Boston University School of Public Health
2
Welcome!
Thank you for joining this
webinar about how to
sustain pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/science-safety-slides.html
July 01, 2018 - Understand the Science of Safety
Presentation Slides
The Understand the Science of Safety module of the CUSP Toolkit discusses the importance of understanding system design, safe design principles, and valuing diverse input from team members. By analyzing patient safety as a science, frontline providers will …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Campbell.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations
259
Developing a Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that
Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations
Robert R. Campbell, Douglas D. Bradham, Aurora S…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Quinn.pdf
January 01, 2004 - The relative risk
of incident coronary heart disease associated with
recently stopping the use of b-blockers
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/intro.html
November 01, 2014 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Introduction
This document provides an overview of the components of On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention, reports, and implementation materials used in preventing pressure ulcers in nursing homes. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention has be…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202003.html
June 01, 2020 - Vermont Health Clinics Promote AHRQ’s Medication Safety Guide
Search All Impact Case Studies
June 2020
A Vermont-based based trio of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) has improved medication use and safety for approximately 8,000 patients by adapting an evidence-based strategy from AHRQ's Guide to …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/cap_pc-pamphlet.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Primary Care Setting
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the
Primary Care Setting
Background on Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States.1 Approximately
6 million cases are reported annually, resulting i…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/candor/demo-program/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program
Select for:
Planning Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 715 KB)
Demonstration Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 928 KB)
On September 9, 2009, President Obama directed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of H…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/rfe-role-leader.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Resident and Family Engagement: What is my role as a leader?
• Resident and family engagement is one
component of person-centered care, a
philosophy that recognizes residents as
individuals and as partners.
• Effective resident and family partnerships are
demonstrated by including the residents and
family a…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
January 01, 2017 - Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for de…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - Tool: SSA
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Since the guidelines were written in 2007, a groundbreaking article by Girard in 20081 showed that SA…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/datameasures-guide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Data Measures Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for
Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Data Measures Guide
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0018-6-EF
January 2017
Data Measures Guide
Introduction ....................................................................................................................…