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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 6. Managing Resident and Family Expectations
Nurses, prescribing clinicians, and any other staff who discuss or dispense medication may
experience pressure from residen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-229-section-5-table-3.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Section 5, Table 3
Table 3: Evidence for Obtaining a Blood Culture for Treatment of Children with Sepsis Syndrome
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pediatric considerations in severe sepsis: Empiric
antibiotics should be administered with…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-229-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 2, Technical Specifications
Sepsis
Measure 3: Timely Blood Culture for Children with Sepsis Syndrome
Description
The proportion of hospitalized children with sepsis syndrome who had blood culture drawn within 4 hours
of meeting diagnostic criteria for sepsis syndrome. A higher proportion indic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow-empower.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Empowering Women and Providers for Improved Care of Urinary Incontinence: EMPOWER Study
Empowering Women and Providers
for Improved Care of Urinary
Incontinence: EMPOWER Study
Project Overview
The EMPOWER project assesses the effectiveness of treatment for urinary
incontinence (UI) among women. Three arms are…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/apply/applycusp.pptx
August 18, 2011 - (“Apply CUSP” cover slide with CUSP Toolkit logo)
1
Learning Objectives
Review key steps of the CUSP Toolkit
Learn how Just Culture principles can augment CUSP
2
Introduce Just Culture principles
2
Introduction to Just Culture Principles
3
3
Understand Just Culture
4
4
Just Culture1
A system t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/153-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-staff.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Engaging Unit Personnel in MRSA Prevention
ICU & Non-ICU
Purpose
Unit-based teams are the cornerstone for Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) work. However, to be successful, CUSP team members and leaders must actively raise awareness, motivate, engage…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide5.html
August 01, 2022 - Communication Assessment Guide
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose: To help you identify members of your organization who are effective at delivering disclosure communications.
Who should use this tool? Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Implementation Team, Disclosure Lea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/whats-available.pdf
March 20, 2017 - What's Available for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
CAHPS® Child Hospital Survey and Instructions
What’s Available for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
Document No. 91
Updated 3/20/17
What’s Available for the CAHPS® Child
Hospital Survey
What Materials Are Available?..........................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm2.html
October 01, 2015 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Priority Areas Identified by the U.S.-Mexico Border Commission (continued)
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
National Q…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time
Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Transfer Note and Intake Note
Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elemen…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips98.html
October 01, 2014 - New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2012
Five New Mexico hospitals revised their protocol for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after their State Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), the New Mexico Medical Review Ass…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi_investigation.docx
January 01, 2017 - SSI Investigation Tool
Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn from them when they occur. To improve, perioperative teams need a structured approach to investigate infections at …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module2-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
Say:
In Module 1, we discussed the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections or CAUTI in the intensive care unit or ICU, as well as metho…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirement3.html
February 01, 2014 - Background Report on 2013 Retirement of Measures from the Child Core Set
Methods
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Background Report on 2013 Retirement of Measures from the Child Core Set
Abstract
Background
Methods
Results
Conclusions
References
Appendix A.
Appendix B.
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 235: Section 2, Detailed Measure Specifications
Rate of participating cardiologists, dermatologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, hematologists/oncologists,
nephrologists, neurologists, otolaryngologists, pulmonologists, and rheumatologists who have seen ≥1 enrolled
child, age <18 years,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/131-ss-swiss-cheese.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Learning From Defects: Applying the “Swiss Cheese Model” of System Failures
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/143-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-staff.docx
April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet:
Engaging Staff in MRSA Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Surgical service–based teams are the cornerstone for CUSP work in the perioperative environment. However, to be successful, CUS…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-subuse.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Substance Use Disorders
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlasapb.html
March 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Appendix B. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Data Sources
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Why Was the Clinical-Community Relationships…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Tool 2. Clinician Letter
[PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY]
[Date]
[Prescribing Clinician Name]
Recipient Address
City, State Zip]
Re: Change in protocol regarding u…