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  1. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-surgical-report-cards.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - Surgical report cards involve defining and reporting a wide range of outcomes (e.g., surgical site infections … A statewide assessment of surgical site infection following colectomy: the role of oral antibiotics. … The efficacy of silver alloy-coated urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection: a meta-analysis … Surgical report cards involve defining and reporting a wide range of outcomes (e.g., surgical site infections

  2. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
    August 15, 2011 - carcinogens (e.g., rubber, chemical, and leather industries) Male sex Older age White race Infections … complications that result from diagnostic cystoscopy and biopsy (such as bladder perforation, bleeding, and infection … Other risk factors for bladder cancer include male sex, older age, white race, infections caused by certain … to cystoscopy, and complications related to cystoscopy and biopsy (such as perforation, bleeding, or infection

  3. Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Stays Involving Dog Bites, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb101.pdf
    November 09, 2010 - principal diagnoses for dog bite-related hospitalizations included skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … bite-related hospital stays (43.2 percent) had a principal diagnosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … stays All dog bite-related stays (percentage) 9,500 (100.0) 1 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … dog bite-related hospital stays, 2008 Rank Procedure Number of procedures 1 Debridement of wound; infection

  4. Statistical Brief #138

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb138.jsp
    July 01, 2012 - Two infections appeared in the top 10 conditions: pneumonia and skin infections. … Skin infections were seen in about 3 percent of stays with and without mention of obesity. … conditions 1,820 4.8 4.7 Pneumonia 1,350 3.5 7.5 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  5. Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-safety-2012
    November 02, 2012 - November 2, 2012 Preventing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: a Global

  6. Managing clinical failure: a complex adaptive system perspective. | PSNet

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    August 13, 2014 - April 1, 2010 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national

  7. Who killed patient safety? | PSNet

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    February 12, 2020 - April 28, 2021 Healthcare-related infections within nursing homes (NHS): a qualitative

  8. Apology laws and malpractice liability: what have we learned? | PSNet

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    March 18, 2020 - Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three": vascular events, infections

  9. Improving medication administration safety in a community hospital setting using Lean methodology. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - November 10, 2010 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

  10. Using simulation to teach patient safety behaviors in undergraduate nursing education. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-simulation-teach-patient-safety-behaviors-undergraduate-nursing-education
    March 23, 2011 - See More About The Topic Nurses Nurse Managers Educators Nurse Care Nosocomial Infections

  11. Malpractice liability and health care quality: a review | PSNet

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    April 13, 2011 - November 10, 2021 Hospital-acquired SARS-Cov-2 infections in patients: inevitable conditions

  12. Barriers and facilitators to nursing handoffs: recommendations for redesign. | PSNet

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    January 22, 2016 - January 10, 2011 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in

  13. Daytime sleepiness, sleep habits and occupational accidents among hospital nurses. | PSNet

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    June 19, 2024 - October 9, 2024 Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and long-term

  14. Iatrogenic harm caused by diagnostic errors in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/iatrogenic-harm-caused-diagnostic-errors-fibrodysplasia-ossificans-progressiva
    November 16, 2022 - Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three": vascular events, infections

  15. Quality initiatives: developing a radiology quality and safety program: a primer. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-initiatives-developing-radiology-quality-and-safety-program-primer
    March 04, 2015 - September 23, 2020 Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial

  16. Reducing continuous intravenous medication errors in an intensive care unit. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-continuous-intravenous-medication-errors-intensive-care-unit
    September 27, 2016 - August 11, 2010 Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside

  17. Why isn't 'time out' being implemented? An exploratory study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-isnt-time-out-being-implemented-exploratory-study
    May 04, 2010 - August 11, 2021 Worldwide incidence of surgical site infections in general surgical patients

  18. Pediatric patient safety in the prehospital/emergency department setting. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-patient-safety-prehospitalemergency-department-setting
    June 21, 2010 - Evaluation of wound photography for remote postoperative assessment of surgical site infections

  19. Medical error reduction and tort reform through private contractually-based quality medicine societies. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-reduction-and-tort-reform-through-private-contractually-based-quality-medicine
    October 13, 2010 - Development of patient safety measures to identify inappropriate diagnosis of common infections

  20. Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Advancing Patient Safety through Design, Systems Engineering, and Health Services Research (R18 Clinical Trial Optional). | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-learning-laboratories-advancing-patient-safety-through-design-systems
    July 22, 2024 - Funding Announcement for Projects Targeting the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections
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