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Topics include infections (CDI and MRSA), adverse drug events (ADEs), and potentially avoidable injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-1.html
June 01, 2021 - Similar to other patient safety issues (e.g., healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs), 3 in addition
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_3_Physician_HO_508.pdf
January 01, 2010 - ameliorated.1 Common post-discharge complications
include adverse drug events, hospital-acquired infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41168/psn-pdf
February 29, 2012 - Evaluation of organizational culture among different
levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.
February 29, 2012
Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Evaluation of organizational culture among
different levels of healthcar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/fraser-dunagan-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - BJC’s Center for
Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness and the Infection Control and Healthcare
Epidemiology … BJC and WUSM
possess sophisticated information systems, including award-winning expert systems for
infection … and positive predictive
value of NLP to detect the three types of events: DVT/PE, surgical site
infection … Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Accepted In Press.
7. Gallagher TH.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb134.jsp
May 01, 2012 - Inpatient stays were predominantly for skin and subcutaneous tissue infections (36.9 percent), poisoning … 16.9
4
Open wound of head and trunk
101,900
7.9
5
Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection … Principal diagnosis
Stays (number)
Percentage of stays
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Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection … first-listed diagnoses were defined as CCS diagnosis categories:
197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection … Bite Wounds and Infection.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb134.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Bite Wounds and Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1992.
14(3): 633-638. … Inpatient stays were predominantly for skin and
subcutaneous tissue infections (36.9 percent), poisoning … substance 217,100 16.9
4 Open wound of head and trunk 101,900 7.9
5 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection …
Rank Principal diagnosis Stays
(number) Percentage of stays
1 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection … first-listed diagnoses were defined as CCS diagnosis categories:
197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/960.html
June 01, 2025 - Program for HAI Prevention: CLABSI—Webinar Recording Available Central-line associated bloodstream infections … To address this serious threat, the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50931/psn-pdf
February 26, 2020 - Misdiagnosis and Cognitive Error
A recent study of malpractice claims suggests that infections, and … Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in
malpractice claims: the "Big Three" - vascular events, infections
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/interactive-health-communication-program-young-urban-adults-asthma/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Target Population: Acute Respiratory Infections, Adults, Asthma, Chronic Care*, Inner City, Racial or
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/implementing-cms-measure-slides.pdf
May 13, 2025 - • CUSP – Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program
• AHRQ’s CANDOR Toolkit
• CDC’s Infection Control … Communication Framework
• IHI RCA Resources
• Shared Decision-Making
• Tools to Reduce Central Line Infections
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/learn/learncusp.pptx
April 01, 2011 - originally developed the CUSP model with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
An infection … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/944.html
January 01, 2025 - hospital inpatient stays without COVID-19 in 2021, the median length of stay with a healthcare-associated infection … Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #313, Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33753/psn-pdf
August 22, 2013 - Rhode Island intensive care
unit (ICU) collaborative that worked on the prevention of central line infections … The units that did
so showed significant improvements in safety culture and decreased infection rates
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4g_combo_psi10-postopmetaderangement-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - postoperative period not
only reduced mortality among critically ill patients, but also reduced bloodstream infections … the care of
postoperative patients7-10:
o Identify patients at risk (e.g. older age, hypovolemia, infection
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/913.html
May 01, 2024 - Antibiotic stewardship interventions for urinary tract infections in outpatient settings: a narrative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/liver-biopsy-proceed-caution
March 07, 2012 - Contraindications to liver biopsy
Uncooperative patient
Severe coagulopathy
Infection … Perforation of viscous organs
Inadvertent biopsy of the kidney
Bile peritonitis
Infection … October 9, 2021
Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_bsw.pdf
April 01, 2019 - The evidence base was clear that
handwashing is essential to
infection prevention. … return on investment can appear piecemeal at first, observed in the small changes such as
reduced infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/procedure-complications-who-responsible-follow
July 31, 2023 - Perforation in this area can lead to deep neck infections. … surrounding structures by esophageal contents following perforation can result in chemical injury or infection … rapidly lead to systemic signs of sepsis and multisystem organ failure as a result of deep space neck infection