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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73146/psn-pdf
    April 28, 2021 - Examples include infections, hypotension, electrolyte disturbances, blood loss, adverse drug effects … Given the complexity of care and the potential for infection, maintaining a regular communication protocol

  2. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Notes

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/drg/nisnote.jsp
    September 01, 2008 - Assignment to MDC 24 (multiple trauma) and MDC 25 (patients with HIV infection) is based on BOTH principal … year 2001, the Iowa Hospital Association prohibits the release of two types of discharges: HIV Infections

  3. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.287_slideshow.ppt
    December 01, 2012 - Based on these results, the nodule was felt to be benign and not an active malignancy or infection. … to measure metabolic activity of a nodule Although malignant cells will “light up” on a PET scan, infections

  4. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-safety-practices_research-protocol.pdf
    November 09, 2011 - consent (possibly includes health literacy)  Interventions for central venous catheter-related blood infections … infections)  Do not use abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and dose designation campaign  Ensure

  5. References (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-131-references.pdf
    October 23, 2013 - Epidemiology, complications, and cost of hospitalization in children with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection … neuromuscular disease as a risk factor for respiratory failure in children hospitalized with influenza infection

  6. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_8.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - PSI 7 Selected infections due to medical care per 1000 discharges (excluding immunocompromised and cancer … patients and neonates)* * Also excludes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases … sepsis per 1000 elective-surgery discharges of longer than 3 days (excluding patients admitted for infection … PSI 23 Selected infections due to medical care* per 100,000 population (excluding immunocompromised or … cancer patients and neonates) * Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases

  7. Conditions With the Largest Number of Adult Hospital Readmissions by Payer, 2011 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb172-Conditions-Readmissions-Payer.pdf
    November 01, 2013 - Septicemia contributed 92,900 readmissions, and urinary tract infections contributed 56,900 readmissions … 3.8 21.5 Cardiac dysrhythmias 69,400 3.8 835 3.5 16.2 Urinary tract infections … Readmission rates among these conditions ranged from 6.5 for skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … 14.7 Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes) 5,800 3.6 52 3.4 15.5 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  8. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2010_06.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - sepsis per 1,000 surgery discharges with an operating room procedure (excluding patients admitted for infection … and cancer patients, stays under 2 days, and admissions specifically for such infections*), age 18 … years or older or obstetric admissions * Also excludes admissions specifically for such infections, … 1,000 elective-surgery discharges with an operating room procedure (excluding patients admitted for infection … PSI 23 Selected infections due to medical care* per 100,000 population (excluding immunocompromised or

  9. Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/mackenzie-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Three patients had recurrent empyema, and four patients died due to infection. 4 The authors … Empyema accounted for 10% of all nosocomial infections in multiple trauma patients in the Shock … Of the remaining 25 patients, three (12%) developed empyema (an infection between the lung and chest … The lack of use of many standard techniques for infection control was identified on video review of … =64) Nu mb er o f co nta min atio ns 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fig. 3 Infection

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33812/psn-pdf
    August 01, 2016 - Second, the inadequate management of postsurgical infections. … campaigns to improve safety in surgical procedures, prescription drugs, and control of nosocomial infection

  11. Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/publicly-available-hospital-comparison-web-sites-determination-useful-valid-and-appropriate
    December 21, 2014 - Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association with postoperative infections

  12. Effect of medication reconciliation at hospital admission on medication discrepancies during hospitalization and at discharge for geriatric patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-medication-reconciliation-hospital-admission-medication-discrepancies-during
    August 26, 2020 - 2022 Mortality review as a tool to assess the contribution of healthcare-associated infections

  13. The impact of drug shortages on children with cancer—the example of mechlorethamine. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-drug-shortages-children-cancer-example-mechlorethamine
    February 15, 2023 - May 7, 2008 Reducing ambulatory central line-associated bloodstream infections: a family-centered

  14. An asset-based quality improvement tool for health care organizations: cultivating organization wide quality improvement and health care professional engagement. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/asset-based-quality-improvement-tool-health-care-organizations-cultivating-organization-wide
    September 16, 2020 - 2023 Quality improvement initiative to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections

  15. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults living in nursing homes: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-potentially-inappropriate-medication-use-older-adults-living-nursing-homes
    May 04, 2022 - August 14, 2024 Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2021: an analysis

  16. Compensation claims in Danish emergency care: identifying hot spots and blind spots in the quality of care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compensation-claims-danish-emergency-care-identifying-hot-spots-and-blind-spots-quality-care
    November 03, 2021 - Clinician distress and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections

  17. Nurses' perceptions of safety culture in long-term care settings. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-perceptions-safety-culture-long-term-care-settings
    April 06, 2011 - August 4, 2021 Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2021: an analysis of

  18. Clinicians' use of health information exchange technologies for medication reconciliation in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: a qualitative analysis. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-use-health-information-exchange-technologies-medication-reconciliation-us
    August 04, 2021 - April 24, 2018 Monitoring and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections

  19. A system-wide approach to explaining variation in potentially avoidable emergency admissions: national ecological study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-wide-approach-explaining-variation-potentially-avoidable-emergency-admissions-national
    November 25, 2020 - Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections

  20. The impact of safety culture, quality of care, missed care and nurse staffing on patient falls: a multisource association study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-safety-culture-quality-care-missed-care-and-nurse-staffing-patient-falls-multisource
    August 16, 2023 - Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Healthcare-associated infections
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