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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-and-evolution-webmm-and-psnet
April 01, 2008 - site's early days reveals areas of significant advancement—such as handoffs and health care–associated infections—but
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/resuscitate-or-not
November 01, 2011 - The patient was suffering from multiple concurrent infections requiring intravenous antibiotics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33689/psn-pdf
October 01, 2009 - general problem of safety (or large safety issues such as medication errors or hospital-
acquired infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33719/psn-pdf
October 01, 2011 - For example,
elements of the checklist in the central line infections prevention program in Michigan
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.212_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2010 - Sexual History in Adolescents
The CDC recommends a sexual history and testing for sexually transmitted infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49424/psn-pdf
November 01, 2003 - If data such as the frequency of medication errors,
incidence of wound infections, or patient satisfaction
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/rescue-improvement-conference-innovation-summary
September 23, 2024 - Michigan reports that at least 100,000 people die each year from major complications like blood clots, infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/comanagement-whos-charge
July 01, 2011 - traditional consultation in patients undergoing arthroplasty, minor complications (e.g., urinary tract infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-chalapathy-venkatesan-and-kathy-helak-about-application-safety-ii
August 28, 2024 - For example, if we had gone almost three years without a patient suffering a surgical site infection … We noticed that with hospital-acquired infection, it took some time for us to get to the point where … we would not do an ACA for every single central-line acquired bloodstream infection (CLABSI) patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/application-safety-ii-principles
August 28, 2024 - For example, if we had gone almost three years without a patient suffering a surgical site infection … We noticed that with hospital-acquired infection, it took some time for us to get to the point where … we would not do an ACA for every single central-line acquired bloodstream infection (CLABSI) patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/meaningful-measurement-patient-and-family-engagement
March 10, 2021 - information about my fall risk or I can work with my healthcare team to ensure that my visitors follow infection … Maybe they’ve seen an issue in their infection control procedures. … So, if we reduced infection rates by 20% without engagement, did we reduce it by 60% when we had engagement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/special-edition-perspective-technology-responses-covid-19
August 31, 2020 - Between March 14th and April 1 st 2020, daily ICD-10 telehealth claims for upper respiratory infections … also implemented provisions specifically related to the management of patients with suspected COVID-19 infection … kind of mobile device and the provider will be on the outside of the room to cut down on the risk of infection … May 5, 2021
Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.293_slideshow.ppt
March 01, 2013 - month-old toddler was brought to the emergency department (ED) by her parents, who had concerns about an infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72616/psn-pdf
December 22, 2020 - Infection control and aspiration
prevention are already key components of dental education and top of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/cme
February 26, 2025 - The commentary highlights the importance of evaluating patient risk of wound infection and poor wound
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psnet.ahrq.gov/Information/Panel
January 01, 2012 - many statewide quality initiatives, with focus areas such as surgery, obstetrics, hospital-associated infections … She also serves on the Washington State Healthcare-Associated Infection Advisory Committee, a member
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/false-assumptions-result-missed-pneumothorax-after-bronchoscopy-transbronchial-biopsy
March 15, 2023 - occurs commonly (up to 33% of cases), but typically resolves without intervention and post-procedural infection … clinical settings, for tasks such as identifying correct surgical sites in the operating room and reducing infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/novel-drug-misuse
September 30, 2010 - to placebo (24.7% vs. 30.8%, p=0.005).( 3 ) Patients included in PROWESS had a known or suspected infection … January 21, 2019
Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: as simple
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49522/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - administrative data sources, more than half of the observed variation in risk-adjusted rates of postoperative
infections … in hospital
Smoking cessation advice/counseling
Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection
Surgical Infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49615/psn-pdf
December 01, 2010 - , increased length of stay, delay in transfer
to acute rehabilitation, increased caregiver burden, infection … where skin
tears, bruises, herpes simplex lesions, incontinence-associated dermatitis, and fungal infections