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3121. Changing the System To Improve Antibiotic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/system-change.html
      June 01, 2021 - Changing the System To Improve Antibiotic Safety After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to— Use barriers as opportunities to improve systems and prevent problems from recurring​. List factors that may compromise patient safety. Develop an intervention to reduce barriers and…

3122. Identifying Targets To Improve Antibiotic Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/targets.html
      June 01, 2021 - Identifying Targets To Improve Antibiotic Use After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to— Identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing​. Recognize how to leverage frontline staff to guide safety improvement efforts around antibiotic prescribing​. Recognize oppor…

3123. Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/index.html
      July 01, 2023 - Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed the Safety Program for Perinatal Care (SPPC) in order to improve the patient safety culture of labor and delivery (L&D) units and decrease maternal and neonatal adver…

3124. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/nielsen2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 -  30  mSv), patients treated with radiation for benign conditions (e.g., mastitis, rashes, or fungal infections … For example, infection rates may be attributed to a  surgeon's performance, when in reality a number  …  of care provided  by an ED was partially measured by whether or not surgical patients had a higher infection

3125. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/nielsen-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 -  30  mSv), patients treated with radiation for benign conditions (e.g., mastitis, rashes, or fungal infections … For example, infection rates may be attributed to a  surgeon's performance, when in reality a number  …  of care provided  by an ED was partially measured by whether or not surgical patients had a higher infection

3126. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt3.html
      May 01, 2018 - patients age 18 years and over with length of stay of 4 or more days, excluding patients admitted for infection … patients age 18 years and over with length of stay of 4 or more days, excluding patients admitted for infection … more than a year before kidney failure are less likely to begin dialysis with a catheter, experience infections

3127. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
      June 30, 2025 - services (EMS), and emergency departments (EDs) to reduce medication errors, delays in treatment, infections … improvement in documentation and sharing across 3 settings of care of key patient information, including infection … minimum data set (MDS) data showed considerable usefulness in gaining information on drug-resistant infections

3128. The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Posters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/posters.html
      June 01, 2021 - The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Posters Posters can be reproduced for posting in common areas and work stations, and also can be shared with prescribing clinicians as well as residents and their family members. The posters below are primarily intended for health care practitioners and nursing…

3129. Sustaining Your Antibiotic Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/sustain.html
      June 01, 2021 - Sustaining Your Antibiotic Stewardship Program After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to— Recognize that stewardship interventions must be sustained to have a continued effect​. Discuss approaches for identifying new stewardship targets​. Discuss personnel and resources nec…

3130. Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/redtoolkitforms.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - Blood pressure COZAAR LOSARTAN POTASSIUM 50 mg 1 pill By mouth Infection in eye VIGAMOX … ATENOLOL 75 mg 1 pill By mouth Blood pressure LISINOPRIL 40 m 1 pill By mouth Infection … Evening Infection in eye VIGAMOX MOXIFLOXACIN HCl 0.5 % solution 1 drop In your left eye

3131. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rivard.pdf
      May 01, 2004 - Infection due to medical care Discharges with ICD-9-CM code of 999.3 or 996.62 in any secondary … Exclude patients with a principal diagnosis of infection, or any code for immuncompromised state, or … For example, rates of infection due to medical care increased from 1.91 to 2.37 per 1,000 discharges

3132. Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/improve-use.html
      June 01, 2021 - Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to— Discuss the potential harms associated with antibiotic use​. Recognize that patient harm is largely preventable​. Recognize that changes to the system, not just to the behavior of …

3133. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/index.html
      August 01, 2017 - Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients The Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients helps hospitals make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs).  ICU staff can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHR…

3134. Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/strategies/index.html
      October 01, 2022 - Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing In ambulatory care, reaching consensus on how a practice will manage antibiotic prescribing can help create a standard approach to prescribing so patients receive the same message from all clinicians in the p…

3135. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/lepguide.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - profressional interpreters were not used at admissions and/or discharge.68 • Greater risk of line infections … , surgical infections, falls, and pressure ulcers due to LEP patients’ longer hospital stays compared … pneumothorax from central venous catheter placement, anaphylaxis to penicillin, postoperative wound infection … Similarly, postoperative wound infections count as adverse events even if the operation proceeded with … • LEP patients are at greater risk of line infections, surgical infections, falls, and pressure ulcers

3136. Final Progress Report: Investigating Failures of Notification and Monitoring in Outpatient Care: the Safety Promotion Action Research and Knowledge Network (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/sarkar2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Infections during tumour necrosis factor-alpha blocker therapy for rheumatic diseases in daily … Anti-TNF antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of serious infections and malignancies

3137. Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressuer Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
      April 10, 2017 - In addition to the fiscal burden, pressure ulcers potentially lead to infection, pain management challenges … Pediatric patients are at risk for developing pressure ulcers and associated pain, infection risk, and … Additionally, pressure ulcers potentially lead to infection, pain management challenges, disfigurement

3138. Innovative Use of Technology in Primary Care Delivery - Slide Presentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/innovative-use-pcr-091423.pdf
      September 14, 2023 - 6 (37.5%) Communication 4 (25%) Hospital Room and Equipment 2 (12.5%) What Went Well 2 (12.5%) Infection

3139. The Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions Was on the Rise Before the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pandemic Had a Negative Effect on Mental Health (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-mental-health-data-spotlight.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - the same years.2 During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health stressors were introduced, including infection

3140. Penicillin Allergies and Other Side Effects of Antibiotic Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/penicillin.html
      May 01, 2022 - Penicillin Allergies and Other Side Effects of Antibiotic Use After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to— Discuss the diagnostic approach to a resident with a penicillin allergy. Recognize how to conduct a detailed medication allergy history. Review cross-reactivity between…