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  1. The Leapfrog Group. | PSNet

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    January 20, 2016 - January 20, 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

  2. Special Issue on Falls. | PSNet

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    May 05, 2021 - March 17, 2021 View More Related Resources Infection Prevention

  3. Improving Workplace Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/workplace-safety-resources.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus … Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-recommendations.html … This interim guidance provides recommendations on infection prevention and control (IPC) practices … pandemic and recommended IPC practices when caring for a patient with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection … Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus

  4. Delirium or Dementia? | PSNet

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    September 27, 2023 - hospitalization and bedrest in older patients, including malnutrition, deconditioning, dehydration, iatrogenic infection … (such as catheter-associated urinary tract infection or aspiration pneumonia), pressure ulcers, falls … metabolic workup.( 22 ) Core laboratory tests to identify electrolyte abnormalities, renal function, and infection … include electrolyte abnormalities, assessment of renal function, additional workup for other sources of infection

  5. Appendix D, Table D2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Appendix D, Table … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection … If their belly is open they can cool down quick, higher risk of infection post op if cold. … If a patient is known to have pre-existing infection, procedure will be done as the last case so as to

  6. ACOG Committee Opinion #320: partnering with patients to improve safety. | PSNet

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    July 15, 2010 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection

  7. Clear liquids may place patients at risk. | PSNet

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    May 19, 2021 - November 11, 2020 Process failures that increase the risk of infection through respiratory

  8. Washington Hospital Center safety program seeks to catch 'near-misses.' | PSNet

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    November 29, 2016 - Same Author(s) More than half a million heart surgery patients at risk of a dangerous infection

  9. The wrong foot, and other tales of surgical error. | PSNet

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    January 18, 2023 - September 22, 2021 An infection, unnoticed, turns unstoppable.

  10. WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide: Multi-Professional Edition. | PSNet

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    February 14, 2024 - October 21, 2010 Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care–Associated Infection Worldwide

  11. The Nurse's Role in Promoting a Culture of Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    November 11, 2015 - November 11, 2015 Infection prevention and control in pediatric ambulatory settings.

  12. Solving the puzzle: improving safety outcomes. | PSNet

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    September 07, 2022 - August 12, 2014 Positive deviance: a new tool for infection prevention and patient safety

  13. North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2023 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection

  14. Doctors wrestle with A.I. in patient care, citing lax oversight. | PSNet

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    August 09, 2023 - August 9, 2023 Medicare failed to investigate suspicious infection cases from 96 hospitals

  15. ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2006 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection

  16. When we're all responsible for a patient's death, no one is. | PSNet

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    December 09, 2020 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Nursing homes fined for COVID infection

  17. Please, write to me. Writing outpatient clinic letters to patients. Guidance. | PSNet

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    March 04, 2020 - Multiple Levels Involved in Prescribing the Wrong Medication September 30, 2020 Infection

  18. Tips for Safer Surgery. | PSNet

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    December 22, 2021 - Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) as an effective mechanism in preventing infection

  19. Deep Dive: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deep-dive-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-health-and-healthcare
    March 10, 2021 - September 15, 2021 Infection Control Deficiencies Were Widespread and Persistent in Nursing

  20. Not ‘just depression.’ She seemed trapped in a downward mental health spiral. The real cause was a profound shock. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/not-just-depression-she-seemed-trapped-downward-mental-health-spiral-real-cause-was-profound
    March 03, 2021 - May 28, 2014 An infection, unnoticed, turns unstoppable.
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