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  1. Ethical considerations and patient safety concerns for cancelling non-urgent surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethical-considerations-and-patient-safety-concerns-cancelling-non-urgent-surgeries-during
    June 23, 2021 - 2020 Perioperative COVID-19 defense: an evidence-based approach for optimization of infection

  2. Family Information Packet Cover Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/index.html
    December 01, 2013 - Medication Safety ( PDF File , 254 KB) Giving Your Baby Oral Medicines ( PDF File , 246 KB) Preventing Infection

  3. Family Information Packet Cover Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/index.html
    December 01, 2013 - Medication Safety ( PDF File , 254 KB) Giving Your Baby Oral Medicines ( PDF File , 246 KB) Preventing Infection

  4. Patient-related factors associated with an increased risk of being a reported case of preventable harm in first-line health care: a case-control study | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-related-factors-associated-increased-risk-being-reported-case-preventable-harm-first
    October 09, 2019 - July 20, 2022 Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction

  5. Learning from patient safety incidents involving acutely sick adults in hospital assessment units in England and Wales: a mixed methods analysis for quality improvement. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-patient-safety-incidents-involving-acutely-sick-adults-hospital-assessment-units
    November 11, 2020 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection

  6. 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Person- and Family-Centered Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/qdr2015-chartbook-personcenteredcare.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Overview Impact of HIV and AIDS Access to Care for HIV and AIDS Prevalence and Incidence of HIV Infection … Diagnoses of HIV Infection by Race/Ethnicity Diagnoses of HIV Infection Among Adult and Adolescent … Males, by Race/Ethnicity, 2014 Diagnoses of HIV Infection Among Adult and Adolescent Females, by Race … /Ethnicity, 2014 Diagnoses of HIV Infection by Transmission Category HIV and AIDS Among MSM Racial … Medication People With HIV Who Were Prescribed Antiretroviral Therapy Deaths of People With HIV Infection

  7. Not-So-Therapeutic Tap | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/not-so-therapeutic-tap
    December 01, 2014 - Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections. … Cost savings from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for … June 1, 2011 Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections

  8. Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/behavior-change-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - There were nonsignificant reductions in 30-day readmissions and Clostridioides difficile infections … days and the house staff narrowed therapy in even more cases. 30-day readmissions and C. difficile infections

  9. Patient as a Team Member in Clinical Care | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/patient-team-member-clinical-care
    March 15, 2025 - provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention to health care–associated infections … provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention to health care–associated infections

  10. Classics and Emerging Classics | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/classics
    August 01, 2023 - Interruptions and distractions (5) Medical Complications (93) Nosocomial Infections … Surgery (4) Postoperative Surgical Complications (18) Surgical Site Infections

  11. Implementation of Patient Safety Projects | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/implementation-patient-safety-projects
    August 10, 2025 - multimodal interventions, the data-driven processes, and the reframing of catheter-related blood stream infections … remarkable successes achieved by this project include near-elimination of catheter-related bloodstream infections

  12. The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series - PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/public-action-alliance-slides-040323_LOCKED.pdf
    May 25, 2023 - NEJM. 2022; 386(7): 609-611 ► Central Line-associated Infections (CLABSI) decreased 31% in 5 years … settings • Physical & psychological (i.e., burnout, mental health) • Workplace violence/verbal abuse • Infection … Sustaining healthcare emergency reimbursement rates • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (i.e., infection … There is no such thing as surge … our new normal *Healthcare Acquired Infections, Early Elective Deliveries

  13. Most Frequent Operating Room Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2003–2012 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb186-Operating-Room-Procedures-United-States-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - 8.3 5 Hysterectomy, abdominal and vaginal 587,700 312,100 202.6 99.4 –7.6 6 Debridement of wound, infection … 1–17 years, total stays with an OR procedure 290,600 1 Appendectomy 68,800 Debridement of wound, infection … Transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) –11.9 3 Hip replacement, total and partial 227,500 Debridement of wound, infection … quadrantectomy of breast –14.5 2 Hip replacement, total and partial 59,100 Debridement of wound, infection … prostatectomy (TURP) –10.3 3 Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc 235,000 Debridement of wound, infection

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840256/psn-pdf
    November 16, 2022 - What are you doing with infection prevention? … We’ve also done a lot of work in infection prevention. … adults come to the emergency department from a skilled nursing facility with a suspected urinary tract infection

  15. Safety of the Manchester Triage System to detect critically ill children at the emergency department. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-manchester-triage-system-detect-critically-ill-children-emergency-department
    October 18, 2023 - February 21, 2024 Validating a decision tree for serious infection: diagnostic accuracy

  16. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Delivery of HPV Vaccine - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-delivery-hpv-vaccine/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - AHRQ Funding Amount $745,995 Summary: The vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection

  17. Module 4: PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation.pptx
    May 01, 2017 - Escalation • Sentinel events • Problems raised in huddle Safety Work by Staff • Using surgical checklist • Infection

  18. Information for Professionals | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics/tools-and-resources-for-better-preventive-care
    A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of HBV Infection

  19. Draft Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
    October 28, 2021 - generalizable to primary care (e.g., university-based health clinics, mobile clinics, sexually transmitted infection

  20. S10: Enhancing a Mobile Health App for Patient Asthma Symptom Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/spotlight-s10-rudin.html
    May 01, 2024 - First, the potential respiratory complications of a COVID-19 infection can be especially dangerous for
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