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9581. Falls Prevention Self-Assessment Worksheet - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspxselfassessment.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - activities of daily living, including mobility and transfer   Bowel and bladder incontinence   Infection …   Orthopedic/joint disorders   Seizure disorder   Dehydration   Vertigo/dizziness   Infection

9582. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - 72 hours) or late (> 72 hours).(10) Minor complications include tube clogging, superficial wound infection … PEG patients and may reflect hyperosmolar solutions, medications such as antibiotics or antacids, infection

9583. Innovations-Improve-Cr-Event-Summary (pdf file)
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      May 20, 2021 - greater reliance and comfort with online resources and virtual communication, increased sensitivity to infection … 40% 45% Introduced and/or expanded virtual/hybrid/home- based options and resources Enhanced safety/infection

9584. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2023 - When surgical intervention is delayed, progressive infection and septic complications may worsen and … is likely that the continued stream of fecal contamination prolonged the time to resolution of the infection

9585. Privacy Gone Awry | PSNet
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      February 24, 2011 - Preoperatively, she had an upper respiratory infection, but was eating normally. … One must also wonder why a patient with an intercurrent upper respiratory infection underwent an elective

9586. In Conversation with...Geri Amori, PhD | PSNet
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      December 01, 2010 - about the hospitals that you've worked with now, 10 or 15 years ago, the risk manager or maybe the infection … In some organizations, risk management is expanding to encompass compliance, infection control, and more … We work at reducing our infection rates so you don't have to worry." … Council recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections

9587. Optimize Briefings and Debriefings: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - Evidence supports that addressing cultural issues in conjunction with the technical work improves infection … Briefings and debriefings can improve communication and teamwork; reduce complications like surgical site infections … Say: Include your surgical site infection intervention bundle on your briefing checklist. … Review those defects with your CUSP team or a surgical site infection quality improvement team.

9588. Identifying Adverse Events Not Present on Admission: Can We Do It? | PSNet
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      October 01, 2008 - Let's think about central line–associated bloodstream infections, which we know with good scientific … Pronovost's work in Michigan and other studies in preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections … every doctor or nurse to remember to do these five things to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections … Perspective Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection

9589. Research Findings 47: Prevalence of Paid Sick Leave Among Wage Earners, 2017 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2021 - help families through health difficulties, while also potentially reducing the spread of airborne infections … pandemic also highlights the potential importance of paid sick leave in reducing the spread of airborne infection

9590. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections. Washington, DC: Author 51.

9591. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2023 - Remote patient monitoring identifies the need for triage in patients with acute COVID-19 infection.

9592. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2004 - One notable exception comes from the infection control literature.

9593. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)
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      July 01, 2012 - Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections. … Cost savings from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for

9594. Learn Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - originally developed the CUSP model with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality An infection … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational

9595. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      February 01, 2016 - Other Benefits to RALP RALP may also be associated with fewer complications including: DVTs Wound infections … general, RAS shares the same risks as open and traditional laparoscopic surgery Including potential for infection

9596. Preventable Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - When neglected, these minor localized infections can progress to form cellulitis or systemic infection

9597. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 25, 2019 - tumor lysis syndrome, the cause of death was septic shock due to a disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection … consultants was around managing this oncologic emergency, with the result that a concomitant serious infection

9598. 111-Cusp-Program-Sustainability (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - achieve sustainability in QI programs involve ongoing education and training on CUSP, patient safety, infection … For MRSA prevention and evaluation, infection preventionists or IPs should be active participants in

9599. Management of Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2016 - may be short lived — such as Cushingoid facies, irritability or mood changes, growth retardation, infection … Cushingoid facies, growth retardation, mood changes/ irritability, abdominal pain, hypertension, and infection

9600. PowerPoint Presentation: Learn From Defects Through Sensemaking
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      December 01, 2017 - systems approach. 7 Source of Defects Adverse-event reporting systems Sentinel events Claims data Infection … Infection rates from hospital epidemiology and infection prevention also present known complications. … reminder, the two questions are listed: 1) How will the next patient be harmed or get a surgical site infection … In the case of reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections or catheter-associated urinary … tract infections, measure the outcome rates of these events.