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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-respiratory-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Respiratory Virus Infections
Diagnosis
• Most respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria, and do not require antibiotic therapy.1-3
• Common infectious syndromes caused by respiratory viruses include:
− Common cold3
− Uncomplicated sinus infections with symptoms present for <2 weeks4-5 …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-slides-final508.pptx
June 02, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Be Prepared To
Be Engaged
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, funded the development of a Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-slides-508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Be Prepared To Be Engaged
Be Prepared To
Be Engaged
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in
Primary Care Settings by Engaging
Patients and Families
Presenter
Presentation Notes
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, funded the development of a Guide to Improving Patient Safety i…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide2.html
February 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4i_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4i
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring
Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Abstract
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
used the tools from the Pediatric QI Toolkit – which …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.docx
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital, Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see how you are doing, and see if …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
1
Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital,
Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide2.html
February 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4f_combo_psi09-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4f
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 09: Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why Focus on Postoperative Hemorrhage and Hemat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4m_combo_psi18-19-obstetriclaceration-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4m
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 18 and 19: Obstetric Trauma Rate – Vaginal Delivery With and Without Instrument
Why Focus o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4w_combo_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4w
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in children?…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal3.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Program Impact
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Learned…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/109-performing-premortem-project-assessment-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Mini Presentation:
Performing a Premortem Project Assessment
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Mini Presentation: Performing a Premortem Project Assessm…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide.ppt
May 07, 2008 - Slide 1
Treating Tobacco Use
and Dependence
2008 UPDATE
U.S. Public Health Service
Clinical Practice Guideline
The following is a summary of the 2008 PHS Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Treating Tobacco Use and dependence which was released May 7, 2008.
PHS
2008 PHS Clinical Practice Guideline Update: T…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Miranda.pdf
July 01, 2004 - Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety
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Speaking Plainly: Communicating the
Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety
David J. Miranda, Paula K. Zeller, Rosemary Lee,
Christopher P. Koepke, Howard E. Holland,
Farah Englert, Elaine K. Swift
Abstract
The development and tes…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys
Instructions for Analyzing Data
from
CAHPS® Surveys in SAS®:
Using the CAHPS Analysis Program Version 5.0
AHRQ Contract No.: HHSP233201500026I/HHSP23337004T
Managed and prepared by:
Westat, Rockville, MD
Naomi Yount, Ph.D.
Kayo Walsh, M.S. (Harvard Medic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/delirium-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 14. Delirium
Delirium 14-1
14. Delirium
Authors: Lynn Hoffman M.A., M.P.H., Aline Holmes D.N.P., R.N., Jennifer Riggs, Ph.D., R.N., and
Stephanie Schneiderman, M.P.P.
Introduction
Patient safety research and quality improvement efforts have been underway in the delirium harm …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/instructions-for-analyzing-data-50.pdf
June 01, 2025 - Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys
Instructions for Analyzing Data from
CAHPS® Surveys in SAS®:
Using the CAHPS Analysis Program Version 5.0
AHRQ Contract No.: GS-00F-009DA/75Q80123F80005
Managed and prepared by:
Westat, Rockville, MD
Naomi Yount, Ph.D.
Kayo Walsh, M.S. (Harvard Medical …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fairbanks-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Fairbanks, Rollin Jonathan
1. title page
The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine
Supported by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Grant N…