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121. 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 2005;32:302-6. Gray M, Bliss DZ, Doughty DB. … Determining the correct etiology of wounds: Many different types of lesions may occur on the skin and … The level and completeness of the spinal cord injury is critical in this determination. … Adv Skin Wound Care 2009;22(2):83-92. Magan MA, Maklebust J. … Adv Skin Wound Care 2008;21(3):124-33.

122. Puh-Assessment (doc file)
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     April 08, 2016 - Granulation tissue is the growth of small blood vessels and connective tissue to fill in full thickness wounds … In partial thickness wounds it can occur throughout the wound bed as well as from the wound edges. … In full thickness wounds it occurs from the edges only. … <0.5 cm into wound bed 4= 25% to <50% wound covered 5= <25% wound covered … Stage 3 Stage 4 Unstageable Suspected Deep Tissue Injury

123. TeamSTEPPS Speciality Scenarios - Combat Care (pdf file)
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     March 18, 2014 - They seem overwhelmed by the extent of the patient’s injuries. … the situational leader when the team becomes temporarily immobilized by the sight of the patient’s injuries … has an actively hemorrhaging 6-inch laceration on his right lower leg but no other obvious signs of injury … While the physician is reviewing wound care instructions with the mother, the child complains of nausea

124. HHS Announces Nov. 14 Listening Session on Protecting the Safety of Patients and Healthcare Workers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - Development and external validation of the KIIDS-TBI tool for managing children with mild traumatic brain injury … and intracranial injuries.

125. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2014 - Trauma load was heavy all night long. A patient has come to the Lab for a blood draw. … Both shifts start scrambling to get the Trauma Bay ready. … Looking into the bay, Nancy Moody, the night nurse, sees that the trauma surgeon has not arrived and … They seem overwhelmed by the extent of the patient's injuries. … the situational leader when the x ray team is temporarily immobilized by the sight of the patient's injuries

126. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - o Decreased central nervous system input (head injury, ingestion of central nervous system depressant … o Peripheral nerve/neuromuscular junction (spinal cord injury, organophosphate/carbamate poisoning,

127. Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report: Longitudinal Evaluation of the PSML Reform Demonstration Program (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - the establishment of the Massachusetts Alliance for Communication and Resolution following Medical Injury … All complaints involved some additional patient care and most complaints (70%) resulted in some new injury … some new unanticipated injury compared to non-IC/SDM complaints (35%; p = 0.001)” (Posner et al., 2013 … and establishment of the Massachusetts Alliance for Communication and Resolution following Medical Injury … grievances to formal claims against Wishard alleging malpractice or other actions leading to patient injury

128. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2014 - At 2200, two emergency trauma cases arrive. … Comments This scenario demonstrates how managing resources can prevent inefficiency or potential injury … chronic pain patient jumps from the hospital roof and sustains severe and multiple life-threatening injuries … The trauma surgeons request access to the Operating Room (OR) for immediate laparotomy and other repairs … Comments This scenario demonstrates how cross-monitoring team members can help prevent error, damage, or injury

129. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - You also need to avoid activities and sports that could cause injury. … To prevent injury indoors: Be very careful using knives and scissors. Use an electric razor. … To prevent injury outdoors: Always wear shoes. Wear gloves when using sharp tools.

130. Preventing Falls in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - CANDOR Family-Centered Rounds Toolkit MATCH Toolkit NICU Toolkit Pressure Injury … How do you measure fall and fall-related injury rates?     5.2.

131. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - MPSMS (2013) In-Hospital Patient Falls 240,000 7.2 Obstetric Adverse Events PSI (2013) OB Trauma … Fall and injury prevention (Chapter 10). In: Hughes RG, ed. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … The road to zero preventable birth injuries. … Eliminating birth trauma at Ascencion Health.

132. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - • The leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, and unintentional injuries … However, unintentional injury is the leading cause of years of potential life lost (YPLL). … • Death rates from unintentional injury have been rising, while deaths from heart disease and cancer

133. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Shoulder Dystocia (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Effects of shoulder dystocia training on the incidence of brachial plexus injury. … Shoulder dystocia and injuries: prevention and management. … This procedure is considered a heroic measure due to the significant risk of brachial plexus injury associated

134. TeamSTEPPS Specialty Scenarios: Ancillary Services (pdf file)
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     March 19, 2014 - Both shifts start scrambling to get the Trauma Bay ready. … Looking into the bay, Nancy Moody, the night nurse, sees that the trauma surgeon has not arrived and … They seem overwhelmed by the extent of the patient’s injuries. … the situational leader when the x ray team is temporarily immobilized by the sight of the patient’s injuries … Trauma load was heavy all night long, and a patient has come to the lab for a blood draw.

135. Multiple Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries

136. AHRQ Signals Intent To Fund Clinics To Improve Care for People With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - They found that the average total cost of a fall is $62,521 and that the level of injury was not a significant … implementation of the Fall TIPS intervention, there was a nearly 20 percent reduction in falls and injuries

137. Health Services and Primary Care Research Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - areas of focus, such as research organized around specific diseases, body systems, populations, or injuries

138. Weight Summary (doc file)
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     February 10, 2014 - The vendor determines the methodology to assign unique IDs to resident wounds. … : · 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI) Most Recent Assess Ulcer Stage … Display as 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI) Ulcer Origin Wound Assessment … : Stage 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI) Ulcer Origin Wound Assessment … Display as 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI).

139. 2020 AHRQ Research Summit on Transforming Care for People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2021 - Effectiveness Reviews Facilities Home and Community Resources Findings Report Injuries

140. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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     August 31, 2017 - If a skin disruption is found, the type of skin injury will need to be identified. … Since there are many different etiologies of skin wounds and ulcers, differential diagnosis of the skin … For example is it a skin tear, a pressure ulcer, or moisture-associated skin damage or injury? … A wound/ostomy nurse consult revealed he has a slightly pink coccyx area (base of spinal column).