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www.ahrq.gov/topics/injuries-and-wounds.html
Topic: Injuries and Wounds
AHRQ wound research centers on pressure ulcers. … For more information on Injuries and Wounds, you may want to visit Patient Safety Net (PSNet) and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/module1_pu-whychange_slides.pptx
June 16, 2017 - Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
ADD Name of Hospital … Most pressure injuries are preventable. … How do you measure pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices? … patients, which includes skin and pressure ulcer assessment as part of all aspects of patient care needs
Wound … Care Team
Interdisciplinary group
of experts who provide
day-to-day care of skin and wound needs
Implementation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/module1_pu-whychange.docx
July 12, 2017 - Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals … Pressure injuries are preventable, but pressure injury rates continue to escalate. … In addition, pressure injuries cause pain and, in some cases, late-stage pressure injuries lead to life-threatening … This sparked interest in a physician member of the board who has expertise in wound care. … The Prevention Implementation Team, wound care experts, and patient care unit staff need to work together
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www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/ed-visits-injury.html
June 01, 2021 - Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017
Injuries … In 2018, unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death among people ages 1 to 44 years. … While severe or untreated injuries can be fatal, most are nonfatal, and many are treated in emergency … The bar chart below presents statistics on ED visits related to injuries using AHRQ’s 2017 Nationwide … The chart shows the five most common types of injury and can be categorized by age, income, patient location
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-missouri-healthcare.html
February 01, 2024 - Implementation focused on MU Health Care’s 390-bed University Hospital, the only Level I trauma center … AHRQ toolkit, MU Health Care began this journey by assessing the need for hospital-acquired pressure injury … representatives from quality; data analytics; information technology; and content experts, such as wound … the head-to-toe skin assessment by two nurses known as 4E4H (4 eyes in 4 hours) and to utilize the wound … scout, a thermal imaging device that can identify possible deep tissue injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide5.html
October 01, 2017 - Additional Related Training Resources
Wound Classification —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue … If you are not sure a skin lesion is a pressure injury, ask the Wound Care Team or Wound Care Nurse. … Number of injuries.
Location of injuries.
Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/i.html
February 07, 2025 - Implementation Individuals with Special Healthcare Needs Infectious Diseases Influenza Injuries … and Wounds Innovations and Emerging Issues Inpatient Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=164
January 01, 2024 - year following the index self-injury. … Keywords: Trauma, Injuries and Wounds, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology … Injuries and Wounds
Ogletree AM , Mangrum R , Harris Y AHRQ Author: Bergofsky L Perfetto … Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Emergency Department, Pain, Injuries and … Wounds, Medication, Opioids, Disparities
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pu_measurement.docx
January 01, 2016 - Adipose (fat) is visible in the injury, and granulation tissue and epibole (rolled wound edges) are often … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue … If you are not sure a skin lesion is a pressure injury, ask the Wound Care Team or Wound Care Nurse. … ,
· Number of injuries,
· Location of injuries, and
· Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pressureinjury-msmt_slides.pptx
July 02, 2008 - injuries. … with a red-pink wound bed
No slough
9
Stage 3
Full-thickness tissue loss
Visible subcutaneous fat … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse.
16
Measures
Measures used in monitoring pressure injury … Document the results of the assessment, noting:
Presence of an injury.
Number of injuries. … of injuries) 17 patients with any pressure injury
# of patients with a >Stage 2 pressure injury 5 patients
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides5.html
October 01, 2017 - injuries? … Slide 7: Pressure Injury Staging
There are four stages of pressure injuries. … Slide 9: Stage 2
Shallow open injury with a red-pink wound bed.
No slough. … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse. … Location of injuries.
Stage of the deepest injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module3/module3_pu-bestpractices.docx
June 12, 2018 - Any patient with an existing pressure injury is at risk for additional injuries.
· Determine whether … Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. PMID:20561094. … as possible, integrate the skin exam into the normal workflow.
· Determine the correct etiology of wounds … · Consider having a wound care expert or nurse from another unit with wound expertise round with unit … SAY: The answer is the wound or ostomy nurse consult revealed a slightly pink coccyx.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apc.html
October 01, 2017 - Wound Classification
Presented by Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN. … This webinar discusses how to assess and measure a wound. … National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Clinical Practice Guidelines specific to nutrition in wound … from regular pressure injuries. … injuries.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide3.html
October 01, 2017 - Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries: Going Beyond Validated Instruments —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention … Any patient with an existing pressure injury is at risk for additional injuries. … Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. PMID:20561094. … Determine the correct etiology of wounds. Many lesions may occur on the skin. … Consider having a wound care expert or nurse from another unit with wound expertise round with unit staff
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/toledo-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Previous studies have evaluated maternal and labor
characteristics associated with nerve injury, but … One type of complication that affects nearly 40,000 women each year is
lower extremity nerve injury … symptoms of impending nerve injury and fail to change
position; (2) may not perceive pain as they … nerve injury (ICD-9 codes: 344.9, 355.x, 356.8,
356.9; ICD-10 codes: G83.9, G57, G57.10-13, G57.2, … Larger decreases in blood pressure
may cause an increased incidence of nerve injury due to decreased
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Layde.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Validation of medical injury surveillance criteria
Medical chart review
Injury
No
Injury … ; and more
than 1,400 discharges with injuries due to radiation. … Infection/inflammation 4,203 7.5 2.01***
Hematoma, hemorrhage, seron 4,958 8.9 1.06***
Nonhealing wound … injuries from hospital discharge data. … Accuracy of
administrative data in trauma. Surgery 1999
Aug;126(2):191–7.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides1.html
October 01, 2017 - The incidence of pressure injuries increased by 80% from 1995 to 2008. … Most pressure injuries are preventable. … How do you measure pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices? … No clinician working alone can prevent pressure injuries. … Wound Care Team: Interdisciplinary group of experts who provide day-to-day care of skin and wound needs
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0803.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries … , as well as the economic burden associated with these injuries," Yang notes. … At least 4.3 million sports and recreational injury episodes occur each year in school-aged children … codes that do not specify the injury as being sports-related. … More than half of these injury hospitalizations were attributed to fractures, and approximately half
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
October 01, 2024 - areas, including:
· Neck and shoulders
· Between skin folds
· Back of knees
· Between fingers
Clean wounds … , pressure injuries, and rashes.3,4
CHG is safe to use on friable skin, abrasions, superficial burns, … superficial pressure injuries, and wounds that are not packed or deep. … Wound care nurses who are comfortable with the use of CHG on wounds can provide support to other staff … FAQ: Wound Care. https://www.ucihealth.org/-/media/files/pdf/shield/hospital/hospital-step-4-faq-wound-care-doc.docx
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/common-cause.html
March 01, 2021 - Most Common Cause of Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments
Most Common Cause of Injuries … )
Source: AHRQ, HCUP Statistical Brief #266, Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries … , by Cause of Injury, 2017 ( PDF , 292 KB).