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  1. Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 #266

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    January 01, 2017 - Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017

  2. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  9. Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling (pdf file)

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    January 10, 2005 - Such on-the-job injuries can affect patient care. … self-care capability, the VHA units typically have temporary patients recuperating from surgery or trauma … The vast majority of injuries did not require medication. … Reduction in injury incidence and severity Injury data included a description of the incident (equipment … Injury incidence rates were defined as the number of reported injuries divided by the total number of

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 15, 2024 - events experienced by Medicare skilled nursing facility residents were falls resulting in significant injury … More than one-third of in-hospital falls result in injury, including serious injuries such as fractures … and head trauma. … Death or serious injury resulting from a fall while being cared for in a health care facility is considered … Falls that do not result in injury can be serious as well.

  11. How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization

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    June 02, 2025 - Implementation Planning Goals Determine the roles and responsibilities of staff in preventing pressure injuries … What role will the Unit Team and Wound Care Team play? What role will the Unit Champions play? … Unit staff tell the Wound Care Team about high-risk patients or if skin problems occur. … Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review 5 in 5 Visual Assessment Tool for pressure injuries … Care Team, and Implementation Team in preventing pressure injuries Importance of the Unit Champions

  12. No-fault compensation for medical injuries: the prospect for error prevention. | PSNet

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    May 20, 2015 - Commentary Classic No-fault compensation for medical injuries … No-Fault Compensation for Medical Injuries. JAMA. 2003;286(2). doi:10.1001/jama.286.2.217. … No-Fault Compensation for Medical Injuries. JAMA. 2003;286(2). doi:10.1001/jama.286.2.217. … Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Disclosure of medical injury … February 4, 2015 Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation.

  13. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes

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    May 01, 2015 - NEDS Description of Data Elements   MULTINJURY - Multiple ICD-9-CM injuries … General Notes Uniform Values State Specific Notes General Notes   Records with injuries … Two HCUP variables indicate injuries are reported on the record: INJURY is used to indicate at least … The table below lists the diagnosis codes in the range 800-999 used to identify injuries: ICD-9 … ; sprains and strains; intracranial injury; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound

  14. Get Ready | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention Program Phases Appendix A. … your hospital identified hospital-specific reasons to change how it manages the prevention of pressure injuries … Has your hospital assessed staff attitudes about pressure injuries?   … and a sense of urgency is lacking, has your hospital begun efforts to show stakeholders that pressure injuries … (To learn more about measurement, see the supplementary training webinars Wound Classification and

  15. Don’t Bite Your Tongue. | PSNet

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    September 18, 2024 - . 7 As described in one review, the “severity of oropharyngeal injury ranges from minor hematomas and … Changes in motor evoked potentials can indicate an impending neurologic injury and should trigger an … Dental injury associated with anesthesia: a report of 161,687 anesthetics given over 14 years.  … Airway injury during anesthesia: a closed claims analysis.  … Cost analysis of intubation-related tracheal injury using a national database. 

  16. Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries. | PSNet

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    December 22, 2021 - Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries … Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries … Healthcare-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) can result in increased lengths of stay, hospital readmissions … Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries … January 29, 2020 Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury.

  17. Early identification and evaluation of severe pressure injuries. | PSNet

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    October 10, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Early identification and evaluation of severe pressure injuries … Citation Text: Early identification and evaluation of severe pressure injuries. Quick Safety. … Pressure injuries are a significant and preventable patient safety threat. … Citation Citation Text: Early identification and evaluation of severe pressure injuries … Root cause analysis to identify contributing factors for the development of hospital acquired pressure injuries

  18. 065-Dec-Staff-Faqs-Decolonization (doc file)

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    October 01, 2024 - Be especially thorough if there are any nearby wounds, pressure injuries, or breaks in the skin. … Use the CHG on superficial wounds and stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries. … Wound Cleaning For what types of wounds is CHG safe? … CHG can be applied to any superficial wounds, including stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries, friable skin … and stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries.

  19. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Research-Protocol (pdf file)

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    October 25, 2010 - (noncongenital) injury caused by sudden trauma to the brain. 1 TBI is a significant public health … Further, TBI has been called the ―signature wound‖ of modern-day military conflicts. 3 As of July … injury, lesion location, open versus closed wound, level of impairment, et cetera. … The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2010 Mar-Apr; 25(2):72-80. … J Head Trauma Rehabil 1999 Apr;14(2):176-88. PMID: 10191375. 9. Kraus J, Chu L.

  20. Research Findings #19: Health Care Expenses for Injuries: Estimates from the 1997 MEPS

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    January 01, 2010 - of injury is the occurrence of sudden external forces resulting in trauma. … A single injury episode may result in several injuries or conditions. … b Numerator is total expenses for injuries. … b Numerator is total expenses for injuries. … b Numerator is total expenses for injuries.
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