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221. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/062-protocol-training-decolonization-with-chg.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Superficial pressure injuries (stages 1 and 2) CHG should also be applied over sutured or stapled wounds … Clean wound carefully with CHG. … Apply CHG with firm pressure, unless the wound is over a bony prominence. … Using the CHG on superficial wounds, and stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries. … Refer to the slides on Wound Care.

222. Final Progress Report: Ambulatory Patient Safety of Clients in Treatment for Substance Abuse (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/mcfarland-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Institute of Medicine (2000) estimated that, in 1999, as many as 98,000 people may have died owing to injuries … Seriousness of harm varied from a minor temporary injury or near miss to an injury that would permanently … permanent injury. … Minor Permanent Error: A permanent injury that does not compromise basic functions of daily living.   … Minor Temporary Error: Minor patient injury, increased patient monitoring, or change in treatment plan

223. Reducing Unecessary Urinary catheter Use in the Emergency Department: How to Implement the Process (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-091013.ppt
     January 01, 2010 - Facilitates I/O measurement Keeps patients from having to get up to urinate, protecting them from injury … Incontinent with open sacral/perineal wounds Consult with wound care End of life/hospice Be sure it … Trauma) Admitting service (e.g. … Incontinent with open sacral/perineal wounds? End of life/hospice? … Protocolized care for trauma Incontinence without open sacral or perineal wounds Pre-operative

224. Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare2.html
     October 01, 2024 - 21   At the patient level, it is estimated that 33 percent  of diagnostic errors result in patient injury … Rural residents are more susceptible to unintentional injury, as many work in high-risk occupations (

225. Session 1 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess3.html
     October 01, 2014 - Safety means avoiding, preventing, and lessening the effects of harm and injury while residents are in … According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, "fall prevention takes a combination … To prevent injury from falls, all nursing staff need knowledge and skills. … Nursing staff must have the knowledge and skills to prevent injury from falls. … Injury Prevention and Control: Home and Recreational Safety; Falls in Nursing Homes.

226. Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022: Preliminary Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/qsrs-2021-2022-adverse-event-data-report-nov-rev.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (POA) was significantly higher (8.4% vs. … of pressure injuries POA was significantly higher for males than females (7.2% vs. 4.9%). … seizures, coma) Death during or shortly after anesthesia in ASA Class 1 patient Dehiscence, flap or wound … or cranial nerve or spinal cord; Malignant hyperthermia Ocular injury Peri-operative injury Post-dural … Birth – Neonatal Other birth injury 3.

227. Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/qsrs-2021-2022-adverse-event-data-report-oct-rev.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - or complications of pressure injuries present on admission (POA) was significantly higher (8.4% vs. … of pressure injuries POA was significantly higher for males than females (7.2% vs. 4.9%). … seizures, coma) Death during or shortly after anesthesia in ASA Class 1 patient Dehiscence, flap or wound … or cranial nerve or spinal cord; Malignant hyperthermia Ocular injury Peri-operative injury Post-dural … Birth – Neonatal Other birth injury 3.

228. Chapter 1. Environmental Scan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program1.html
     April 01, 2018 - Safety Definition of Patient Safety Reference Freedom from accidental or preventable injuries … glossary.aspx ) The prevention of health care errors and elimination or mitigation of patient injury … National Patient Safety Foundation Freedom from accidental injury; ensuring patient safety involves … The avoidance, prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the processes … final definition below: Patient safety is the prevention and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries

229. Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
     July 01, 2025 - population at risk numbered at least 100, the highest rates for both 2021 and 2022 were worsening pressure injuries … Pressure Injury. Surgery/Anesthesia. Venous Thromboembolism. Other. … determined that national efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events and injuries

230. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
     March 15, 2016 - PSI 18, PSI 19 OB Trauma – Vaginal Delivery With Instrument OB Trauma – Vaginal Delivery Without … X PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate X Depth of the wound dehiscence: external/superficial … injury or caused by medical intervention (iatrogenic). … X PSI 14 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence X Depth of the wound dehiscence: external/superficial vs … PSI 18 PSI 19 OB Trauma – Vaginal Delivery With Instrument OB Trauma – Vaginal Delivery Without

231. One-Pager-Aspiration-Pneumonia (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-aspiration-pneumonia.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Aspiration Pneumonia · Aspiration pneumonitis is an abrupt chemical injury … an aspiration event.4 Aspiration Pneumonitis Aspiration Pneumonia Pathophysiology Acute lung injury

232. Physician-Reported Adverse Events and Medical Errors in Obstetrics and Gynecology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-November_45.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - resident physicians were asked to complete incident reporting cards identifying obstacles to care, injuries … The following definitions were used to code the type of event: • Adverse events were injuries that … • Potential adverse events were errors where injuries could have occurred but did not, either due … Injury by type and severity Injury and severity N % Adverse events 7 9 Life Threatening 1 … Since near misses do not result in injuries and are, therefore, unlikely to carry medical liability,

233. OSHA COVID-19 Standards Webpage | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/osha-covid-19-standards.html
     May 01, 2022 - requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State Plans; recordkeeping requirements and injury

234. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicare Inpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Inpatient-Weighted.pdf
     September 26, 2023 - 58.96 2: Urgent 2,410,468 16.26 11,150,440 75.22 3: Elective 3,444,403 23.24 14,594,843 98.45 5: Trauma … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 593,149 4.00 13,129,037 88.57 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 593,149 4.00 13,129,037 88.57 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 642,003 4.33 13,909,750 93.83 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 768,214 5.18 13,760,139 92.82 S00-T88: Injury

235. Tool: Cross-Monitoring | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/monitoring.html
     June 01, 2023 - It allows individuals and teams to take steps to correct the issue before harm or injury to the patient

236. 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 - taking measures to prevent further falls in those who have had a previous fall/falls (with or without injury …  If the activity was unusual for the resident   Interviews with witnesses   Body check for injury … Initiative for Nursing Facilities, http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term- care/resources/injuries … www.fallpreventiontaskforce.org/ http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/injuries … /fallspx/fallspxmanual.pdf http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/injuries

237. Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2020.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - pertaining to nine patient safety event types that represent the majority of reported preventable injuries … captures the specific type of physical injury sustained in the fall as TYPE OF INJURY AS RESULT OF … The second most frequent type of injury reported was Other injury, representing 39.7% (3,268 / 8,229 … that they represent minor injuries such as soreness, bumps, and minor abrasions. … and the type of the injury.

238. Children/Adolescents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/childrenadolescents.html
     January 01, 2011 - Home University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries

239. Decision Aids for Advance Care Planning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/techbrief16.html
     July 01, 2014 - (ACP) honors patients’ goals and preferences for future care by creating a plan for when illness or injury

240. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve Understanding of Risks and Failures (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Davis_60.pdf
     April 07, 2008 - failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used technique for assessing risk of patient injury … Introduction Catastrophic patient injury often occurs because of an unanticipated sequence of active … becoming widespread and has been developed for numerous applications.9, 10, 11 Catastrophic patient injury … ) to “major injury” to “death.” … Preventing infant death and injury during delivery. Sentinel Event Alert.