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41. 051-Top-10-Successful-Decolonization (doc file)
    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

42. University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

43. Final Progress Report: Safety Outcomes of Obese Residents in US Nursing Homes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - In Press, Wound Practice and Research, September 2023. … Preplanning with protocols for skin and wound care in obese patients. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2004;7(8):436-43. 13. Chao E, Henshaw J. … International Wound Journal. 2023;20(7):2753-63. 24. … high-risk nursing home residents with obesity Wound Practice and Research. accepted, publication pending

44. Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Siddharthan.pdf
    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

45. Final Progress Report: Reducing the Risk of Preventable Postpartum Lower Extremity Nerve Injuries (pdf file)
    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

46. How To Manage Change
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    June 02, 2025 - (Tool 2C) Present the assessment of current pressure injury prevention policies and procedures. … Implementation Team Wound Care Team Unit Team 12 Collaborative Relationships Unit-Based Team Staff … who provide daily care to patients, including skin and pressure ulcer assessment and care planning Wound … Care Team Interdisciplinary group of experts who provide day-to-day care of skin and wound needs and … Let’s look at completed Tool 2D now. 19 Assess Pressure Injury Screening Practices Tool 2E 20

47. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
    February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … None: Patient had no injuries resulting from the fall. … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb elevation, or topical … Complications of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847. 36. … Minor head trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 121-124. 38.

48. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
    February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … None: Patient had no injuries resulting from the fall. … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb elevation, or topical … Complications of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847. 36. … Minor head trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 121-124. 38.

49. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Post-Traumatic Headache (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-fullreport.pdf
    December 17, 2019 - Over the past decade, ED visits for traumatic brain injuries have increased substantially (Coronado, … , seizure associated with trauma, loss of consciousness associated with trauma, repeated vomiting, documented … These risks include dental trauma; airway edema (swelling of the windpipe); vocal cord spasm or injury … Over the past decade, ED visits for traumatic brain injuries have increased substantially. … in a non-trauma center.

50. Sampleransferandintakenotes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/sampleransferandintakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … and skin, fall-related and non-fall-related injury, musculoskeletal, other changes not specified elsewhere … infection Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic  Dehydration  Malnutrition  Uncontrolled diabetes Wound … & Skin  Cellulitis  Edema  Infected wound or decubitus  Jaundice  Rash Fall-Related Injury …  Major injury  Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury  Major injury  Minor injury Musculoskeletal

51. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … and skin, fall-related and non-fall-related injury, musculoskeletal, other changes not specified elsewhere … infection Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic  Dehydration  Malnutrition  Uncontrolled diabetes Wound … & Skin  Cellulitis  Edema  Infected wound or decubitus  Jaundice  Rash Fall-Related Injury …  Major injury  Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury  Major injury  Minor injury Musculoskeletal

52. Causes of Hospital Stays for Traumatic Brain Injury in 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/tbi-hospital-stays.html
    May 01, 2020 - Causes of Hospital Stays for Traumatic Brain Injury in 2017   Causes of Hospital Stays for … Traumatic Brain Injury in 2017 (PDF, 785 KB)  Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical … Brief #255, Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Involving Traumatic Brain Injury, 2017

53. Network of Patient Safety Databases Falls Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Injuries were divided into three groups: No Injury where the incident did not result in physical injury … As above, injuries were divided into three groups: No Injury where the incident did not result in physical … Figure 8: Common Injury Types by Patient Age Note: Injury counts and percentages taken from injuries … injuries from the pre-existing injury types in CFER-H v1.2 made up over 20% of Other injuries. … Note: 445 falls were not indicated as injuries by DE201 (“Did the patient sustain a physical injury as

54. VHA’s National Falls Collaborative and Prevention Programs (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Stalhandske2_70.pdf
    March 01, 2006 - • Monthly fall injury rate, calculated as the number of injuries/number of falls x 100. … • Severity of injury for each fall, defined as no injury, minor injury (e.g., abrasion, bruise, minor … laceration), or major injury (e.g., hip fracture, head trauma, arm fracture).12 Team characteristics … their major injury rate by 82 percent, to only 0.39 major injuries per 100 falls. … o No injury or minor injury. o Major injury. o Death.

55. Final Progress Report: Call Light Responsiveness and Effect on Inpatient Falls and Patient Perceptions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/tzeng-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Key Words: Falls; injurious falls; hospital-acquired injury; consumer satisfaction; quality of healthcare … hip fractures, head traumas) [1]. … in half by 2013 or 43,750 fall injuries over 3 years [1]. … A fall was defined as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury. … A fall was defined as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury.

56. NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2023 - Dislocations (42 / 6,343 injuries; 0.66% among female patients and 30 / 6,536 injuries; 0.46% among … Other injury made up 47.3% (3,002 / 6,343) of injuries among female patients and 45.1% (2,947 / 6,536 … ) of injuries among male patients.xi Across all 6,091 Other injury records, only 627 (10.3%) had any … Minor injuries from the pre-existing injury types in CFER-H v1.2 made up over 20% of Other injuries. … Multiple injuries made up a small share of Other injuries reported (46 / 627; 7.3%).

57. Final Progress Report: Analysis of Factors Associated With Clinical Checklist Compliance (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/sarcevic-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - , and (4) patients with external injuries. … 1(0-3) 0(1-3) Injury 0(0-2) 0(0-1) External 0.014 0.053 <.001* <.001* 0.92 0.13 No injury 1(0-1.5) … with penetrating injuries and those with a blunt injury. … Of 187 patients, 111 (59.4%) had external injuries. … without external injuries (p<.001, Table 1).

58. P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury After Hospital Discharge? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/profile-p1-barreto.html
    April 01, 2024 - Research for 2021 and 2022 P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … Appendix D: Grant Summaries P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … program that supports patients discharged from the hospital to home after an episode of acute kidney injury … Main Objective: To evaluate the Acute Kidney Injury in Care Transitions (ACT) program, a new care model … Incidence of Serum Creatinine Monitoring and Outpatient Visit Follow-Up among Acute Kidney Injury Survivors

59. Validation of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicator for Accidental Puncture or Laceration (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - Adnominal injuries caused by lysis of peritoneal adhesions 91 52.6 82 47.4 Abdominal injuries caused … If trauma patients are going to be identified and eliminated from the PSI, the definition of a trauma … Only 14.9 percent of the events did not appear to be serious injuries, and 4.5 percent involved trauma … It is likely that many of the trauma patients identified by the indicator suffered injuries outside … While it is impressive that bladder injuries from hysterectomies, bowel injuries from cholecystectomies

60. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-handouts.html
    June 01, 2017 - disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … Nutritional/Metabolic |___| Dehydration |___| Malnutrition |___| Uncontrolled diabetes Wound … and Skin |___| Cellulitis |___| Edema |___| Infected wound or decubitus |___| Jaundice … |___| Rash Fall-Related Injury |___| Major injury |___| Minor injury Non-Fall-Related … Injury |___| Major injury |___| Minor injury Musculoskeletal |___| Joint pain/joint