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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/emergency-dept/discharge-process.html
July 01, 2017 - Millions of patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) each year for a variety of injuries
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January 01, 2021 - Patient outcome variables
Patient falls and injury falls
• Patient falls/1,000 patient days. … • Injury falls/1,000 patient days. … • Percent of patients with suspected deep tissue injury.
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Table 1. … • Percent of patients with hospital-acquired suspected deep tissue injury. … percent of
patients with hospital-acquired pressure ulcers stages III and IV, as well as fall and injury
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June 02, 2025 - from wound tissue. … 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. … Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Unstageable
Suspected Deep Tissue Injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/Advances-Ruddick_61.pdf
March 09, 2008 - Falls account for at
least 40 percent of all accidents in hospitals and are the leading cause of injury … that the risk for falls would be potentially greater here.3 In 1994, the total
annual cost for fall injuries … estimated that the cost will reach $43.8 billion.4
Previous studies have shown that fall-related injuries … Economic
dimensions of slip and fall injuries. J For Sci 1996; 41:
733-746.
5. … Prevention of
fall-related injuries in long term care: A randomized
controlled trial of staff education
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-tips/index.html
February 01, 2021 - Background
Falls are the most common cause of preventable injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-hl.html
September 01, 2015 - mostly attributable to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), congenital anomalies, infection, and injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-neurodevt.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ■ BPD, even in the absence of overt brain injury, is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental delay.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/index.html
July 01, 2025 - Appendix D: Grant Summaries
P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/077-contact-precautions-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - safety and safe injection practices to minimize the risk of infection transmission and needle stick injury
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14b.html
February 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Table 14B: Outcome Indicators by State Supply of Health Care Providers
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February 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Table 16B: Outcome Indicators by State Socioeconomic Status
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February 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Table 15B: Outcome Indicators by State Demographics
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April 23, 2008 - Patient Falls Project aimed to reduce the incidence of patient falls and the severity of fall-related
injury … Project (CalNOC PFQ) was to reduce the incidence of patient falls and the severity
of fall-related injuries … • Implement individualized interventions to prevent falls/reduce injury. … improvements
Monitor organizational change over
time; analyze falls risk assessment,
incidence, and injury … Analysis of pre- to post-intervention fall
incidence and injuries did not reveal significant differences
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Rate on scale of 10 (agree/high) to 0 (disagree/low)
PSI 14 Postoperative
Wound … Dehiscence
PSI 15 Accidental
Puncture or Laceration
PSI 17 Birth Trauma-
Injury to Neonate
PSI … 18 Obstetric Trauma-
Vaginal Delivery With
Instrument
PSI 19 Obstetric Trauma-
Vaginal Delivery … 09 Postoperative
Respiratory Failure Rate
PDI 10 Postoperative
Sepsis Rate
PDI 11 Postoperative
Wound
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/famviolser.pdf
March 01, 2004 - Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. [Review] [87 refs]. … Validation of a Trauma
Questionnaire in veteran women. … Analytic Framework and Key Questions
*Including physical trauma (fractures, dislocations, brain injury … If answer is yes, code “1” for no injury, “2” for possible injury, and “3” for injury. … 6 = Use of weapon, wound from weapon
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/ahrq-stats.html
July 01, 2025 - , by Cause of Injury, 2017 .) … Highest Rates of Traumatic Brain Injury Population rates of hospitalizations and emergency department … visits related to treatment of traumatic brain injuries in 2017 were highest among people living in … Trauma During Childbirth The rate of obstetric trauma during childbirth involving instruments such as … highest average expenses per person were for the treatment of heart conditions ($3,794 per person), trauma-related
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-d-emerging.html
May 01, 2024 - Appendix D: Grant Summaries
P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb26.html
December 01, 2017 - Falls Engineer Instructions
Accidents in the home are a major cause of injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weinberg.pdf
March 01, 2004 - involved whether and how to include “near misses”—non-AEs
that are caught before they could cause injury … or disability or the immediate danger of serious
injury or disability”); and Class C (an adverse event … Nevada defines a sentinel event as “an unexpected occurrence” involving death or
serious injury or the … , or the risk thereof.”7 Serious injury,
under the JCAHO provisions, includes loss of limb or function … According to JCAHO,
the classification of an AE that was avoided or did not result in injury is drawn