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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-impmenu.docx
April 02, 2025 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Healing
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time
Pressure Ulcer Healing
Menu of Implementation Strategies
The On-Time Menu of Process Improvement Strategies for using reports is a list of potential ways facility teams may choo…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/plain-writing/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Plain Language at AHRQ
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires federal agencies to write clear Government communication that the public can understand and use. This page explains what plain language is and how the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is implementing the Act.
What is Plain Language…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_4-situation-monitoring-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Are we keeping
the patient and her family involved and informed?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4.html
August 01, 2022 - System-Focused Event Investigation and Analysis Guide
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose : To help teams adopt a system-focused approached to event investigation and analysis.
Who should use this tool? Event Reporting, Investigation, and Analysis Team.
How to use this tool : Review…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
July 01, 2022 - New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program
Press Release Date: July 6, 2022
Antibiotic prescribing at ambulatory care clinics was cut almost in half in clinics that participated in a safety program funded by the Department of Health and Human Servic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/learning-from-antibiotic-adverse.docx
June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events
An antibiotic-associated adverse event is any event or situation that you would not want to happen again because it either caused your patient harm or had the potential to cause harm. The purpose of this tool is to provi…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30506.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ Resources Help Maine Telehealth Network Improve Care in Remote Areas
Search All Impact Case Studies
August 2005
A rural managed care program development project funded by AHRQ has helped create a thriving statewide collaborative telemedicine network. Maine Telehealth Network, in operation since 1998, h…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/chlorhexidine-bathing.html
October 01, 2023 - Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes
Press Release Date: October 10, 2023
A new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that nursing homes using a chlorhexidine bathing routine to clean the skin and nose with over-the-counter antiseptic solutions pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide5.html
November 01, 2021 - Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 5: Marketing and Stakeholder Outreach
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 1: Product Development
Audio and Video Products
Appendix 1-A. Release Forms
Appendix 1-B. Trademarks
Appendix 1-…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-1 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse
Bathing Cloths and Showering
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-2 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine
(CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T2-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Getting_Started.pdf
May 01, 2014 - www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014 AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0012-2-EF
Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Getting Started—Sources of Data
Once you decide that an antibiogram will be a useful tool for your nursing home, there are a few
things to consider.
1. What will you need to create the antibiogram?
2. What data are need…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - Coaching Clinical Teams Module
Slide 1: Coaching Clinical Teams Module
Slide 2: Objectives
The objectives are listed as a series of steps:
Understand current team training in the health care setting
Describe coaching in the clinical environment
Outline benefits of coaching
Identify the characterist…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Deep-Rooting Your Data
Say:
This module focuses on the concept of deep-rooting and setting up sustainable interaction with your quality improvement data.
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Say:
At the end of this sessio…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-a.html
October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Appendix A. Checklists for Assessing Executive and Physician Champion Potential
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hos…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module1-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Say:
"Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting" is a four-module program designed for intensive care unit, or ICU, nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in cathe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_1-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 1: Overview
SAY:
“Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting” is a four-module program designed for intensive care unit, or ICU, nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in catheter-associated urinary tra…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/index.html
February 01, 2024 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Key Subject Area Index
1. Are we ready for this change?
2. How will we manage change?
3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use?
4. How…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-tubes.pdf
April 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes
Feeding Tubes
Types of Devices
■ Nasogastric (NG) tube: non-weighted, polyurethane tube for use more than 10 days.
■ Gastrostomy tube: tube protrudes from anterior abdominal wall; most common initial
gastrostomy device.
■ Button/skin-level gastrostomy: …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2st-century-ai.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence
OCT
24
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.; and
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the ent…