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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/supportive.html
June 01, 2018 - For patients with long-term health conditions, managing symptoms and preventing complications are important … quality of life, reduce mobility and functional status, and increase loneliness and depression. 1
Long-stay … Denominator: All long-stay residents in Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home facilities. … Long-stay nursing home residents who lost too much weight, by age and race/ethnicity, 2011-2013
Left … Overall Rate: The percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who lost too much weight was 9.2% in
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March 01, 2017 - Implementing Change in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Transformation . … Implementing Change in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Transformation . … Implementing Change in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Transformation . … National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center. About Ombudsmen . … National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center. About Ombudsmen .
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March 01, 2017 - INFECTIONS AND
INFECTION PREVENTION
IN LONG-TERM CARE
Infections in Long-Term Care
What is … SECTION I: INFECTIONS AND INFECTION PREVENTION IN LONG-TERM CARE:
INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE
A … Unit Guide to Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term … CARE:
INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE
A Unit Guide to Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff … for Long-Term Care Staff
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Help residents
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March 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: A Unique Effort To Advance Care for People Living With Long COVID
Issue Number
905 … Today's Headlines:
AHRQ Views: A Unique Effort To Advance Care for People Living With Long COVID … in clinics that are providing access to care for people struggling with the effects of Long COVID is … The blog post, published March 15 on Long COVID Awareness Day, noted that the condition can include more … The AHRQ Long COVID Care Network , launched in September 2023, consists of nine multidisciplinary clinics
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March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Senior Leader Checklist … senior leaders a checklist to plan and implement quality improvement and resident safety projects in a long-term … Senior leaders (long-term care facility administrator, director of nursing, medical director, etc.) … Ensure all employees receive education concerning the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI … Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Senior Leader Checklist Senior Leader Engagement
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/answer-key.html
March 01, 2017 - Training Module 1—Skills Questions Answer Key
The How-To's of Hand Hygiene
How long … At least 5 seconds
At least 15 seconds
At least 30 seconds
At least 60 seconds
How long should
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/part-2-slides.html
February 01, 2019 - Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term –Care Facilities. … TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version . Content last reviewed September 2015. … National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. … Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term-Care Facilities. … National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care.
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March 01, 2017 - [CLICK]
Long-term care staff play a crucial role in breaking the chain of infection. … But how long can they really survive on exposed surfaces? … The short answer is a pretty long time, depending on the microbe. … /Equip. ׀ 15
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Let’s Chat! … AHRQ SAFETY PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM CARE: HAIs/CAUTI
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March 01, 2017 - The person in long-term care facilities is the resident and their family. … Slide 9: Benefits for the Long-Term Care Facility 1
Say:
Long-term care facilities that support … the role of long-term care ombudsman (LTCO). … long-term care facilities. … National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center. About Ombudsmen .
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September 01, 2016 - works in conjunction with the CAUTI long term care resources. … Care: TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version. … Long-Term Care: TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version. April 2013. … Team Formation Success Video - Long-Term Care: TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version. April 2013. … Opportunity to apply TeamSTEPPS technique to improve outcome in Long-Term Care: TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/prevention-skills.html
March 01, 2017 - Practice General Infection Prevention Skills
A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term … Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB)
This guide provides frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about long-term
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December 01, 2017 - : On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Additional Resources
On-Time Prevention Program for Long … Pressure ulcer prevention in long-term-care facilities: a pilot study implementing standardized nurse
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March 01, 2017 - This education session was designed with all long-term care facility staff in mind. … 1
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AHRQ SAFETY PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM CARE: HAIs/CAUTI … Source: TeamSTEPPS© for Long-Term Care Version
AHRQ SAFETY PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM CARE: HAIs/CAUTI
Catheter … TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/hospevactab4.html
July 01, 2018 - How long can the hospital maintain a safe temperature without city water in summer heat? … How long can the hospital maintain a safe temperature without city water in winter cold? … How long can essential power be maintained using the current fuel supply? … How long can the hospital maintain a safe temperature if the gas stops? … How long can the hospital maintain a safe temperature without the chiller in summer heat?
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/sustainability.html
July 01, 2018 - Sustainability
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
This section … Guide
Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … Version )
The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … Care provides long-term care facility teams with an overview of how to successfully sustain improvements … Sustainability Module, Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
This module defines sustainability and spread,
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March 01, 2017 - Implementing Change in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Transformation . … Long-Term Living. 2010;59(9):20. … TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Toolkit . Rockville, MD. … Long-Term Living. 2010;59(9):20.
Hamann DJ. … TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Toolkit . Rockville, MD.
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March 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
AHRQ Safety Program … for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Resident and Family Engagement Checklist … checklist to help plan, implement, and evaluate resident and family engagement in safety projects in a long-term … Leaders (long-term care facility administrator, director of nursing, medical director, etc.) and any … Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules Resident and Family
Resident and
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March 01, 2017 - • Resident advisers, advocates, and long-term
care ombudsmen are examples of formal roles
in long-term … • Include goals related to resident and family
engagement in short- and long-term plans for
the facility … • Establish policies that promote active resident
and family engagement in all aspects of the
long-term … National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center:
www.ltcombudsman.org
3. … TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Version: www.ahrq.gov
Where can I find more information?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term … Care (DERAIL MRSA)
Title: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization
without Isolation in Long-term … Two of the LTCFs joined in a long-term contract for
management of their Infection Prevention program … Key Words: Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF); Infection Prevention; methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus … Term
Care (DERAIL) on MRSA Colonization and Transmission at Three Long Term Care Facilities.
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March 01, 2017 - No. 16(17)-0003-16-EF
March 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Welcome to today … We know this from studies in residents in long-term care settings. … She is being transferred back from a week-long stay in the hospital. … TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version. … TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version: Module 6.