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1. Medical Injury Identification Using Hospital Discharge Data (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2003 - Medical Injury Identification Using Hospital Discharge Data 119 Medical Injury Identification Using … Validation of medical injury surveillance criteria Medical chart review Injury No Injury … Infection/inflammation 4,203 7.5 2.01*** Hematoma, hemorrhage, seron 4,958 8.9 1.06*** Nonhealing wound … Injury Identification and Discharge Data 129 events as, “injuries caused by medical management … Accuracy of administrative data in trauma. Surgery 1999 Aug;126(2):191–7. 22.

2. Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention
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   June 02, 2025 - literature and expert opinion—that represent the best ways we currently know of preventing pressure injuries … assessment. 10 Barriers to Practice Finding time for skin assessments Determining correct etiology of wounds … is POA, make sure that document is sent to be cosigned by the medical provider. … Page 46 21 Documentation Have computerized (or paper) form in medical record. … Care planning guides what will be done to prevent pressure injuries. 23 Pressure Injury care planning

3. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention (doc file)
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   June 02, 2025 - In adults, 34.5 percent of facility-acquired pressure injuries were identified as medical device related … Medical device-related pressure injuries result from the use of devices designed and applied for diagnostic … This slide shows best practices for preventing medical device-related pressure injuries. … /best-practices-for-prevention-of-medical-device-related-pressure-injuries/. … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65.

4. Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide (doc file)
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   October 01, 2017 - Device-Related Pressure Injury Presented by Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN This webinar reviews medical … device-related pressure injuries, mucosal injuries, and how they differ from regular pressure injuries … injuries. … Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention Hospital: 200–400 beds Pilot Units: Medical ICU … prevention education targeted to different types of nurses Simulation with a mannequin to educate on wounds

5. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide3.html
   October 01, 2017 - In adults, 34.5 percent of facility-acquired pressure injuries were identified as medical device related … Medical device-related pressure injuries result from the use of devices designed and applied for diagnostic … This slide shows best practices for preventing medical device-related pressure injuries. … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. … Determine the correct etiology of wounds. Many lesions may occur on the skin.

6. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2017 - literature and expert opinion—that represent the best ways we currently know of preventing pressure injuries … for prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers." … Determining correct etiology of wounds. Using inadequate documentation forms. … Slide 15: Best Practice Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Slide 16: Pressure Injury Risk Assessment … Care planning guides what will be done to prevent pressure injuries.

7. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2017 - Implementation Planning Goals Determine the roles and responsibilities of staff in preventing pressure injuries … Slide 13: Wound Care Team Role Serves as this hospital’s content experts on pressure injury prevention … Bimonthly Unit Champion pressure injury prevention/ wound care lunch and learn sessions. … Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review. 5 in 5 Visual Assessment Tool for pressure injuries … Wound Care Team, and Implementation Team in preventing pressure injuries.

8. Wound Classification (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2011 - However— • Not all wounds are clear cut. … of sDTI • Falls • Long OR/ER or transportation times • Splints • Accidents 24 Medical Device-Related … this is skin failure at life’s end 36 Selecting Dressings and Treatment Based on— • Overall medical … A Little About Myself… Today We Will Talk About Assessing and Measuring Wounds Types of Wounds Mixed … Causes of sDTI Medical Device-Related Pressure Ulcers Remember the Bariatric Patient Assess the

9. Confidential Performance Feedback and Organizational Capacity Building to Improve Hospital Patient Safety: Results of a Randomized Trial (pdf file)
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   March 14, 2008 - Overall medical injury rates for drug-associated injuries increased significantly during the study period … injuries based on hospital discharge data, the Wisconsin Medical Injury Prevention Program (WMIPP) … injury rates would increase patient safety efforts and reduce medical injuries. … Medical Injury Surveillance Criteria The methods we used for identifying medical injuries using hospital … Post P-valuea Patient records with at least one medical injury code (%) All injuries, 2001 vs.

10. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Image: Photograph shows a medical provider writing and using laptop. … Slide 9: Stage 2 Shallow open injury with a red-pink wound bed. No slough. … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse. … Location of injuries. Stage of the deepest injury. … Image: Photograph shows medical providers looking at papers.

11. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Additional Related Training Resources Wound Classification —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue … If you are not sure a skin lesion is a pressure injury, ask the Wound Care Team or Wound Care Nurse. … Number of injuries. Location of injuries. Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds

12. Appendix F. Hospital Practice Insights: Challenges and Solutions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - reducing pressure injuries. … Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention Hospital: 200–400 beds Pilot Units: Medical … Show photos of pressure injury prevention staff (such as wound care nurses, skin champions, and Skin … Simulation with a mannequin to educate on wounds, proper head-to-toe skin assessment, and appropriate … and deep tissue injuries.

13. Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2003 - Discharges for injuries and adverse events due to medications and medical complications were identified … patient-safety related data designed to monitor injuries resulting from medical care.5–8 The data … codes in the 800–999 range, included various types fractures; sprains; wounds; complications due to … during the inpatient episode and may be coded in the secondary diagnosis fields, such as postoperative wound … Patient safety efforts should focus on medical injuries. JAMA. 2002 Apr 17;287(15):1,993–7. 5.

14. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pu_measurement.docx
    January 01, 2016 - Adipose (fat) is visible in the injury, and granulation tissue and epibole (rolled wound edges) are often … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue … If you are not sure a skin lesion is a pressure injury, ask the Wound Care Team or Wound Care Nurse. … , · Number of injuries, · Location of injuries, and · Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds

15. University of Missouri Health Care Decreases Pressure Injuries and Saves in Avoidable Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Implementation focused on MU Health Care’s 390-bed University Hospital, the only Level I trauma center … AHRQ toolkit, MU Health Care began this journey by assessing the need for hospital-acquired pressure injury … The electronic medical record (EMR) was utilized in numerous ways to inform team members and prompt action … scout, a thermal imaging device that can identify possible deep tissue injury. … scout utilization in the medical intensive care unit.

16. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals—Understanding Why Change Is Needed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Image: Photograph shows medical providers standing behind a seated patient. … Image: Photograph shows medical provider with patient. … Image: Photograph shows leaders and medical providers meeting at a table. … Image: Photograph shows leaders and medical providers meeting at a table. … Wound Care Team: Interdisciplinary group of experts who provide day-to-day care of skin and wound needs

17. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
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    June 02, 2025 - underlying soft tissue, usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device. … injuries. … with a red-pink wound bed No slough 9 Stage 3 Full-thickness tissue loss Visible subcutaneous fat … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse. 16 Measures Measures used in monitoring pressure injury … of injuries) 17 patients with any pressure injury # of patients with a >Stage 2 pressure injury 5 patients

18. Appendix C. Training and Learning Network Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Wound Classification Presented by Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN. … This webinar discusses how to assess and measure a wound. … National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Clinical Practice Guidelines specific to nutrition in wound … This webinar reviews medical device-related pressure injuries, mucosal injuries, and how they differ … injuries.

19. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2004 - Over $3 million dollars in direct medical costs were associated with these injuries. … 31 7,413 229,803 234 Crush injury 8 4,744 37,952 235 Open wound head 16 16,499 263,984 236 Open … wound extremity 27 4,150 112,050 239 Superficial injury 25 3,995 99,875 240 Burns 3 6,911 20,733 … 122.23 248 30,313 234 Crush injury 231.05 14 3,235 235 Open wound head 206.20 306 63,097 236 Open … 9.01 324 39 3.19 5,631 236 Open wound extremity 1,139 5.70 633 74 6.06 7,210 239 Superficial injury

20. Get Ready | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - your hospital identified hospital-specific reasons to change how it manages the prevention of pressure injuries … Has your hospital assessed staff attitudes about pressure injuries?   … On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest level of support, rate the overall medical staff support … and a sense of urgency is lacking, has your hospital begun efforts to show stakeholders that pressure injuries … (To learn more about measurement, see the supplementary training webinars Wound Classification and