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181. Resources by National Action Plan Foundational Area | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2025 - their risk of workplace exposure to bloodborne pathogens from needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries … resource supports understanding of and action around safe patient handling to prevent healthcare worker injury … Handling: A Self-Assessment Patient handling is a common and preventable source of healthcare employee injuries … Organizations can use this brief questionnaire to examine the number and nature of patient handling injuries … , understand, and solve problems with the use of medical devices.

182. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicare Outpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
     September 26, 2023 - clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 15,581,930 9.05 150,440,673 87.34 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 9,411,866 5.46 157,550,833 91.46 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 97,148 0.06 171,199,544 99.39 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 76,614 0.04 171,426,766 99.52 S00-T88: Injury … clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 57,049 0.03 171,628,254 99.64 S00-T88: Injury

183. Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/candor/demo-program/index.html
     August 01, 2022 - Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program … systems test models that meet the following goals: Put patient safety first by reducing preventable injuries … Ensure fair and timely compensation for medical injuries while reducing malpractice litigation. … In doing so, the effort aimed to connect medical liability to patient safety and quality. … These projects sought to understand how health care providers can best communicate medical errors and

184. Enhancing Patient Safety Through Cognition and Communication (M-Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/enhancing-long-desc.html
     April 01, 2021 - of skin at risk for developing pressure ulcers (recently renamed by expert organizations as pressure injury … The M-Safety Lab created a patient safety display—a digital bedside display of catheter and wound information … pulled from the electronic medical record (EMR) every 10 minutes. … improved provider's awareness of indwelling urinary catheters, central venous catheters, and pressure injuries … In Reference to: 'Focused Ethnography of Diagnosis in Academic Medical Centers'" . 

185. Falls Prevention Self-Assessment Worksheet - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspxselfassessment.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - is aimed at two types of nursing homes: • Nursing homes that are currently not using an electronic medical … taking measures to prevent further falls in those who have had a previous fall/falls (with or without injury …  If the activity was unusual for the resident   Interviews with witnesses   Body check for injury … No) Care plan review Report or brief with CNAs Report or brief with department heads Medical … /fallspx/fallspxmanual.pdf http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/injuries

186. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 3 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - It is important to determine whether the resident has fallen down because of another medical problem … However, what we can do is eliminate needless falls and limit the injuries from falls that do occur. … them.10 Posey vests, pelvic restraints, and lap trays on geri-chairs all contribute to falls and to injuries … Relationship between physical restraint removal and falls and injuries among nursing home residents. … other staff must revisit the plan to make sure it is effective in preventing additional falls and injuries

187. Final Progress Report: Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - The majority of these are intended for use in trauma patients, including the Injury Severity Score, … Trauma Score, and Pediatric Trauma Score. 35 Others are available for asthma,36 croup,37 and febrile … intravenous fluids • oxygen • prescription medications administered in ED (oral, IV, or inhaled) • wound … The Injury Severity Score: a method for describing patinets with multiple injuries and evaluating … The Injury Severity Score is unable to differentiate between poor care and severe injury.

188. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - , Closed"[Mesh] OR "Craniocerebral Trauma"[Mesh] OR "Cerebrovascular Trauma"[Mesh] OR "Cerebrovascular … Ostomy/wound Mgmt . 2016 Nov;62(11):30. d  Weiser TG, Semel ME, Simon AE, et al. … Ostomy Wound Manage . 2016 Nov;62(11):30-8. Boltz MM, Hollenbeak CS, Julian KG, et al. … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals. … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

189. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2014 - Fall and injury prevention (Chapter 10). In: Hughes RG, ed. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … The road to zero preventable birth injuries. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2008;34:201-5. … Eliminating birth trauma at Ascencion Health. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33:15-24. … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

190. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Injury From Falls Barrett JA, Bradshaw M, Hutchinson K, et al. … Fall and injury prevention (Chapter 10). In: Hughes RG, ed. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … Eliminating birth trauma at Ascencion Health. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33:15-24. … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

191. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Preface Previous Page Next Page Table … of Contents Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Preface Acknowledgments Prologue … and Medical Liability (PSML) Initiative was established in October 2009. … Funding was intended to address four goals: (1) putting patient safety first by reducing preventable injuries … injuries while reducing malpractice litigation, and (4) reducing liability premiums.

192. Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) Collaborates with Medical Product Users to Create Specialty Subnetworks (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Engleman_86.pdf
     June 04, 2008 - Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) Collaborates with Medical Product Users to Create Specialty Subnetworks … safety data reported to MedSun through July 31, 2007 Reported outcome Na Death 184 Serious injury … /illness 828 Minor injury 1,132 Potential harm to patients 5,312 Potential harm to health care … in PICUs and NICUs and involve death or serious injury, or events that represent a “near miss,” “close … reports had been received from six KidNet participating hospitals on adverse events involving patient injury

193. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-mvpguide.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and substandard ventilator management can increase the injuries … to be beneficial in patients at risk for ARDS, such as those with sepsis, pneumonia, or traumatic injuries … help close the knowledge and training gap.45 Engage Senior Executives In addition, designate a medical … admitted to the ICU already have risk factors for ARDS, such as pneumonia, sepsis, noncardiogenic shock, trauma … What have we learned about interventions to reduce medical errors?

194. Final Progress Report: Producing Evidence: Coordination within a Multiteam System Makes Healthcare Safer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Skinner, RHIA, MS1 Mary Wood, AS1 1University of Nebraska Medical Center 2University of Nebraska at … ,3 with an average associated excess cost of $7,000 per injury.4 Regardless of injury, falling can lead … Code debriefing from the Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Team Training program improves the … Association between implementation of a medical team training program and surgical mortality. … JAMA:the journal of the American Medical Association. 2011;306:1653. 44.

195. CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - physical disabilities, people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, people with acquired brain injury … Medical transportation. Personal safety. Community inclusion and empowerment.

196. Voluntary Adverse Event Reporting in Rural Hospitals (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - family dissatisfaction 4.9 Administrative other/miscellaneous 4.9 Adverse clinical work-related injury … or exposure to hospital staff Blood and body fluid exposure or needlestick and sharp injury or … physical injury report The affected party was employee or staff 7 0.80 1.03 2.68 – 6.87 5.92 Omitted … Reported rates of staff injury increased in all hospitals statewide. … How much work-related injury and illness is missed by the current national surveillance system?

197. Appendix C. Sample Search Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - "patient safety"[All Fields] OR "safety culture"[All Fields] OR "systems approach"[All Fields] OR "medical … error*"[All Fields] OR "medical mistake*"[All Fields] OR "adverse event*"[All Fields] OR checklist … ((medical error [mh] OR Diagnostic errors [mh] OR iatrogenic disease [mh] OR sentinel surveillance [ … OR (medication* [ti] AND (error* [ti] OR safety [ti])) OR iatrogenesis [ti] OR iatrogenic [ti] OR ((medical … [ti] OR treatment [ti] OR care [ti]) AND (injury [ti] OR injuries [ti])) OR mishap* [ti] OR (root [ti

198. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado. Inquiry 1999 Fall;36(3):255–64. 14. … Looking for medical injuries where the light is bright. JAMA 2003;290(14):1917–9. 36. … Definitions of medical injuries. [See Comment.] JAMA 2004;291(3):303–4. 37. Blank, A. … Definitions of medical injuries. [See Comment.] JAMA 2004;291(3):304. 38. Carr, JB. … Definitions of medical injuries. [See Comment.] JAMA 2004;291(3):304. 39.

199. Using Home Visits to Understand Medication Errors in Children (pdf file)
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     May 28, 2008 - This resulted in injury in 2 of 90 patients and in excessive pain that could have been ameliorated … A medication error causing injury to the patient (preventable adverse drug event). 2. … error without injury). 3. … Medication error with little potential for injury. 4. … Pediatric acetaminophen overdose: risk factors associated with hepatocellular injury.

200. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve Understanding of Risks and Failures (pdf file)
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     April 07, 2008 - We selected obstetrics for developing this in situ enhancement of FMEA because medical errors are common … ) to “major injury” to “death.” … Medical team training programs in health care. … Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I. N Engl J Med 1991; 324: 370-376. 17. … Preventing infant death and injury during delivery. Sentinel Event Alert.