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41. Validation of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicator for Accidental Puncture or Laceration (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Gallagher1.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - The medical chart review also revealed three trauma cases (4.5 percent), two of which had the puncture … If trauma patients are going to be identified and eliminated from the PSI, the definition of a trauma … Only 14.9 percent of the events did not appear to be serious injuries, and 4.5 percent involved trauma … It is likely that many of the trauma patients identified by the indicator suffered injuries outside … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

42. Final Progress Report: Generalizability and Spread of an Evidenced-based Fall Prevention Toolkit: Fall TIPS (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/dykes-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - and categorization of the types and severities of major inpatient fall-related injuries. … injury (e.g., nasal bone fracture), or disruption of a surgical wound; major B - injuries that caused … ; 2: fall, minor injury; 3. fall, moderate injury; 4: fall, major injury; 5: fall, fatal. … with injuries x 1,000 Total number of inpatient days A cost-benefit analysis was performed. … the originally enrolled medical surgical units at MGB.1, 3 These medical/surgical units had the

43. Final Progress Report: Communication to Prevent and Respond to Medical Injuries: WA State Collaborative (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/gallagher1-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Communication to Prevent and Respond to Medical Injuries: WA State Collaborative … Communication training to prevent medical injuries, as well as disclosure coach training, was widely … injuries; 2) To implement intensive communication training to prevent and respond to medical injuries … Tim McDonald, of the Collaborative for Accountability Following Medical Injury. … injuries (team communication training) and to respond to medical injuries more effectively (disclosure

44. Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201802.html
    August 01, 2018 - May 2018 Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a 617-bed hospital in Hartford, CT, reduced … Implementing new policies and procedures in two hospital units—critical care and medical-surgical—which … Staging pressure injuries on a 1-4 scale. … “If one nurse thought there was a pressure injury, we required confirmation from a second RN. … Geographic Location: Connecticut Implementer: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical

45. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4a_combo_psi03-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - o Wound edges. … Laurel, NJ: Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; June 2010. 2. … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. 6. … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury

46. Appendix A: References and Available Abstracts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/appendixa.html
    July 01, 2018 - injuries to the displaced children. … Injury prevention experts from the Safe Kids Tulsa Area (SKTA) Chapter, the closest pediatric injury … Aspiration pneumonia, tetanus, and extensive soft tissue wounds of the lower extremities were the prominent … injuries encountered. … "Do trauma centers have the capacity to respond to disasters?" J Trauma 61 (4): 949-53.

47. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4b_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Adv Skin Wound Care 2007;20(4):208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218-20. 2. … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. 7. … Laurel, NJ: Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; June 2010. 8.

48. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4p_combo_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Adv Skin Wound Care 2007;20(4):208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218-20. 2. … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury … national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. 7. … Laurel, NJ: Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; June 2010. 8.

49. P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury After Hospital Discharge? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/profile-p1-barreto.html
    April 01, 2024 - Research for 2021 and 2022 P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … Appendix D: Grant Summaries P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … Reform Models P7: Understanding the Relationship Between Proximity and Utilization of Patient-Centered Medical … Understanding How Nurse Practitioners Increase Access to Primary Care S9: Using Integrated Social and Medical … Main Objective: To evaluate the Acute Kidney Injury in Care Transitions (ACT) program, a new care model

50. ChartBook On Patient Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/qdr2015-ptschartbook.pdf
    March 04, 2016 - Achievable Benchmark: 2.2%  Importance: Nursing home residents who experience falls resulting in major injuries … The home health team should regularly change wound dressing and teach the patient about wound care … temporary injury and Major temporary injury; Permanent, significant injury = Significant Permanent Injury … Only Insignificant Injury Temporary Injury Permanent, Minor Injury Permanent, Significant Injury … Only Insignificant Injury Temporary Injury Permanent, Minor Injury Permanent, Significant Injury

51. Final Progress Report: Call Light Responsiveness and Effect on Inpatient Falls and Patient Perceptions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/tzeng-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - hip fractures, head traumas) [1]. … The sites for this study are 28 adult noncritical care inpatient units (medical, surgical and medical-surgical … This study includes medical, surgical, and medical-surgical combined units and excludes critical care … A fall was defined as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury. … The unit type included three categories: (1) medical, (2) surgical, and (3) medical-surgical combined

52. Risk-Based Patient Safety Metrics (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
    March 25, 2008 - an injury occurs. … That rate would be: Identified injuries Potential opportunities for those injuries to occur As … Medical injury is very much a reality in health care, but it is worth raising the question as to whether … Identified injuries also become a source of risk identification, regardless of whether or not the injury … Patient safety efforts should focus on medical injuries. JAMA 2002; 287: 1993-1997. 4.

53. Final Report: Translating simulation-based team leadership training into patient-level outcomes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fernandez-rosenman-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Scope Trauma-related injuries are the leading cause of death in Americans ages 1-44 and are responsible … Incidence Trauma-related injuries are the leading cause of death in Americans ages 1-44 and are responsible … consecutive readings) in the pre-hospital setting Stab wound, impalement, or gunshot wound to the neck … Medical Center trauma registry. … The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency

54. VHA’s National Falls Collaborative and Prevention Programs (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Stalhandske2_70.pdf
    March 01, 2006 - reduction program for 65 medical centers. … • Monthly fall injury rate, calculated as the number of injuries/number of falls x 100. … laceration), or major injury (e.g., hip fracture, head trauma, arm fracture).12 Team characteristics … their major injury rate by 82 percent, to only 0.39 major injuries per 100 falls. … Office of the Medical Inspector, Veterans Health Administration.

55. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
    February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb elevation, or topical … A comparative study of the use of four fall risk- assessment tools on acute medical wards. … Complications of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847. 36. … Minor head trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 121-124. 38.

56. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
    February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb elevation, or topical … A comparative study of the use of four fall risk- assessment tools on acute medical wards. … Complications of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847. 36. … Minor head trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 121-124. 38.

57. 065-Dec-Staff-Faqs-Decolonization (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/065-dec-staff-faqs-decolonization.docx
    October 01, 2024 - Be especially thorough if there are any nearby wounds, pressure injuries, or breaks in the skin. … Use the CHG on superficial wounds and stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries. … Wound Cleaning For what types of wounds is CHG safe? … CHG can be applied to any superficial wounds, including stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries, friable skin … and stage 1 and 2 pressure injuries.

58. Access to Health Care Chartbook: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/access-slides.html
    June 01, 2018 - Distribution of trauma center utilization (Level I and II) for severe injuries in the United States, … Slide 26 Trauma Center Utilization for Severe Injuries Trauma care systems were developed to … Level II: Provide initial definitive trauma care regardless of the severity of the injury. … Image: Chart shows distribution of trauma center utilization (level I and II) for severe injuries in … Image: Chart shows distribution of trauma center utilization (Level I and II) for severe injuries in

59. NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-falls-rev.pdf
    March 01, 2023 - healthcare spending), as well as to medical organizations (increased lengths of stay, care costs, … Patient falls involve other intrinsic factors, such as patient sex, medical condition, mobility impairment … Other injury made up 47.3% (3,002 / 6,343) of injuries among female patients and 45.1% (2,947 / 6,536 … ) of injuries among male patients.xi Across all 6,091 Other injury records, only 627 (10.3%) had any … Minor injuries from the pre-existing injury types in CFER-H v1.2 made up over 20% of Other injuries.

60. Final Progress Report: Clinical Prediction of Hepatotoxicity & Comparative Hepatic Safety of Medications (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lo-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - record data from HIV-infected patients at Veterans Affairs medical facilities across the United States … Fourth, alcohol history was based on retrospective review of the medical record, which may have led … Thus, studies evaluating ALF will need to rely on medical records to confirm this outcome. … Studies of ALF will need to rely on medical records to confirm this outcome. … Incidence of drug-induced hepatic injuries: a French population-based study.