Results

Total Results: 779 records

Showing results for "medical intensive".

81. Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-slides.html
    July 01, 2018 - Defects 7 percent of patients suffer a medication error 2 On average, every patient admitted to an intensive … suffers an adverse event 3, 4 44,000 to 99,000 people die in hospitals each year as the result of medical … A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit. … An alternative strategy for studying adverse events in medical care. … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S.

82. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4k_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - • Between 2 percent and 10 percent of all babies admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU … consent from patient and/or patient’s caregiver(s) to insert the central line and put the consent in the medical … appropriate placement of standing orders on units (decisions based on accessibility via electronic medical … feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary staff; senior medical … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

83. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
    November 01, 2017 - Cost of a ventilator-associated pneumonia in a shock trauma intensive care unit. … reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for residents in a medical … intensive care unit. … in a suburban medical center. … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization

84. AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Targets Improvement at Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0605.html
    October 01, 2014 - Search All Impact Case Studies February 2006 During 2005, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical … Staff with indirect patient contact included, among others, registration and medical records personnel … in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana, with the only pediatric cardiac intensive … Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Implementer: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical

85. Decolonization – Universal and Targeted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/decolonization/index.html
    October 01, 2023 - cluster-randomized trial of 53 hospitals investigated the use of decolonization to prevent infection in non–intensive … Patients with specific medical devices who were decolonized had a 30 percent reduction in bloodstream … protocol used Implementation Resources Decolonization in non-ICU patients with medical

86. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/dailygoals-rounds-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Slide 3 Why Communication Matters SAY: Communication during intensive care unit (ICU) rounds with … Communication failures are the leading contributing factor to medical errors, especially in the intensive … The Daily Goals checklist has improved outcomes in the medical, surgical, trauma, burn, and pediatric … The effect of mulintensive care unit mortality. … The effect of mulintensive care unit mortality.

87. Nursing Intervention to Remove Non-necessary Urinary Catheters
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-040814.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - Urinary Catheters Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine Wayne State University School of Medicine Medical … John Hospital and Medical Center Barbara Lucas, MD, MHSA Project Consultant Michigan Health & Hospital … urinary output in the critically ill patients We see this indication applicable to patients in the intensive … further evaluation is done. 31 Unacceptable Reasons for Placement Urine output monitoring OUTSIDE the intensive … sacral or perineal pressure sore Prolonged postoperative use Others (include those transferred from intensive

88. Chapter-2 - Failure-To-Rescue (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/failure-to-rescue-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - Patients can then transfer to a higher level of care (i.e., intensive care unit), have their care returned … However, most hospital beds are outside of these intensive settings, and most patients are boarded in … general medical and surgical wards. … Unexpected deaths and referrals to intensive care of patients on general wards. … Total intensive care unit days were significantly lower in the intervention unit post- implementation

89. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/impact/index.html
    April 01, 2017 - patient safety to assist doctors and nurses in their efforts to keep patients safe when they receive medical … Hopkins Hospital, he nearly eliminated central line-associated blood stream infections in the hospital’s intensive … practices with training in safety education, process improvement, and teamwork, to more than 1,100 intensive … AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)—a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals … , their medical providers, and employers across the United States—is used by legislative and executive

90. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection control, intensive … other staff involved in postoperative respiratory failure prevention and care (emergency department, intensive … feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary staff; senior medical … Ann Intensive Care 2011 May;1(1):15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224494/.

91. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4g_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection control, intensive … other staff involved in postoperative respiratory failure prevention and care (emergency department, intensive … feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary staff; senior medical … Ann Intensive Care 2011 May;1(1):15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224494/.

92. Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.html
    October 01, 2015 - Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster Appendix M. … Need for accurate hourly output measurements to manage treatment in intensive care units . … However, urinary catheters are not to be inserted simply to monitor outputs with the exception of in intensive … The Ann Arbor Criteria for appropriate urinary catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results

93. Brain Health Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (Brain Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/brain-health-long-desc.html
    April 01, 2021 - Validation of a new clinical tool for post-intensive care syndrome . … Longitudinal trends in incidence and prevalence of delirium in the intensive care unit . … Psychiatric symptoms and their association with sleep disturbances in intensive care unit survivors . … Antidepressant use and depressive symptoms in intensive care unit survivors . … Validation of a new clinical tool for post-intensive care syndrome .

94. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-transcript.html
    February 01, 2023 - 1: Overview Slide 1 “Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting” is a four-module program designed for intensive … They represent one-fourth of all HAIs in intensive care units and nearly one-third of all infections … patient’s colonic or perineal flora, generally because of bacteria on the hands of the patient and medical … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit. … The Ann Arbor criteria for appropriate urinary catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results

95. Background Quality Improvement Team Information Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/team-info-form.html
    July 01, 2023 - Name & Title Role Phone & Email Address   Labor and Delivery Medical Director     … Obstetricians (list all)     Anesthesiologists/Certified Nurse Anesthetists     Neonatal Intensive

96. Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools.html
    June 01, 2024 - End-stage renal disease facilities: Reducing Infections in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities Intensive … Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities Medical

97. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - • Between 2 percent and 10 percent of all babies admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU … consent from patient and/or patient’s caregiver(s) to insert the central line and put the consent in the medical … appropriate placement of standing orders on units (decisions based on accessibility via electronic medical … feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary staff; senior medical … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

98. Early Mobility | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/technical-bundles-early-mobility.html
    March 01, 2017 - Medical Screening Algorithm ( Word File , 222 KB; Text Version ) This medical screening algorithm … Presentation , 2.6 MB - Text Version ; Facilitator Guide - Word File , 2.81 MB) Early Mobility in the Intensive

99. Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/cost-implications.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices Decolonization … Section 6 – Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical … Effect of body surface decolonisation on bacteriuria and candiduria in intensive care units: an analysis

100. Final Progress Report: Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Enhance the Value and Safety of Neonatal Interfacility Transfers in a Regional Care Network (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/umoren-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - each year by specialized transport teams to facilities with the capacity to deliver higher levels of intensive … • Patient outcomes: length of stay (total hospital days, intensive care unit days, ventilator days) … Ground and air transport environments need to contain many of the same things as an intensive care unit … Trends and outcomes of neonatal transports to a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Pacific … DiGeronimo R, Sawyer TL., editor Trends and outcomes of neonatal transports to a Level IV Neonatal Intensive