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421. AHRQ Tool – Competency Check vs Observational Audit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/competency.html
     May 01, 2021 - AHRQ Tool – Competency Check vs Observational Audit Resource: AHRQ Tool – Competency Check vs Observational Audit (PDF, 476 KB) This resource, designed by AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist in identification of staff compliance with infection prevention practices. Source: AHRQ …

422. Improve Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/improve.html
     March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture A survey available for nursing homes that helps … Overview of the Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules and Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture … Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture. … Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Survey Administration Materials and Results Discussion … Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

423. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2025 - Evidence Base for Decolonization  Nursing Homes PROTECT Trial  In a cluster-randomized trial of 28 nursing … homes, the 14 that used universal decolonization reduced resident transfers to a hospital for infection … Infection-related hospitalizations, associated costs, and deaths among nursing home residents also decreased

424. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
     June 01, 2022 - The Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture is based on data from nursing homes in the United … States and provides initial results that nursing homes can use to compare their patient safety culture … to other U.S. nursing homes. … AHRQ has developed Common Formats for hospitals and nursing homes (including skilled nursing facilities … Detecting and promptly reporting changes in a nursing home resident's condition are critical for ensuring

425. COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/conversation-guide.html
     February 01, 2021 - COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Long-Term Care Resource: COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Long-Term Care (PDF, 227 KB)  This guide assists healthcare professionals in having conversations about values and care preferences with patients who reside in long-term care or other skilled nursing facilities or the…

426. Hrccdocumentationhandout 0 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/hrccdocumentationhandout_0.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits … >99°F 1 42 Fever: Increase in temp >2 degrees above baseline 1 1 AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing … Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits: Electronic Reports

427. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/SOPS101_Webcast_Transcript.pdf
     June 01, 2022 - We really want to encourage nursing homes to participate. … We really encourage all nursing homes to participate in this database. … In 2019, there were only 191 nursing homes included in the Nursing Home Database, so the upcoming Nursing … And the third analysis, we linked Nursing Home SOPS to CMS Nursing Home Compare five-star ratings. … So in this analysis, we used 219 nursing homes and we found that higher Nursing Home SOPS scores were

428. AHRQ-Supported Publications and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - With COVID-19  (June 2021) When Planning Meets Reality: COVID-19 Interpandemic Survey of Michigan Nursing … Homes (March 2021) An Evaluation of Telehealth Expansion in U.S. … Nursing Homes  (November 2020) Vaccine Efficacy Needed for a COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent

429. Hospital Transfer Cover Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hospital-cover-sheet.html
     February 01, 2021 - Sheet Resource: Hospital Transfer Cover Sheet (PDF, 358 KB)  This form is to be used by nursing … home staff prior to patient transfer to the hospital.

430. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat Toolkit 3. … Letter to Prescribing Clinicians on the Protocol for Three Common Infections PRINTED ON NURSING HOME … [LAST NAME], Based on clinical practice guidelines developed by nursing home, infectious disease, and … Nursing homes serve as one of our most fertile breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant strains of … Antibiotic use in nursing homes. Get Smart About Antibiotics Week November 18–2013.

431. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit 1. … Sample Policy Letter [NAME OF NURSING HOME] RE: Antibiogram Policy [DATE] Antibiotics are among the most … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes are increasingly recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … Antibiograms aggregate information for a nursing home over a period of a year or more. … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], we will begin providing

432. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T5-Sample_Policy_Letter_final.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit … Sample Policy Letter [NAME OF NURSING HOME] RE: Antibiogram Policy [DATE] Antibiotics are among … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes are increasingly recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … Antibiograms aggregate information for a nursing home over a period of a year or more. … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], we will begin providing

433. Give People a Reason To Look at a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/reason.html
     November 01, 2018 - understand it better, value it more, and are more willing to make tradeoffs to avoid risk. [2] A study of nursing … homes found that because people are already so fearful of nursing homes, using a negative frame for … nursing home quality information made them unwilling to look at nursing home data at all. [3] These

434. 5 Tk2 P3T1-Sample Policy Phase 3 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T1-Sample_Policy_Phase_3.doc
     May 01, 2014 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 3 Sample Policy [NAME OF NURSING HOME] RE: Antibiogram Program … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes increasingly are recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the antibiogram program

435. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Letter to Prescribing Clinicians on the Protocol for Three Common Infections PRINTED ON NURSING HOME … [LAST NAME], Based on clinical practice guidelines developed by nursing home, infectious disease, and … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat Toolkit 3. … Nursing homes serve as one of our most fertile breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria … Antibiotic use in nursing homes. Get Smart About Antibiotics Week November 18–2013.

436. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Use this tool to— · Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff · Determine whether the nursing … homes—the treatment of urinary tract, lower respiratory, or skin and soft tissue infections—or the toolkit … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program Toolkit 1. … Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Is the Nursing Home Ready? … Is the nursing home financially stable?    

437. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program Toolkit 1 … Use this tool to— • Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff • Determine whether the … homes—the treatment of urinary tract, lower respiratory, or skin and soft tissue infections—or the … Sustain a Program Toolkit 1/Tool 3 2 Is the Nursing Home Ready? … Is the nursing home financially stable?

438. 4 Tk3 T1-Sample Policy Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Sample Policy [NAME OF NURSING HOME] Protocol for Three Common Infections [DATE] Between 25 percent … and 75 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes do not meet clinical guidelines for prescribing … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the minimum criteria … [NAME OF NURSING HOME] will be using [INDICATE WHICH TOOL(S) THE NURSING HOME WILL USE, I.E., THE FAXES … , THE LETTER, THE WEB APP, OR THE TRAINING] Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether

439. N | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Newborns/Infants Nursing Nursing … Homes Nutrition

440. 5 Tk2 P3T1-Sample Policy Phase 3 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T1-Sample_Policy_Phase_3.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - Associated Infections PREVENT Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 3 Sample Policy [NAME OF NURSING … HOME] RE: Antibiogram Program [DATE] Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes increasingly are recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the antibiogram