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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/asp-pneumonitis-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Aspiration Pneumonitis/Pneumonia
Diagnosis
• Aspiration pneumonitis is an abrupt chemical injury caused by inhalation of sterile gastric
contents.
o It can progress quickly to a decline in respiratory status followed by rapid improvement
within 48 hours of the insult.
o Chest x rays appear similar to multi…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century
AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the health…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/hotline/hotline-appendixa.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Appendix A. Recommendations for Ideal Consumer Reporting Systems
Appendix A. Recommendations for Ideal Consumer
Reporting Systems
A 2010 report by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and Consumers Advancing Patient Safety,
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events, outlined recommendations
for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/enabling-real-time.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk
Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
AHRQ Impact: Researchers have developed a
prediction tool to identify primary care practices
at high-risk of clinician burnout…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxreports-ig.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Falls that occur within 1-7 days of the report date will be
noted in high risk based on change of condition … Falls that occur within 1-7 days of the report date will
be noted in high risk based on change of condition … Likewise, if multiple
minor injuries occur, they will only be counted as one and if
multiple major … injuries occur, they will only be counted as one. … Regardless of
whether the report is monthly or quarterly, a room change must
occur within 30 days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/cook-hoas-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - responded to
the needs of rural healthcare providers to know what kinds of errors are most
likely to occur … settings and identify the conditions, including working conditions,
under which system change can occur … Our study showed that three key conditions must be met in order for system
change to occur: (1) shared … can be handled; (3) belief that organizational
changes, or corrective actions, are possible and will occur … care in one’s hospital is safe) so that they
can recognize the full range of errors that actually occur
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Henriksen_104.pdf
January 01, 2025 - When errors do occur, our pride
leads us to respond with surprise (This should never happen here!) … Because of powerful vested interests,
change will not occur without substantial increases in public … Handoffs between providers will
occur electronically. … vision of “patient-centeredness” within patient safety in 2025, the necessary
changes that need to occur … To develop those new ways of thinking and better understanding, three fundamental changes
must occur
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS)
Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events Medical errors are an ongoing challenge to the healthcare system in the United States. The extent of medical errors in U.S. hospitals was revealed in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (now the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/ldusafety_facguide.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Errors associated with schematic
tasks are labeled “slips” and occur because of
lapses in concentration … Errors associated with failures of
attentional behavior are labeled “mistakes”
and often occur because … Checklists
are cognitive aids that have numerous
practical benefits, including reducing slips that
occur … In practice, steps listed may not
occur sequentially.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Davis_60.pdf
April 07, 2008 - Unlike simulations that occur in a laboratory setting, in situ
simulation is a strategy that takes place … Severity
How severe the outcome
is to the patient should
failure occur. … Cost is certainly a factor, but as simulation becomes more commonplace, efficiencies will occur.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-design-guide-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Next, you need to understand how the many types of transitions currently occur.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
November 19, 2015 - Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Interim estimates for 2014 show a sust…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Interim estimates for 2014 show a s…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/learn-from-defects-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustainability: Learning From Defects: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery—Sustainability
Sustainability: Learning From Defects
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
After this session, you will be able to–
Describe the difference between first-orde…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/herwaldt-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - technology, and a new
online data-capture-response tool to prevent patient identification errors that occur … technology, and a new
online data-capture-response tool to prevent patient identification errors that occur
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/055-guide-nursing-practice.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization Nursing Practice Guide
Use this guide to help ensure that all nursing practice procedures and leadership support are in place to actively support the decolonization intervention.
Engagement & Collaboration
Determine Which Patients Need Treatment
CHG Bath Docume…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/how-to-prepare-for-surge.html
June 01, 2022 - How To Prepare Your Facility for a Surge
Resource: How To Prepare Your Facility for a Surge
This course is free and is designed to meet the critical staff shortages occurring as a result of COVID-19. Completion of this training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Croskerry.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Errors of ignorance are due to inadequate knowledge, whereas
errors of implementation occur during application … No-fault diagnostic errors occur when the disease is silent, appears in
an atypical fashion, or mimics … An
exception may occur if a physician experienced a particularly bad outcome with a
missed diagnosis … Fatigue may occur independently of sleep deprivation and
sleep debt, but these invariably lead to fatigue … exercise is to provide meaningful, realistic self-feedback so that
insight will develop, learning will occur
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4.html
March 01, 2025 - patients with diverse health beliefs, language preferences, cultural norms, and health-seeking behaviors occur … misunderstandings about the nature of an illness, its remedies, and appropriate health behaviors are more likely to occur … Cross-cultural communication, which requires an exchange of shared meaning, can occur even when both … This can be due to a range of phenomena, including fear of the shame that could occur if the patient's … appointments, you can reference the calendar to determine whether any special religious observances will occur
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4.html
March 01, 2025 - patients with diverse health beliefs, language preferences, cultural norms, and health-seeking behaviors occur … misunderstandings about the nature of an illness, its remedies, and appropriate health behaviors are more likely to occur … Cross-cultural communication, which requires an exchange of shared meaning, can occur even when both … This can be due to a range of phenomena, including fear of the shame that could occur if the patient's … appointments, you can reference the calendar to determine whether any special religious observances will occur