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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pursuit-perfection-hospitals-take-heightened-actions-reduce-adverse-events
November 18, 2020 - June 10, 2018
Tapping front-line knowledge: identifying problems as they occur helps … September 27, 2016
When errors occur.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/148-investigating-defect-lfd-worksheet.docx
June 02, 2025 - Enter lessons learned
Why Did This Defect Occur? What Are the Top Contributing Factors?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/looking-meds-all-wrong-places
June 16, 2021 - As a result, medication errors occur regularly in the ED, ranging from about 5.4 to 16.1 medication errors … also need to be aware of high-alert medications, which can have catastrophic consequences if errors occur … Mistakes with medications occur not because a clinician has been incompetent by making an error, but … their own risks for medication errors, it is important to acknowledge that medication errors generally occur … Medication errors generally occur as a result of system failures rather than faults produced by particular
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Grayson.pdf
January 01, 2003 - whether transient changes in working
conditions may precipitate errors or make errors more likely to occur … question, “Were exposures immediately preceding the
case event different from those that typically occur … These events were less likely to occur
during the 30 minutes preceding the error (OR = 0.14, 95% CI … the medical error than during the rest of the error
shift, though they were more likely to occur on … Breaks from policy were significantly more likely to occur on the error shift
but not during the 30
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/learn-from-defects-fac-guide.html
July 01, 2023 - The Learn From Defects Form, which provides a standardized means to assess where defects occur and to … These conditions are the mistakes that occur without human error. … Organizational failures occur when decisional elements, such as culture,procedures, and leadership decisions … By doing this, teams are able to assign meaning to the system breakdowns that occur on their L&D unit … defects on the L&D unit, it is important for staff to understand where and how breakdowns in safety occur
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - Phlebitis (inflammation of the vein) can also occur, either related to chemical irritation of the vein … Although serious events related to PVC use occur less commonly than do those related to central venous
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/claims-errors-and-compensation-payments-medical-malpractice-litigation
March 02, 2011 - Healthcare Research and Quality–supported study discovered that claims without clear evidence of error do occur … On the other hand, the majority of expenditures toward litigation occur in cases of errors in which compensation
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-lasa-substitution-errors/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Target Population: Pediatric *
Summary: Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) medication errors occur … Delphi process to identify pairs that are of greatest concern to pediatricians should a substitution occur … The Delphi process will occur through an online survey that was in development in 2010.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery
September 15, 2024 - wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors" (WSPEs) are rightly termed never events —errors that should never occur … A seminal study estimated that such errors occur in approximately 1 of 112,000 surgical procedures, … It is worth noting, however, that many cases of WSPEs would still occur despite full adherence to the
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apd.html
August 01, 2022 - Could this type of communication failure occur in the future during normal working conditions? … Why did they occur?
Is there any opportunity to overcome the barriers?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/brock.html
August 01, 2017 - interventions focused on patient safety generally have not proven effective. 2-4 When success does occur … Disclosure coaches strengthen clinician confidence and allow disclosure to occur in a timely fashion. … Our organizations’ leaders and stakeholders hold a shared vision that organizational change needs to occur … organization’s leaders and stakeholders hold a shared vision of what organizational change needs to occur … organization’s leaders and stakeholders hold a shared vision of how organizational change needs to occur
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-influenza.pdf
June 01, 2021 - onset of fever, headache, sore throat, cough,
myalgias, rhinorrhea.1-3
• Influenza testing should occur … Active influenza surveillance should occur until at least 1 week after the last influenza
case
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855058/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - we think that certain units may have a patient population that may predispose workplace
violence to occur … Opportunities for workplace violence occur in long-term care facilities because of their patient
https … In recent years, in addition to
workplace violence events that may occur in healthcare organizations … challenges with reporting and making it easier for clinicians to report acts of violence
when they occur … Having reporting systems in place that facilitate
the reporting of events when they actually occur is
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/tribal-consultation-policy.html
August 01, 2014 - Policy
It is the policy of AHRQ that consultation with Federally-recognized Indian Tribes will occur … Consultation shall occur on a regular basis and may occur on an "as needed" basis as well. … The Agency will also take part in the Department's annual national Tribal budget consultations which occur … Other types of meetings and/or conferences occur in which tribal leaders/representatives and Agency leaders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/111-ss-cusp-lfd-worksheet-a3.docx
April 01, 2025 - contributing factor
Enter intervention
Enter responsible staff, deadline
Enter status
Why Did This Defect Occur
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/111-cusp-learning-from-defects-worksheet.docx
April 01, 2025 - contributing factor
Enter intervention
Enter responsible staff, deadline
Enter status
Why Did This Defect Occur
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/allergies-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - They occur within minutes to hours of receipt of an antibiotic. … Type 2 reactions can occur soon after antibiotics are started, but also during subsequent days and weeks … They occur after a patient had been on antibiotics for several days. … They also tend to occur after a patient has been on antibiotics for several days. … It can occur days to weeks into therapy and can vary in severity.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/heed-warning-dont-miss-important-computer-alerts
May 07, 2018 - May 7, 2018
Fatal 1,000-fold overdoses can occur, particularly in neonates, by transposing … June 16, 2019
Fatal 1,000-fold overdoses can occur, particularly in neonates, by transposing
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/exercises4.html
December 01, 2017 - ( Circle all that apply )
Identify all weights that occur in the range of 170-190 days from the … most recent weight date; select the weight closest to 180 days
Identify all weights that occur in the … weight
None of the above
When determining Weight 30 Days Prior, first identify all weights that occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857259/psn-pdf
November 30, 2023 - medical errors are the third most common cause of
death behind heart disease and cancer.2 Errors can occur … hazards are prevented by barriers, but holes in the
cheese represent opportunities for an error to occur … and commentary highlight the continual
need for improvement, and how serious medication errors can occur … Thus, even if incorrect decisional responses are rare, they occur with sufficient frequency to
impact … Workarounds occur within healthcare systems and may lead to deviations from protocols while
providing