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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/mvp/modules/vae/objective-outcome-tool.docx
January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Hospital ___________ Unit___________ Month ___________
Please record the following occurrences for all patients in your unit within the selected month.
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Total number of patients on mechanical ventilation
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Total number of episodes of mechani…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-safety-chg-mupirocin.docx
March 01, 2022 - FAQs (Staff): Safety and Side Effects: CHG and Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-6 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Safety and Side Effects of
Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin
This hospital will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and nasal mupirocin to reduce bacteria that c…
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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/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 - One way of responding to the changes occurring in health care is to get out in
front of them and consider
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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/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-2.html
September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science
The Contribution of Diagnostic Error to Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
The Contribution of Diagnostic Er…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Banja.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Does Medical Error Disclosure Violate the Medical Malpractice Insurance Cooperation Clause?
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Does Medical Error Disclosure
Violate the Medical Malpractice
Insurance Cooperation Clause?
John D. Banja
Abstract
Medical malpractice insurance policies customarily contain a “cooperation”
clause requiring ins…
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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 - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve Understanding of Risks and Failures
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on
In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve
Understanding of Risks and Failures
Stanley Davis, MD; William Riley, PhD; Ayse P. Gurses, PhD; Kr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Making the Case That Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Antibiotic Use
1
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
Making the Case That Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient
Safety Issue
Acute Care
Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/6.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Functional Specifications
3. Specifications for Each Pressure Ulcer Prevention Report (continued)
3.6. Risk Change Report (formerly Priority Report)
3.6.1. Report Description
The On-Time Risk Change Report (formerly Priority Repo…
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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/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving/problem-solving-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - Module 3: Script and Slides
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Management Practices for Sustainability
Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Facilitator Notes
SLIDE 1
Title: Management Practices for Sustainability, Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalati…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving-fac-notes.html
June 01, 2017 - Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation - Facilitator Notes
Slide 1: Management Practices for Sustainability Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation
Say:
In this module, we will focus on two elements in the frontline management system that we have outlined—having well-understood problem-solving and prob…
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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-Neuspiel_43.pdf
March 05, 2008 - with children
occur on an outpatient basis, an understanding of the types and frequency of errors occurring
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/05h-why-did-happen/index.html
June 01, 2018 - Why Did It Happen?
CUSP Toolkit
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. These videos reinforce the material presented in each module of the CUSP toolkit.
Apply CUSP To Find Out W…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool1_data_analysis_final.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 1: Readmission Data Analysis and Interpretation
Instructions
Tool 1. Readmission Data Analysis and Interpretation
Brief Description: A quantitative readmission analysis tool.
Purpose: Analyze hospital administrative data to evaluate readmission patterns. Understanding readmission patterns is critical to design…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/factraining.html
November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
Facilitator Training
This version of On-Time introduction is for training Facilitators who have not had pressure ulcer prevention training. If they have had that training, this set of slides can be omitted or may be used as a refresher.
Slide…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4.html
August 01, 2022 - System-Focused Event Investigation and Analysis Guide
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose : To help teams adopt a system-focused approached to event investigation and analysis.
Who should use this tool? Event Reporting, Investigation, and Analysis Team.
How to use this tool : Review…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/130-ss-swiss-cheese-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Learning From Defects: Applying the “Swiss cheese model” of System Failure
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Learning From Defects: Applying the “Swiss C…