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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Slide
Factors Contributing to CDI
SAY:
Colonization of the intestinal tract with C. difficile
occurs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lipsitz-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Video Conferencing
1. Title Page
Title: Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Video Conferencing
PI: Lewis Lipsitz, MD
Team Members:
Amber Moore, MD, MPHa,b; Julie C. Lima, MPH, PhDc; Sweta Patel, BD…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/communication-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Aggressiveness, whether active or passive, occurs when someone attacks or ignores others' opinions in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ltcmodule3.pdf
June 01, 2012 - Often, when a change occurs that might signal illness in a resident, that change
has nothing to do with … If a fall occurs, after taking care of
the resident, assessing the resident again for risk factors is
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impguide.html
July 01, 2017 - were hospitalized is different from identifying changes in risk and intervening before hospitalization occurs
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra3.html
April 01, 2018 - For example, assuming that the top event SSI occurs, the criticality of basic event A is the probability
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/playbook.html
February 01, 2025 - Playbook for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in the ICU Setting
The playbook helps your intensive care unit (ICU) understand how to integrate the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and the tiered interventions introduced in the central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Changing the System To Improve Patient Safety
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Changing the System
1
Objectives
Use barriers as opportunities to improve systems and prevent problems from recurring.
List factors that may comp…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety-apa.html
September 01, 2022 - Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Leaders and Educators
Appendix A. SIDM Competencies To Improve Diagnosis and Suggested Questions for Debriefing Case Studies
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurse…
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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-Stalhandske_71.pdf
February 23, 2008 - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an emergency
airway management event occurs outside of the operating … Specifics of the VA Policy
The VA national policy addresses emergent and urgent airway management that occurs
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter4.html
August 01, 2022 - Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Chapter 4. Results and Key Findings
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Background
Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and Design
Chapt…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devic…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=17
October 01, 2011 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 171 - 180 of 191 Publications displayed
Find Publications by Keyword or To…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/double-mastectomy.pdf
February 01, 2016 - AHRQ Mastectomy SB Infographic v15
As this infographic shows, the rate
of double mastectomies per
100,000 women more than tripled
between 2005 and 2013.
Mastectomies overall – both single
and double mastectomies –
increased 36 percent during that
period. The rise in mastectomies
occurred despite breast cancer…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/overview-cuspmvp-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Title Slide
Overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Application to Mechanically Ventilated Patients
SAY:
Today, we will be giving you an overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/overview-cusp-mvp-facguide.html
February 01, 2017 - Overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Application to Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: Overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Application to Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Say: …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - If an adverse outcome occurs, take the following immediate steps:
1. … SAY:
When an incident occurs, it will be investigated and analyzed (e.g., a root cause analysis may
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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-Drews_15.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit
Error Producing Conditions in the
Intensive Care Unit
Frank A. Drews, PhD; Adrian Musters, BS; Matthew H. Samore, MD
Abstract
Up to 98,000 patients die because of human error in U.S. hospitals each year. Among the areas
where errors occur frequently is t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxoverview-ig.pdf
June 02, 2025 - It
also asks which staff members are invited, who leads the
meeting, and how often it occurs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/elder-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - post-analytical office-based actions into a series of steps that form the testing process:
• Ordering occurs … We found two themes, safety awareness (a leadership focus and
communication that occurs around quality