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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852447/psn-pdf
August 16, 2023 - palliative care can include inappropriate pain management, preventable hospital
(re)admissions, falls, and pressure … injuries.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac_rates_2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries … Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-5%
Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries … CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-use-employee-functional-flexibility-patient-safety
January 12, 2022 - examined the effect of unit-level nursing functional flexibility on the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure … Results indicate that higher use of functionally flexible nurses was associated with a higher number of pressure … Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure … injuries.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Introduction
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are small open motorized vehicles
designed with large low-pressure … Annual Report of ATV-Related Deaths and Injuries. … Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 69(6): 1344–1349.
5 Aitken, M. E., C. J. … ED visits for ATV injuries were more likely to occur
on a weekend than the total of other injury-related … Compared with all injury related visits, those for ATV injuries were more likely to be
covered by private
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866729/psn-pdf
September 18, 2024 - compared with privately insured patients, Medicaid patients experienced significantly
higher rates of pressure … injuries, catheter-related infections, and six-out-of-seven surgery-related safety
indicators.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851158/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Left ventricular pressures can be measured with a catheter advanced
across the aortic valve. … instance, the operator was falsely reassured by the presence of a normal pressure
reading, suggesting … that the tip of the catheter was not against the wall, when in fact, the pressure sensor
was likely … Radiology technologists and
nurses, who should be reviewing images and pressures during the case, can … Immediate recognition of iatrogenic injuries during cardiac catheterization enables more timely and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/saworksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - the On-Time electronic
reports into current workflow to help inform pressure ulcer wound interventions … Ulcer Healing Tool
BWAT – Bates-Jenson Wound Assessment
Tool
None of the above
Other … Injury Alliance’s Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Guidelines
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence … Pressure ulcer debridement?
Selection of dressings based on wound
characteristics? … Wound cleansing?
Assessing the resident for pain?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapc.html
December 01, 2017 - She was assessed to have no injuries resulting from the fall. … Physical restraint—increases risk of serious injury. … Full side rails—increase risk of serious injury. … .
___ provide frequent reminders about call bell.
___ conduct trial use of a change in position/pressure … Use of pressure, position alarm.
Use of hip protectors.
No physical restraint use.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Injury From Falls
Barrett JA, Bradshaw M, Hutchinson K, et al. … Fall and injury prevention (Chapter 10). In: Hughes RG, ed. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … Eliminating birth trauma at Ascencion Health. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33:15-24. … Pressure Ulcers
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ref.html
December 01, 2014 - Fall and injury prevention (Chapter 10). In: Hughes RG, ed. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … Eliminating birth trauma at Ascencion Health. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33:15-24. … Pressure Ulcers
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Eliminating facility-acquired pressure ulcers at Ascension Health .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49862/psn-pdf
May 01, 2019 - She was admitted to the stroke unit and
received aggressive treatment to control her blood pressure. … This powerful attractive force can result in injury
to a patient or health care worker from any of various … Direct trauma from the accelerating ferromagnetic object striking the patient or health care worker … To this day, injuries
continue to occur in MRI scanners around the globe from ferromagnetic objects … modality—at times with
serious, and even fatal, consequences.(6-10)
The only way to avoid such events and injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates_2019.html
July 01, 2020 - Description: National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events and injuries … Pressure ulcers: 6% increase. Surgical site infections: 8% increase.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-resource-list-2.0.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls
https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/prevention-falls-and-fall-injuries … Pressure Ulcer Reduction
1. … Pressure Injury Training Modules
https://npiap.com/page/TrainingModules
The NPIAP Pressure Injury … injuries.
3. … Ulcer Data Collection Tool Instructions
Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls
Quality Assurance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73229/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - norepinephrine-dosing-error-associated-multiple-health-system-
vulnerabilities
The Case
A 65-year-old man presented to a Level III trauma … The patient was then
transferred to a Level I trauma center that could provide a higher level of care … that results in wide fluctuation of blood pressure. … The combination of a supraphysiologic blood pressure target and the patient’s altered blood pressure … ’s spinal cord injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess2.html
October 01, 2014 - Additional Tools and Resources
Limiting Falls that Cause Injury
Residents in long-term … However, what we can do is eliminate needless falls and limit the injuries from falls that do occur. … Things about the equipment or care plan (e.g., monitor blood pressure frequently). … Things about equipment or the care plan, including:
More frequent blood pressure monitoring. … Relationship between physical restraint removal and falls and injuries among nursing home residents.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/skin-substitutes/protocol
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/potent-medication-administered-not-so-viable-route
July 20, 2016 - Use of vasopressors to raise blood pressure and improve perfusion in fluid refractory shock is considered … standard of care ( 1 ), with vasopressors generally titrated to achieve a mean arterial pressure of … Vasopressor medications achieve their desired effects on blood pressure through powerful vasoconstriction … of 49 hours (± 22 hours).( 4 ) While 2% of patients experienced vasopressor extravasation, no tissue injuries … Management of extravasation injuries: a focused evaluation of noncytotoxic medications.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/Dx_Pr_Grps_Formats.TXT
December 28, 2023 - , subsequent encounter'
'INJ064 ' = 'INJ064 : Other unspecified injuries, subsequent … 'MBD006 : Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders'
'MBD007 ' = 'MBD007 : Trauma … PNL007 : Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice'
'PNL008 ' = 'PNL008 : Birth trauma … : Anesthesia complications during pregnancy'
'PRG026 ' = 'PRG026 : OB-related trauma … ulcer of skin'
'SKN004 ' = 'SKN004 : Non-pressure ulcer of skin'
'SKN005
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73665/psn-pdf
September 01, 2021 - The most common safety events included pressure injuries or other skin integrity events, falls,
and