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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - Patient Safety PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer
PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax
PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related … Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis
PSI 13 Postoperative Sepsis
PSI 14 Postoperative Wound … Dehiscence
PSI 15 Accidental Puncture or Laceration
Obstetric PSI 17 Birth Trauma-Injury to Neonate …
PSI 18 Obstetric Trauma-Vaginal Delivery With Instrument
PSI 19 Obstetric Trauma-Vaginal Delivery … 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate
PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
PDI 11 Postoperative Wound
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-handouts.html
June 01, 2017 - disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … and Skin
|___| Cellulitis
|___| Edema
|___| Infected wound or decubitus
|___| Jaundice … |___| Rash
Fall-Related Injury
|___| Major injury
|___| Minor injury
Non-Fall-Related … Injury
|___| Major injury
|___| Minor injury
Musculoskeletal
|___| Joint pain/joint … status change
|___| Mental disorder/psychosis
|___| Neoplasm
|___| Pneumonia
|___| Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar4_pu_skinassesst_final.pdf
April 01, 2011 - deep tissue injury
– Preulceration in the diabetic foot
– Inflammation or infection
15
Parameter … – Skin tears (especially forearm of older adults)
– Trauma
• Make sure to get the etiology right … For each patient, record—
• Whether he/she has pressure ulcers
• How many pressure ulcers he/she has … • Highest stage of his/her deepest ulcer
• Treatment for any existing wounds
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Reporting Results … Wound care essentials: practice principles. 3rd ed.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar3_pu_staffroles.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Program.
8
Wound Care Team: Roles and Duties
• Serve as your hospital’s content experts on
pressure … ulcer
injury prevention … Nursing 2014 survey results: Wound care and
prevention. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2010; 23(3):120-31.
• Levine J, et al. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2007;
20(1):34-38.
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Staff Roles and Training forYour Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-indications-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Knight is a 25-year-old man who was admitted with acute urinary retention due to a spinal cord injury … the last row on this table), urology consultation should be considered for prostatitis and urethral trauma … Of note, catheters are appropriate in the case of urinary incontinence with open wounds if the urine … cannot be kept from contaminating the wounds using other strategies. … .
· Not all open sacral/hip wounds require an indwelling catheter if the wound can be kept clean by other
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - due to procedures,
as well as pressure ulcers/pressure injuries and falls. … ulcers/pressure injuries
increased from 2014 to 2015 and then decreased somewhat from 2015 to 2016 … Ulcers/Pressure
Injuries
Obstetric Adverse Events
Falls
Clostridioides difficile
Infections
Central … Ulcers/
Pressure Injuries
21.7 23.5 22.7 23.0 6%
Surgical Site Infections 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 8% … Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical Site
Infection
NHSN SSIs for 17 procedures w/CDC SCIP
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/early-mobility-icu-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg (4).
Oxygen saturation <80% (3). … Systolic blood pressure >200 mmHg (1).
No extubations. … (i.e., 6 per 1,000 PT treatment):
80% of events were transient physiological (heart rate, blood pressure … Subjects: 2,176 trauma and burn ICU patients,
Pre (n=1044) and post (n=1132) EM program. … Slide 23: 5-Year Sustainability of Time to PT Postacute Lung Injury Diagnosis 8
Post-QI → earlier
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-section-6-b-expert-workgroup.pdf
September 18, 2014 - providers dedicated to skin care and HAPU prevention, e.g., an
institution-wide skin-care council led by wound … stakeholders including CCM, ENT, General Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Dermatology, Transplant Surgery, Trauma … • Staging of Pressure ulcers would need to be done by a wound care expert vs. the PICU staff nurse … • Evaluation of potential pressure injury is labor intensive and subjective; data cannot be obtained … • Given the severity of illness/injury in PICU patients, 48 or 72 hours seems more reasonable to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-199-section-6-b-pmcoe-picu-expert-workgroup.pdf
September 18, 2014 - providers dedicated to skin care and HAPU prevention, e.g., an
institution-wide skin-care council led by wound … stakeholders including CCM, ENT, General Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Dermatology, Transplant Surgery, Trauma … • Staging of Pressure ulcers would need to be done by a wound care expert vs. the PICU staff nurse … • Evaluation of potential pressure injury is labor intensive and subjective; data cannot be obtained … • Given the severity of illness/injury in PICU patients, 48 or 72 hours seems more reasonable to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-203-section-6-b-workgroup.pdf
September 18, 2014 - providers dedicated to skin care and HAPU prevention, e.g., an
institution-wide skin-care council led by wound … stakeholders including CCM, ENT, General Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Dermatology, Transplant Surgery, Trauma … • Staging of Pressure ulcers would need to be done by a wound care expert vs. the PICU staff nurse … • Evaluation of potential pressure injury is labor intensive and subjective; data cannot be obtained … • Given the severity of illness/injury in PICU patients, 48 or 72 hours seems more reasonable to
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man3.html
December 01, 2017 - measures that include falls, residents who fall, residents with two or more falls and fall related serious injuries … Changes in staff organization
Reduction of survey tags and lawsuits related to falls and injuries … Include alarms attached to a wheelchair and consider all types of pressure or position change alarms … Item 14 asks if the resident's blood pressure was taken after the fall. … across from the injury site and specify the type of injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T1-Medical_Care_Referral_Form_Word_doc_for_html_only.doc
June 02, 2025 - including recent fever pattern and change in recent/current health status:
CURRENT VITAL SIGNS
Blood pressure … Suspected minor injury
Yes No ?
Suspected serious injury
Yes No ? … New or increasing pus draining from wound
Y
N
?
New breakdown
Y
N
? … New or expanding redness around wound
Y
N
?
Pain / tenderness
Y
N
?
Warmth
Y
N
?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Best practices forms exist for the following 14 PSIs:
• PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Rate
• PSI 05 Retained … Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate
• PSI 13 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
• PSI 14 Postoperative Wound … 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate
• PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
• PDI 02 Pressure … Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate
• PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
• PDI 11 Postoperative Wound … • PSI 17 Birth Trauma Rate―Injury to Neonate: The existing literature on birth trauma
and injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Data_Submission_Dashboard_Data_2025.xlsx
January 01, 2025 - 19.8%
CFER-H V1.2 Other 1395521 53.4%
CFER-H V1.2 Perinatal 34593 1.3%
CFER-H V1.2 Pressure … Injury 125845 4.8%
CFER-H V1.2 Surgery or Anesthesia 135757 5.2%
CFER-H V1.2 Venous … 14.6%
CFER-H V2.0 Other 611888 57.5%
CFER-H V2.0 Perinatal 39507 3.7%
CFER-H V2.0 Pressure … Injury 19650 1.8%
CFER-H V2.0 Surgery 39571 3.7%
CFER-H V2.0 Venous Thromboembolism
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-assessment.docx
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment … The On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment incorporates elements from the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool … In partial thickness wounds it can occur throughout the wound bed as well as from the wound edges. … In full thickness wounds it occurs from the edges only. … Stage 3
Stage 4
Unstageable
Suspected Deep Tissue Injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/sarcevic-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - , and (4) patients with external injuries. … 1(0-3) 0(1-3)
Injury 0(0-2) 0(0-1)
External 0.014 0.053 <.001* <.001* 0.92 0.13
No injury 1(0-1.5) … with penetrating injuries and those with a blunt injury. … Of 187 patients, 111 (59.4%)
had external injuries. … without external injuries (p<.001, Table 1).
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-fact-sheet.html
January 01, 2017 - Emerging evidence links protective tidal ventilation to decreased incidence of acute lung injury (ALI … Use at least 5 cm H2O positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
Why wait? … not yet have ARDS and particularly those with risk factors to prevent progressive development of lung injury … Ventilator-associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation … What tidal volumes should be used in patients without acute lung injury?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
April 10, 2017 - Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) — “A pressure ulcer is localized injury to the skin and/or
underlying … ulcers are a serious iatrogenic injury. … They may have
preexisting wounds or altered skin integrity due to a variety of factors related to their … Are pressure ulcers preventable? A survey of experts. Adv
Skin Wound Care 2001; 14(5):244-8. … Unavoidable Pressure Injury. J Wound Ostomy
Continence Nurs 2014; 41(4): 313-34.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T1-Medical_Care_Referral_Form.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Positive culture
If yes, positive for:_______________________________
CURRENT VITAL SIGNS
Blood pressure … New or increasing pus draining from wound
Y N ? New breakdown
Y N ? … New or expanding redness around wound
Y N ? Pain / tenderness
Y N ? Warmth
Y N ? … Suspected minor injury Yes No ?
Suspected serious injury Yes No ?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/functional-specifications.docx
February 10, 2014 - The vendor determines the methodology to assign unique IDs to resident wounds. … :
· 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI)
Most Recent Assess Ulcer Stage … Display as 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI)
Ulcer Origin
Wound Assessment … :
Stage 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI)
Ulcer Origin
Wound Assessment … Display as 1, 2, 3, 4, U (Unstageable) or Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI).