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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3a_combo_chartsforpresentations.xlsx
January 01, 2006 - Remove the
"Pressure Ulcers" part of the title and revise it to reflect your PSI or IQI of interest … Remove the
"Pressure Ulcers" part of the title and revise it to reflect your PSI or IQI of interest … Remove the
"Pressure Ulcers" part of the title and revise it to reflect your PSI or IQI of interest … Remove the
"Pressure Ulcers" part of the title and revise it to reflect your PSI or IQI of interest … Remove the
"Pressure Ulcers" part of the title and revise it to reflect your PSI or IQI of interest
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module3/module3_pu-bestpractices_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - documentation forms
Lacking ways to empower staff to report abnormal skin findings:
Consider using Tool 3C: Pressure … Ulcer Identification Pocket Pad.
11
ID Pocket Pad
Tool 3C
12
Practice Insight
Or note location … 27
Practice Insight
EHR Care Plans Triggered Based on Risk Assessment
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure … Sore Risk
SENSORY PERCEPTION 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide4.html
October 01, 2017 - Additional Related Training Resources
Staff Roles and Training for Your Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Ulcer Knowledge Test and staff training needs. … Tool 2G: Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test. … Ulcer Prevention Program. … Instructor’s Note: Tool 2H: Pressure Ulcer Baseline Assessment, which is a shorter knowledge test, is
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide1.html
October 01, 2017 - Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit training. … Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers. … Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit. … Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers. … Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17f.html
February 01, 2023 - 7,139
5,429
Composite: ACSC Overall
23,940
16,507
25,790
18,529
23,803
18,978
Pressure … Ulcer
5,875
3,508
6,077
4,338
6,250
4,022
Injurious Falls
147
123
175
119 … 6,119
6,072
7,171
5,539
Composite: ACSC Overall
21,607
19,235
23,468
19,546
Pressure … Ulcer
4,785
5,171
6,257
4,181
Injurious Falls
145
120
171
121
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17b.html
February 01, 2023 - 10,530
7,005
Composite: ACSC Overall
24,760
16,334
23,622
19,729
26,330
18,086
Pressure … Ulcer
4,583
2,937
4,303
3,638
4,774
3,353
Injurious Falls
397
350
396
366 … 8,314
8,522
10,408
7,479
Composite: ACSC Overall
21,408
21,005
25,803
19,316
Pressure … Ulcer
4,098
3,440
4,727
3,530
Injurious Falls
384
363
466
342
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17g.html
February 01, 2023 - 13,941
8,615
Composite: ACSC Overall
31,820
19,437
32,312
23,141
34,235
21,902
Pressure … Ulcer
5,156
2,917
5,215
3,604
5,195
3,597
Injurious Falls
568
461
588
484 … 10,221
11,658
13,626
9,337
Composite: ACSC Overall
25,759
28,549
32,778
23,897
Pressure … Ulcer
4,379
3,646
4,962
3,857
Injurious Falls
504
573
687
457
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17e.html
February 01, 2023 - 8,838
5,914
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,734
15,368
19,563
17,756
23,009
16,087
Pressure … Ulcer
2,980
2,213
2,877
2,492
3,415
2,252
Injurious Falls
253
224
263
220 … 6,956
7,098
7,925
6,580
Composite: ACSC Overall
19,175
17,427
20,509
17,826
Pressure … Ulcer
2,820
2,361
3,195
2,436
Injurious Falls
251
221
300
217
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17d.html
February 01, 2023 - 3,815
3,120
Composite: ACSC Overall
6,079
4,558
5,662
5,312
6,245
5,000
Pressure … Ulcer
1,619
1,071
1,367
1,440
1,749
1,185
Injurious Falls
81
60
90
55
92 … 3,481
3,208
3,831
3,228
Composite: ACSC Overall
5,719
5,011
6,399
5,136
Pressure … Ulcer
1,498
1,217
1,890
1,213
Injurious Falls
80
57
88
68
Notes:
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17c.html
February 01, 2023 - 5,049
3,932
Composite: ACSC Overall
15,281
10,642
14,988
12,306
15,447
12,117
Pressure … Ulcer
2,935
1,376
2,649
2,045
3,140
1,790
Injurious Falls
76
51
101
45
98 … 4,416
4,102
5,111
4,002
Composite: ACSC Overall
13,885
11,778
15,231
12,519
Pressure … Ulcer
2,200
2,447
3,298
1,833
Injurious Falls
66
63
119
44
Notes:
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17.html
February 01, 2023 - 9,215
6,184
Composite: ACSC Overall
22,374
14,832
21,534
17,751
23,720
16,492
Pressure … Ulcer
4,168
2,525
3,903
3,214
4,382
2,935
Injurious Falls
316
271
324
280 … 7,298
7,429
9,114
6,570
Composite: ACSC Overall
19,447
18,724
23,221
17,538
Pressure … Ulcer
3,603
3,194
4,378
3,086
Injurious Falls
301
289
382
264
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap4.html
December 01, 2014 - Ulcers
250,000
50%
50%
25%
62,500
$17,000
.072
$1,062,500,000
4,525
Surgical … 17.4%
1,040,500
NA
NA
$9,141,150,000
35,647
* Additional costs per HAC for Falls and Pressure … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … been wrongly based on the full cost of a hospital stay that included a fall or a hospital-acquired pressure … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
18.
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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 - ulcers, pressure ulcers that are not healing
appropriately, falls, and preventable hospitalizations … For example:
Pressure Ulcer Prevention has been pilot tested in more than
50 nursing homes across … the country; several studies have
shown significant reductions in pressure ulcer incidence
rates … when On-Time pressure ulcer prevention reports were
integrated into day-to-day workflow … Pressure Ulcer Healing, Falls, and Avoidable
Hospitalization reports and worksheets have
been
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab10.html
February 01, 2023 - Composite: ACSC Overall
Yes
22,422
20,395
25,160
No
18,138
19,018
17,666
Pressure … Ulcer
Yes
5,006
4,208
4,833
No
2,960
3,348
3,127
Injurious Falls
Yes
307 … 7,607
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,384
19,444
14,877
19,094
19,184
20,443
Pressure … Ulcer
4,195
4,249
2,476
3,395
3,286
3,764
Injurious Falls
388
259
218
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
March 15, 2016 - ulcers). … PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate (stage
III, IV, Unstageable)
Diagnosis and site of pressure ulcer must … PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Encourage providers to document pressure ulcers as part of the admission H&P to … Provider must document the site of pressure ulcer; the stage of
the ulcer can be documented and coded … PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer X “Unspecified stage” and “unstageable”
are not interchangeable terms; the code
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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 - Pressure Ulcer Reduction
1. … Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk
https://www.in.gov/health/files/Braden_Scale.pdf
This … ulcers. … Use this tool to identify a) residents admitted the current month with pressure ulcers
and b) others … who developed a pressure ulcer within the month.
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - ulcer)
• Denominator = population at risk (e.g., hospitalized
patients)
• Observed rate = numerator … ulcer in any secondary diagnosis field
among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion
rules for the … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)
http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V45/ … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)�
How can the AHRQ PDIs be used in�quality assessment?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab12.html
February 01, 2023 - Composite: ACSC Overall
Yes
26,515
17,685
7,028
No
18,855
19,300
20,127
Pressure … Ulcer
Yes
6,274
3,455
1,049
No
3,338
3,486
3,662
Injurious Falls
Yes
369 … 7,404
Composite: ACSC Overall
6,233
33,102
8,819
20,714
16,992
19,479
Pressure … Ulcer
1,013
6,793
2,359
3,765
2,949
3,511
Injurious Falls
157
543
138
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014finalhacreport-cx.pdf
December 01, 2016 - ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-
associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) (Exhibit 4) … Most of the deaths averted
occurred as a result of reductions in the rates of pressure ulcers and adverse … Ulcers
MPSMS
(2014)
Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,010,000 30.9
Surgical Site
Infections … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
December 01, 2016 - ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-
associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) (Exhibit 4) … Most of the deaths averted
occurred as a result of reductions in the rates of pressure ulcers and adverse … Ulcers
MPSMS
(2014)
Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,010,000 30.9
Surgical Site
Infections … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.