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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find4.html
December 01, 2012 - All but two of the indicators (Pressure Ulcer and Injurious Falls) build on existing AHRQ Prevention … Pressure Ulcer.
Injurious Falls.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Data_Submission_Dashboard_Data_2022.xlsx
January 01, 2022 - Anesthesia CFER-H V1.1 25,264 9.3% 2,563,698
Surgery or Anesthesia CFER-H V1.2 127,722 5.6% 2,563,698
Pressure … Ulcer CFER-H V1.1 16,374 6.0% 2,563,698
Pressure Ulcer CFER-H V1.2 109,908 4.8% 2,563,698
Device or
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Data_Submission_Dashboard_Data_2021.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - 20.7% 2,081,587
Fall CFER-H V1.1 20,445 7.5% 2,081,587
Fall CFER-H V1.2 182,352 10.1% 2,081,587
Pressure … Ulcer CFER-H V1.1 25,446 9.3% 2,081,587
Pressure Ulcer CFER-H V1.2 104,481 5.8% 2,081,587
Surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Data_Submission_Dashboard_Data_2023.xlsx
January 01, 2023 - Anesthesia CFER-H V1.1 25,264 9.4% 2,617,691
Surgery or Anesthesia CFER-H V1.2 131,045 5.6% 2,617,691
Pressure … Ulcer CFER-H V1.1 16,374 6.1% 2,617,691
Pressure Ulcer CFER-H V1.2 110,664 4.7% 2,617,691
Device or
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.docx
March 01, 2022 - CHG in clinical trials with the explicit instructions to clean superficial wounds and stage 1 and 2 decubitus … ulcers. … CHG can be applied to any superficial wound, including stage 1 and 2 decubitus ulcers, friable skin/rashes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
October 01, 2015 - The estimated cost per pressure ulcer was based on a report for CMS by RTI international
(Kandilov, … Zhan and Miller estimated that excess mortality
due to pressure ulcers was 72 deaths per 1,000 pressure … Mortality for patients with pressure ulcer was
compared to mortality among a matched set of patients … For example, pressure ulcers had a
high baseline prevalence, and excess mortality attributed to pressure … Ulcers
MPSMS (2013) Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,060,000 32.5
Surgical Site
Infections
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals is a toolkit that assists hospital staff in implementing effective … pressure ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care. … Hospitals Training Program supports the training of hospital staff on how to implement AHRQ's Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=428
January 01, 2024 - ulcer rates. … The effect size analysis identified five effective interventions that each reduced pressure ulcer rates … : leadership initiatives, visual tools, pressure ulcer staging, skin care, and patient nutrition. … Comparative effectiveness of quality improvement interventions for pressure ulcer prevention in academic … Ulcers, Prevention, Quality Improvement
Poonawalla IB , Lairson DR , Chan W Cost-effectiveness
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - About 40 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events,
about 28 percent from pressure ulcers … 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
7 2010 baseline data … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
13
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
November 19, 2015 - About 40 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events,
about 28 percent from pressure ulcers … 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
7 2010 baseline data … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
13
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/injuries-and-wounds.html
Topic: Injuries and Wounds
AHRQ wound research centers on pressure ulcers.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/small_hospitals-slides/Small-and-Rural-Critical-Access-Hospitals-July-19-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Ulcers
on the Unit
Develop a team -- Include staff nurses
Gather baseline data
Have first team meeting … ; educate on science of safety, data, goals
Research the evidence-based practices that eliminate pressure … ulcers
The CUSP/Improvement Intervention
Alt text
CUSP
1. … Provide feedback, investigate each case
Eliminate Stage 3, 4 Pressure Ulcers
1. … Standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pptx
October 01, 2015 - Ulcer Rate
PDI 03 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
PDI 05 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax … ulcer)
Denominator = population at risk (e.g., hospitalized patients)
Observed rate = numerator/denominator … 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)
Tool A.2 Slide ‹#›
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-tools-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Web: ahrq.gov/goinghomeguide/
Pressure Ulcers
Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Toolkit for Improving … Quality of Care in Hospitals assists hospital staff
in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention … Ulcers in
Hospitals Toolkit. … Web: ahrq.gov/pressureinjuryprevtraining
Safety Program for Nursing
Homes: On-Time Pressure
Ulcer … ulcers.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - About 42 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events, about 23 percent from pressure ulcers … Ulcers
MPSMS (2015)
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
1,190,000
36.3
Surgical Site Infections … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC. … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/appc.html
March 01, 2017 - ab] OR prevention [ab] OR reducing [ab] OR reduction [ab] OR aged [mh] OR elderly OR geriatric)) OR Decubitus … Ulcer [mh] OR ((pressure [ti] OR decubitus [ti]) AND ulcer* [ti]) OR decubiti [ti])) AND ((((Randomised
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals/slides.html
October 01, 2014 - Walking Through the Process
Eliminate Hospital-Acquired Stage 3/4 Pressure Ulcers on the Unit … meeting; educate on science of safety, data, goals
Research the evidence-based practices that eliminate pressure … ulcers
Return to Contents
Slide 13. … unit
Implement teamwork tools
Provide feedback, investigate each case
Eliminate Stage 3, 4 Pressure … Ulcers
Comprehensive skin assessment
Standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment
Care planning
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/methods.html
December 01, 2017 - Adverse Events
PSI
OB Trauma in Vaginal Delivery With (PSI 18) and Without Instrument (PSI 19)
Pressure … Ulcers
MPSMS
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections
NHSN
SSIs combined … Ulcers
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
53.03
62.45
0.85
VAP
Ventilator-Associated … Vaginal Delivery With (PSI 18) and Without Instrument (PSI 19)
82,300
32,750,000
2.513
Pressure … Ulcer
MPSMS
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
1,317,211
32,750,000
40.220
Surgical Site
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/cdiff-toolkit/cdiffl2tools1l.html
September 01, 2012 - Source: Developed by AHRQ Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit project team.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/oirtab.html
December 01, 2012 - Composite: ACSC Acute Conditions
6,913
2,846
Composite: ACSC Overall
17,971
7,139
Pressure … Ulcer
3,067
1,136
Injurious Falls
287
105
Source: Schultz, et al., 2012 (see