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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-l.html
October 01, 2015 - Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention
Appendix L. … "All immobile patients need a urinary catheter to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers." … "CAUTI prevention isn't my responsibility." … Clostridium difficile infection, immobility (Foley is considered a "one-point restraint), hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers, falls, and venous thromboembolism. 2 , 3
Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/enhancing-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - Identify areas of skin at risk for developing pressure ulcers (recently renamed by expert organizations … of indwelling urinary catheters, central venous catheters, and pressure injuries (formerly called "pressure … ulcers"). … ulcers. … Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs between Veterans Affairs nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-self-management.html
planning, carrying out, and following up on a patient visit; planning patient visits that focus on prevention … AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in Virginia
Engaging Patients and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-l.pdf
September 01, 2015 - patients at
“CAUTI
“Incontinent patients
need a urinary catheter
to prevent hospital-
acquired pressure … ulcers.” … Clostridium difficile infection, immobility (Foley is considered a "one-point
restraint"), hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers, falls, and venous
thromboembolism.2,3
• Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley … CAUTI
prevention
isn’t my
responsibility.”
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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/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - ulcers/pressure injuries and falls. … Comparing these data with other sources of information, such as the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention … measured with MPSMS, the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators
(PSIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical Site
Infection
NHSN SSIs … Ulcer
MPSMS Hospital-
Acquired
Pressure
647,096 21.75 699,790 23.52 676,834 22.75 682,984 22.96
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,799
3,199
3,745
3,230
Injurious Falls
334
265
324
272
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
4,200
3,634
4,114
3,703
Injurious Falls
415
344
410
347
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
2,619
1,957
2,698
1,836
Injurious Falls
96
38
80
50
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
5,536
4,402
5,759
4,127
Injurious Falls
189
96
161
116
HCBS Population … Ulcer
4,932
3,599
4,712
3,767
Injurious Falls
608
453
613
448
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab16b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,050
4,160
3,514
3,406
Injurious Falls
252
369
291
315
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
3,478
4,542
4,009
3,629
Injurious Falls
327
453
373
390
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
1,883
2,943
2,104
2,733
Injurious Falls
45
101
57
88
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
1,206
1,720
1,560
1,136
Injurious Falls
61
90
75
68
SMI Subpopulation … Ulcer
3,775
4,848
4,198
4,163
Injurious Falls
436
657
486
644
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab15b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,481
3,488
3,458
3,512
Injurious Falls
365
245
338
259
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
3,912
3,899
3,818
3,992
Injurious Falls
448
321
423
333
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
2,094
2,388
2,373
2,172
Injurious Falls
99
43
81
51
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
1,283
1,527
1,280
1,578
Injurious Falls
91
53
84
57
SMI Subpopulation … Ulcer
4,594
3,884
4,481
3,940
Injurious Falls
644
430
625
433
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/long-term-care.html
AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in Virginia
AHRQ’s Safety Program … for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Bringing Human Factors
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/private-sector.html
June 01, 2018 - Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention . … Treatment of Pressure Ulcers . … Evaluating and Improving Pressure Ulcer Care: The VA Experience with Administrative Data. … Implementation of a comprehensive skin care program across care settings using the AHCPR pressure ulcer … prevention and treatment guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-results.html
November 01, 2017 - Pressure Ulcers
Based on three studies reporting cost data, we estimated the additional cost for hospital-acquired … pressure ulcers to be $14,506 (95% CI: -$12,313 to $41,326), whereas excess mortality, based on three … ulcer cases, there are 41 excess deaths). … ulcers. … (Goudie 2015) and estimated the additional cost for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers among adult inpatients
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
February 01, 2024 - University of Missouri
University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) utilized AHRQ’s Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care to decrease Patient Safety Indicator 03 … Initially focused on two medical-telemetry units and eventually expanding to include additional units, fall prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b4_pdi_documentationcoding.pdf
March 15, 2016 - ulcers). … ulcers or CLABSI, deaths, oncology patients). … PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate (stage
III, IV, Unstageable)
Diagnosis and site of pressure ulcer must … PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer X If the ulcer progresses from one stage
to another higher stage during the
encounter … Provider must document the site of
pressure ulcer; the stage of the ulcer
can be documented and coded
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/p.html
June 12, 2025 - Policy Population Health Practice Improvement Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Pregnancy Pressure … Ulcers Prevención y bienestar Prevention Primary Care Provider Performance Provider: Clinician
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February 01, 2024 - Avoidable Costs
University of Missouri (MU) Health Care utilized the AHRQ toolkit Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals to decrease PSI-03 (reportable pressure injuries) by 92% and save an estimated … The project spanned two phases: the first focused on general HAPI prevention (February 2019 - July 2020 … into the root causes of identified pressure injuries, along with an assessment of best practices for prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhospitalvisits-funcspecs_0.pdf
August 01, 2017 - On-Time provides EMR reports for
improving clinical decisionmaking for pressure ulcer prevention, pressure … ulcer healing,
prevention of inappropriate hospitalizations, and falls prevention. … Ulcer
Vendor determined
or Wound
Assessment
Pressure ulcer Stage II,
III, IV, or unstageable. … IF wound assessment date ≤7 days of
report date AND at least one pressure
ulcer with ulcer stage = … then display X in Wound
• Infected wound or decubitus ulcer
• Jaundice
• Rash
10 Injury: Fall
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February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,690
3,126
3,660
3,435
3,626
3,404
Injurious Falls
279
344
376
263 … Ulcer
4,133
3,523
3,912
3,945
4,035
3,846
Injurious Falls
355
435
467
339 … Ulcer
2,435
1,929
2,922
1,971
2,477
2,094
Injurious Falls
63
72
107
46
76 … Ulcer
1,524
1,248
1,380
1,455
1,569
1,307
Injurious Falls
74
70
93
59
82 … Ulcer
2,744
2,615
2,612
2,762
2,893
2,560
Injurious Falls
228
282
305
207
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February 01, 2018 - Our areas of research and tools cover:
Healthcare Infections
Team Training
Falls
Pressure Ulcers … Diagnostic Safety
Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment
Adverse Drug Events
AHRQ Quality Indicators
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ref.html
December 01, 2014 - Pressure Ulcers
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Eliminating facility-acquired pressure ulcers at Ascension Health . … Improvement report on reduction of nosocomial pressure ulcers, University of Minnesota Medical Center … Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care. … http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/pressure-ulcers/pressureulcertoolkit