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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
January 29, 2008 - ulcer (bed sores); or postoperative
sepsis (blood infection). … Decubitus ulcer
5. Failure to rescue
6. Foreign body left during procedure
7. … • Monitoring errors, such as bedsores, failure to rescue, and patient falls. … ulcer
monitoring error
• Increased
checking of
inpatients for
decubitus ulcers
• Monitoring … forms or
behavioral checklists
• Decubitus ulcer
incidence rate
feedback
• Supervisor praise
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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/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-preventing-cauti-transcript.html
November 01, 2015 - Finally, Liz served as a national mentor to 2 fellows in the project protect infection prevention fellowship … Today, we're going to be talking specifically about the education component in your CAUDI prevention … For a lot of people, part of their CAUDI prevention program is not only looking at appropriate indication … Again, this is a good visual of we're not talking about just a little stage 1 or stage 2 pressure ulcer … The catheter itself can actually cause pressure ulcers just as much as incontinence can.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - Finally, Liz served as a national mentor to 2 fellows in the project protect infection prevention fellowship … Today, we're going to be talking specifically about the education component in your CAUDI prevention … For a lot of people, part of their CAUDI prevention program is not only looking at appropriate indication … Again, this is a good visual of we're not talking about just a little stage 1 or stage 2 pressure ulcer … The catheter itself can actually cause pressure ulcers just as much as incontinence can.
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/pubs/background-2012/backgrndapb.html
December 01, 2012 - illness (CAHMI)
6,3
0081
Pediatric Global Health Scale (CHOP)
N/A
7,3.75
Prevention … 4.5,2
0010
Postoperative wound dehiscence (PDI 11) (AHRQ)
6,3
5,3.75
0005
Pressure … ulcer rate (PDI 2) (AHRQ)
7,3
6.5,3.75
0004
Accidental puncture or laceration (PDI 1
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereports.html
September 01, 2017 - Current clinical conditions contributing to transfer risk: use of oxygen, catheter or ostomy, any pressure … ulcer other than stage I, fall risk, late-loss activities of daily living (ADL) score greater than or … Presence of stage II or greater pressure ulcer.
Fall risk or previous fall in last 90 days. … ulcer, and two medical conditions, cellulitis and hypertension, would trigger Rule 2. … teams can use the report to track patterns, follow up on areas of decline, and monitor progress of new prevention
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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 … 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate
• PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
• PDI 02 Pressure … Ulcer Rate
• PDI 03 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
• PDI 05 Iatrogenic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1a_pdi_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Each PDI in the composite is amenable to prevention through
system-level related structures and processes … Infection Rate 25.18 0478 2013
PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate 0.46 0344 2012
PDI 02 Pressure … Ulcer Rate 0.27 0337 2015
PDI 03 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count N/A*
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Each PDI in the composite is amenable to prevention through
system-level related structures and processes … Infection Rate 25.18 0478 2013
PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate 0.46 0344 2012
PDI 02 Pressure … Ulcer Rate 0.27 0337 2015
PDI 03 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count N/A*
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Infections
+CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection
Falls
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
Pressure … Ulcers
Surgical
Site
Infections
Ventilator-
Associated
Pneumonias
0%
(Post-op)
Venous
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/thorpe-rask-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Enables the user to evaluate the organization’s falls prevention program,
develop an improvement plan … Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers Self-Assessment:
• Improvement Plan Documentation Form
• Reassessment … ulcers, develop an improvement plan,
and evaluate actions completed. … Ulcer Self-Assessment
• Diabetes Survey
• DVT Policy and Procedure Survey
• Failure Mode Effects … Ulcer Self-Assessment, Diabetes
Survey, and DVT Policy and Procedure Survey.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Clair.pdf
January 01, 2004 - The WRAMC Department of Nursing is presently developing
similar evidence-based procedures for pressure … ulcer prevention, deep vein
thrombosis prophylaxis, and for enteral feeding. … Ongoing and future projects funded
through the TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) include pressure … ulcer prevention, deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, and enteral feeding
precautions to reduce aspiration
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure … Ulcers
Surgical
Site
Infections
Ventilator-
Associated
Pneumonias
-13%
Venous
Thrombo-
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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/quality-measures/qsrs/qsrs-2021-2023-adverse-event-data-report.pdf
January 01, 2023 - https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/index.html
2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … xx Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, "National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-interim-data-graphic-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) such as adverse drug
events, healthcare-associated infections, and pressure … ulcers have been prevented in
hospital patients.
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/services/quality/patientsftyupdate/ptsafetysum.pdf
March 01, 2013 - ulcers. … Examples include
most fall prevention programs, VTE prophylaxis, and
medical history abbreviations … Examples include some
fall prevention programs, many clinical pharmacist
interventions, and participation … ulcers;
and PSPs designed to improve the overall system or to
address multiple patient safety targets … ulcers, and other
nursing sensitive outcomes (other than
mortality); in-depth review
Common/High
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-discuss.html
November 01, 2017 - 0.035–0.070)
0.055
OBAE
$602 (-$578–$1,782)
$3,271
0.005 (0.003–0.013)
0.0015
Pressure … Ulcers
$14,506 (-$12,313–$41,326)
$18,537
0.041 (0.013–0.093)
0.072
SSI
$28,219 ($18,237 … In all other HACs, while we observed some increase (CAUTI) and some decrease (ADE, pressure ulcers) compared … At the same time that prevention efforts were ramping up, the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network … Second, prevention efforts may have been more effective at reducing the risk of developing these HACs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1b_combo_psifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Each PSI in the the PSI 90 composite is amenable to prevention through
system-level related structures … Year
PSI 02 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis-
Related Groups (DRGs)
0.32 0347 2012
PSI 03 Pressure … Ulcer Rate 0.50
PSI 04 Death Rate Among Surgical Inpatients with
Serious Treatable Complications