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561. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - He is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and St. … So because of his immobility, he developed a pressure ulcer on his sacrum and the physician decided to … then you have the infectious issues such as CAUTI, but other issues related to the catheter such as pressure … ulcers, immobility. … So if you – you know, as what was asked in the question, you know, how do we engage infection prevention

562. Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety Measures Prioritized by Medicare (pdf file)
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     August 03, 2016 - They then developed activities designed to improve DVT/PE prevention, including: • Providing additional … five PSIs that have been identified as priorities at HMC based on the volume of cases: • PSI 03 Pressure … Ulcer Rate • PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate • PSI 11 Postoperative

563. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - And, therefore, perhaps even leading to other hospital required conditions, such as pressure sore and … says quite a bit about how that hospital deals with other similar endemic problems, such as falls, pressure … sores, delirium, contrast induced nephropathy; all the types of things that our patients get, but would … or VAT prevention. … It'll prevent pressure ulcers.

564. Treatment Strategies for Patients with Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease (LECVD): Disposition of Comments (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2017 - For example, much evidence supporting compression for venous ulcer management(1) and prevention of … (2014)(2) metaanalyses supporting efficacy of elastic compression on VU healing and prevention of … , treatment, and prevention of recurrence of CVI. … Public Reviewer #6 from the Society for Vascular Surgery and American Venous Forum Results Prevention … Cost and cost effectiveness of venous and pressure ulcer protocols of care.

565. Project Summaries for ACTION III Projects Awarded in 2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Background and Significance According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were … • Pressure ulcers. • Surgical Site Infections. 25 • Ventilator-associated pneumonia. … The HACs of interest include falls, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs), and several hospital-acquired … to remove or leave an IUC in place, taking into account patient- specific characteristics, such as pressure … ulcer risk assessments and fall risk assessments.

566. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - one-point restraint tethering the patient to the bed which leads to increased immobility and therefore, pressure … ulcers, VTE as well as falls. … prevention on that same unit? … approaches to prevent diagnostic error, or reduce other hospital acquired complications such as falls or pressure … sores.

567. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Falls, Hospitals, Inpatient Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Prevention … the rate of geriatric events (GEs): delirium, dehydration, falls/fractures, failure to thrive, and pressure … ulcers) with older adults undergoing nonelective surgery. … Keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Prevention, Access to Care, Social Determinants of Health

568. Rafael Borja (doc file)
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     November 04, 2014 - one-point restraint tethering the patient to the bed which leads to increased immobility and therefore, pressure … ulcers, VTE as well as falls. … prevention on that same unit? … approaches to prevent diagnostic error, or reduce other hospital acquired complications such as falls or pressure … sores.

569. AHRQ Stats | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers by Race In 2019, 7 percent of Black patients, 6.9 percent of American Native … patients, 5.9 percent of Asian patients and 4.8 percent of Hispanic patients developed a pressure ulcer … Decreasing Pressure Ulcers Among Hospital Patients The average rate of hospital-associated pressure ulcers … Pressure Ulcer Rates of Hospital Patients About 1.2 million cases of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … Hospital-Acquired Conditions The overall rate of hospital-acquired conditions, such as pressure ulcers

570. Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy e Emergency Laparotomy Patient Education Guide 1 Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy Patient Name ___________________________________________________________________ Surgeon Name ________________________________________________…

571. Final Progress Report: Effects of Patient Turnover on Nursing Care and Patient Outcomes in Acute Care Hospital Settings (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - example, by failing to provide the remaining patients with adequate nursing care required for fall prevention … and pressure injury (formerly known as ulcers) prevention and treatment due to lack of time or increased … NDNQI Unit-acquired pressure injury Unit Number of patients who acquired a pressure ulcer after arrival … to the unit/total number of patients assessed in the pressure ulcer survey.

572. Voluntary Hospital Coalitions to Promote Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - With a focus on systemic prevention strategies, PHA fulfills both dissemination and implementation roles … change in practice, local change agents, address barriers, local perspectives • Informs hospitals of prevention … hospitals were required to choose to focus on one of the following priority patient-safety issues: (1) pressure … ulcers, (2) patient falls, or (3) deep vein thrombosis (DVT). … Hospitals may (1) continue their self-assessment/improvement plans relative to pressure ulcers, falls

573. Supportive and Palliative Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Weight loss also may lead to muscle wasting, infections, and increased risk of pressure ulcers.

574. Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy e Emergency Laparotomy Patient Education Guide 1 Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy Patient Name ___________________________________________________________________ Surgeon Name ________________________________________________…

575. National Quality Strategy Agency-Specific Plan: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - sectors. 1 2 3 4 5 6 • Conduct educational campaigns to increase awareness about heart disease prevention … • Achieve 65% adherence to proven prevention techniques—aspirin use, blood pressure control, and … bloodstream infections (CLABSI), injuries from falls and immobility, obstetrical adverse events, pressure … ulcers, surgical site infections, venous thromboembolism (VTE), ventilator-associated pneumonia … systems to improve quality of care and reduce health disparities. 4 Promoting the most effective prevention

576. Section 2. Implementing Recommendations in Academic Curricula | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2022 - The Prevention TaskForce app is available both as a Web application and a mobile application. … Select for more information on the Prevention TaskForce app . … Students are asked to use the Prevention TaskForce app to answer the following questions. … Question 1: What prevention services would you recommend? … Question 1: What prevention services would you recommend?

577. TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2012 - nurse is signing out Margaret for the leave of absence, she tells Beth, "Your mother is at risk for pressure … ulcers now that she uses the wheelchair.

578. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - of the Heckler Report—Care for Diabetes Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Suicide Prevention … Male 25.1 33.2 Female 42 49.8 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … are restrained can become weak, lose their ability to go to the bathroom by themselves, and develop pressure … ulcers or other medical conditions.

579. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2024 - Illinois R36 HS23072 [Grant] Using an Electronic Health Record To Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure … Ulcers 2014-2015 $40,192 Final Report Purpose: To examine the influence of nurse continuity on the … prevention of hospital- acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs). … This study focused on prevention and mitigation of delirium in ICUs, but the process for identifying

580. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2017 - Ulcers Adverse Drug Events Physician-Diagnosed Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Falls … ulcers (36.3 per 1,000 hospital discharges) accounted for 31.6% of the total … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.