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  1. Table 15A: Outcome Indicators by County Demographics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab15.html
    February 01, 2023 - Ulcer 3,341 3,555 3,254 3,604 Injurious Falls 429 263 406 260 Dually Eligible … Ulcer 3,678 4,011 3,589 4,072 Injurious Falls 520 339 493 336 Medicaid-Only … Ulcer 4,049 4,237 4,031 4,256 Injurious Falls 778 456 729 451 HCBS … Ulcer 3,678 4,011 3,589 4,072 Injurious Falls 520 339 493 336 Medicaid-Only … Ulcer 4,049 4,237 4,031 4,256 Injurious Falls 778 456 729 451 Notes

  2. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    June 01, 2025 - Improving Quality  Tools Toolkit Training Prevention Task Force Application to help primary care clinicians … On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Tools to assist nursing homes that have electronic medical record systems

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43125/psn-pdf
    December 12, 2014 - authors attribute improvements to systems strategies, including checklists, safety culture surveys, and prevention … of pressure ulcers and infections. … checklists https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  4. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
    November 01, 2017 - Pressure Ulcers A new pressure ulcer developed during a stay, or Stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcer(s) present … Ulcers ( (“Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Bedsore” [tiab] OR “Bed Sores” [tiab … ] OR “Decubitus Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Pressure Sore” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Sore” [tiab] OR “Suspected Deep … Tissue Injury” [tiab] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “osteomyelitis” [MeSH … Ulcer All hospitalized patients who are at risk to have pressure ulcer 0.018c 2.42–5.06 3.26

  5. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
    November 01, 2017 - Pressure Ulcers A new pressure ulcer developed during a stay, or Stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcer(s) present … Ulcers ( (“Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Bedsore” [tiab] OR “Bed Sores” [tiab … ] OR “Decubitus Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Pressure Sore” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Sore” [tiab] OR “Suspected Deep … Tissue Injury” [tiab] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “osteomyelitis” [MeSH … Ulcer All hospitalized patients who are at risk to have pressure ulcer 0.018c 2.42–5.06 3.26

  6. Dissecting Leapfrog: how well do Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores correlate with Hospital Compare ratings and penalties, and how much do they matter? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dissecting-leapfrog-how-well-do-leapfrog-safe-practices-scores-correlate-hospital-compare
    September 19, 2012 - with Hospital Compare data on hospital-acquired conditions like health care–associated infections , pressure … ulcers , or falls . … October 29, 2017 Success in hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention: a tale in two … September 23, 2020 Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs

  7. Injuries and Wounds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    Topic: Injuries and Wounds AHRQ wound research centers on pressure ulcers. … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention We Must Not Underestimate the Impacts

  8. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2018 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Vaginal Delivery With (PSI 18) and Without Instrument (PSI 19) 82,000 2.51 77,000 2.36 Pressure … Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 06, 2019 - Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-device-related-pressure-ulcers-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis … Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are considered never events and represent a significant source of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-device-related-pressure-ulcers-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis

  10. Cracking the code for quality: the interrelationships of culture, nurse demographics, advocacy, and patient outcomes. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cracking-code-quality-interrelationships-culture-nurse-demographics-advocacy-and-patient
    December 01, 2011 - surveyed about perceptions on safety culture , patient advocacy, patient experience, and fall and pressure … ulcer rates. … June 16, 2021 Fall prevention implementation strategies in use at 60 United States hospitals … About The Topic Hospitals Operating Room Nurse Managers Medical/Surgical Nursing Pressure … Ulcers View More

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 29, 2015 - ulcers: a systematic review and documentary analysis. … ulcers: a systematic review and documentary analysis. … ulcers. … In hospital and long-term care settings, pressure ulcers are considered preventable complications, but … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/root-cause-analysis https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  12. Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events. Third Edition. | PSNet

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    November 27, 2018 - provides strategies for nurses to identify and help prevent sentinel events, with each chapter discussing prevention … December 15, 2017 Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention … December 16, 2015 ANA CAUTI Prevention Tool. … November 16, 2015 Infection Prevention.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42083/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2013 - Progress in patient safety improvement has been hindered by a lack of high-quality research on error prevention … health care–associated infections and surgical complications, bundled interventions to reduce falls and pressure … ulcers, and interventions to decrease medication errors and improve hand hygiene—are all considered … surgical-safety-checklist-reduce-morbidity-and-mortality-global-population https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-pressure-ulcers-goal-zero https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events

  14. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Wound Cleaning (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.pdf
    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/ … Do not wipe off the CHG as this will reduce its infection prevention abilities. AHRQ Pub.

  15. The mindful path to nursing accuracy: a quasi-experimental study on minimizing medication administration errors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mindful-path-nursing-accuracy-quasi-experimental-study-minimizing-medication-administration
    March 03, 2019 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention … August 26, 2020 Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention … December 30, 2014 Detection and prevention of medication errors using real-time bedside

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46027/psn-pdf
    July 02, 2019 - with Hospital Compare data on hospital- acquired conditions like health care–associated infections, pressure … ulcers, or falls. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-pressure-ulcers-goal-zero … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43711/psn-pdf
    November 26, 2014 - evaluated costs related to the index hospitalization and 90 days following discharge of six HACs—severe pressure … ulcers, fractures, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, venous catheter- related infections … Severe pressure ulcers and orthopedic surgical site infections resulted in an average increase in payments … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  18. Nursing Care Quality at NQF. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-care-quality-nqf
    September 06, 2011 - View More Related Resources Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure … ulcer prevention programmes: findings from a national survey. … September 22, 2017 ANA CAUTI Prevention Tool. … November 16, 2015 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

  19. NPSD Data Spotlight - Patient Safety and COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Concerns During the Public Health Emergency (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
    November 01, 2021 - ulcer o Most advanced stage of pressure ulcer o Stage on admission o Admission skin inspection documented … o Pressure ulcer prevention intervention in place o Secondary patient morbidity • Surgery or anesthesia … Some of these explanatory statements were related to fall and pressure ulcer events, while others were … Pressure Ulcer Event Very busy environment due to COVID-19 crisis and less time and attention paid to … Pressure Ulcer Event Patient is critically ill, intubated, COVID-19 positive, in multisystem organ

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73350/psn-pdf
    June 02, 2021 - learning-during-crisis-impact-covid-19-hospital-acquired-pressure-injury-incidence https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pressure-injury-prevention-hospitals-training-program … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review
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