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  1. Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus. | PSNet

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    January 22, 2014 - Review Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated … Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: … room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure … ulcers or medication errors? … July 1, 2016 Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs.

  2. The challenge of risk prevention in home healthcare-an interview study with nurses in municipal care. | PSNet

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    August 21, 2024 - Study The challenge of risk prevention in home healthcare-an interview study with … The challenge of risk prevention in home healthcare—an interview study with nurses in municipal care. … The challenge of risk prevention in home healthcare—an interview study with nurses in municipal care. … More See More About The Topic Home Care Home Nursing Medical Complications Pressure … Ulcers Patient Falls View More

  3. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    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

  4. Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    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

  5. Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/h-FnuqpAKFeMyTDcr_m9tS
    Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary … Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary … Preventive Medication Aspirin’s anticlotting effect is useful for primary and secondary CVD prevention

  6. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)

    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

  7. Detection of adverse events in an acute geriatric hospital over a 6-year period using the Global Trigger Tool. | PSNet

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    March 09, 2022 - attribute improvements to systems strategies, including checklists , safety culture surveys, and prevention … of pressure ulcers and infections . … April 7, 2021 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  8. Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy Position for Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery | PSNet

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    January 29, 2021 - The Prevention of Positioning Injuries during Gynecologic Operations. … Hip fracture and pressure ulcers - the Pan-European Pressure Ulcer Study - intrinsic and extrinsic risk … Prevention of well-leg compartment syndrome following lengthy medical operations in the lithotomy position … Well leg compartment syndrome: pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment.

  9. AHRQ Quality Indicators Fact Sheet (pdf file)

    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*

  10. Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)

    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*

  11. Implementing an electronic root cause analysis reporting system to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-electronic-root-cause-analysis-reporting-system-decrease-hospital-acquired
    December 22, 2021 - See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Nurse Care Pressure … Ulcers Latent Errors View More

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2025 - hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, inpatient suicide, and specific clinical harms such as falls and pressure … ulcers.

  13. Declines in Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)

    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

  14. Defects in value associated with hospital-acquired conditions: how improving quality could save U.S. healthcare $50 billion. | PSNet

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    October 30, 2024 - They suggest the investment in HAC prevention would be less than costs associated with treatment, in … October 30, 2024 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of … hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in US academic medical centers? … December 21, 2017 Complexity bias in the prevention of iatrogenic injury: why specific

  15. Hip Fractures in Older Patients: the Case for Geriatrics Comanagement | PSNet

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    July 01, 2004 - ulcers, and thromboembolic events) compared with patients operated on after 48 hours.( 7 ) Surgery for … anticoagulation management, early mobilization, and postdischarge care to optimize secondary fracture prevention … ulcers, and significant functional decline. … ulcers, and thromboembolic events. … January 31, 2011 WebM&M Cases An Ounce of Prevention

  16. The impact of hospital-acquired conditions on Medicare program payments. | PSNet

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    November 18, 2016 - 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

  17. Patient safety: moving the bar in prison health care standards. | PSNet

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    August 28, 2024 - July 29, 2020 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … January 12, 2022 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of … hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in US academic medical centers?

  18. The burden of healthcare utilization, cost, and mortality associated with select surgical site infections. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burden-healthcare-utilization-cost-and-mortality-associated-select-surgical-site-infections
    October 09, 2024 - October 9, 2024 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of … hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in US academic medical centers? … December 21, 2017 Complexity bias in the prevention of iatrogenic injury: why specific … Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19-related infection prevention … April 22, 2020 Global Guidelines on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection.

  19. In Conversation with...Diane Rydrych, MA | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - In certain categories, particularly with something like pressure ulcers, there is almost certainly underreporting … Are pressure ulcers not being discovered, or are they not being correctly staged so that people know … ulcers and other errors. … One was a facility that had a high number of pressure ulcers. … As a result of that really concerted effort to identify pressure ulcers, they have identified many ulcers

  20. A New Model of Tracheostomy Care: Closing the Research–Practice Gap (pdf file)

    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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