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  1. Engagement of leadership in quality improvement initiatives: executive quality improvement survey results. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engagement-leadership-quality-improvement-initiatives-executive-quality-improvement-survey
    October 04, 2006 - June 8, 2016 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of hospital-acquired … pressure ulcers in US academic medical centers?

  2. Improved outcomes, fewer cesarean deliveries, and reduced litigation: results of a new paradigm in patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improved-outcomes-fewer-cesarean-deliveries-and-reduced-litigation-results-new-paradigm
    November 27, 2012 - September 23, 2020 Universal protection: operationalizing infection prevention guidance … November 14, 2018 A comprehensive program to reduce rates of hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers in a system of community hospitals.

  3. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Medication reaction  Mental status change  Mental disorder/psychosis  Neoplasm  Pneumonia  Pressure … ulcer  Peripheral vascular disease  Respiratory, other nonpneumonia  Renal disease  Seizure

  4. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-2006_executive.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - long-term studies of these drugs for treating osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and for cancer prevention … serious CV events (CV death or myocardial infarction) relative to placebo in a long-term trial of polyp prevention … Most of the CV events with celecoxib were reported in two large polyp-prevention trials evaluating 200

  5. Patient safety indicators during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge in the United States. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-during-initial-covid-19-pandemic-surge-united-states
    August 03, 2022 - Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention … About The Topic Hospitals Public Health Infectious Diseases Medical Complications Pressure … Ulcers View More

  6. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - includes studies of these drugs for treating osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and for cancer prevention … safety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or who were taking the drug for cancer or Alzheimer’s prevention … Much of the evidence for increased risks comes from two large colon polyp prevention trials. … and 6.7% vs. 8.2% per year, p<0.0001 for secondary prevention). … An update on the epidemiology of knee and hip osteoarthritis with a view to prevention.

  7. Hospital progress in reducing error: the impact of external interventions. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-progress-reducing-error-impact-external-interventions
    December 04, 2016 - June 8, 2016 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of hospital-acquired … pressure ulcers in US academic medical centers?

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46404/psn-pdf
    December 07, 2017 - Adverse events included medication errors and hospital-acquired conditions, such as pressure ulcers

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39777/psn-pdf
    November 04, 2012 - The most common preventable errors were pressure ulcers—considered a never event—and health care–associated

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49698/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2013 - contribute to delirium, hypotension, falls, and immobility along with its complications, such as pressure … ulcers and, as may have occurred in this case, aspiration pneumonia.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49701/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2014 - fully closed system that collects and contains liquid or semi-liquid stools and can assist in the prevention

  12. Final Progress Report: Incident Reporting Practices in Nursing Homes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/castle-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - ulcers are not. … Most of the computer-based incident reporting research has targeted prevention of incidents, such as … Compared to 38.5% surveyor visits for burns and 22.7% for pressure ulcers, the numbers are fairly low … ulcers are not. … Falls and fall prevention in the nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med 1996;12:881-902. 7.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44388/psn-pdf
    October 14, 2015 - The study looked at four nursing-sensitive adverse outcomes: pressure ulcers, falls with injuries, catheter-associated

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50701/psn-pdf
    November 26, 2019 - is that there are four risk factors that underlie many of our hospital acquired conditions, (i.e., pressure … ulcers and catheter associated infections, falls, and delirium). … Whereas, working on mobility, delirium prevention, skin care, etc. is a more horizontal cross-cutting … In the health system I’m at right now, we’re increasingly marrying our falls prevention work with our … We placed fall prevention above safe mobility.

  15. Meeting Minutes, November 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2017-11-nac/nacmtg1117-minutes.html
    February 01, 2018 - Chesley Richards, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention AHRQ Staff Members … for the primary prevention of fractures in adults, and behavioral counseling to prevent skin cancer. … They address prevention, training, education, treatment, and overdose. … AHRQ also released training materials for preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals. … Preliminary data on use of the materials showed significant decreases in pressure ulcers during a 1-year

  16. Improving Safety Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/teamwork-ptsafety-norms-slides.pdf
    August 01, 2025 - Skin: Pressure Ulcer? POA? - Current descript ion of PU 10. Foley: Can it be removed? … in ICUs and non-ICUs https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/index.html 46 https: … //www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/index.html In Progress: AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine … index.html https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/index.html Now Enrolling: AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention … Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use Now Enrolling: AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention

  17. Antiseptic-impregnated catheters: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-110414.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - Learning Objectives Define basic principles of CAUTI prevention Describe approaches to consider if CAUTI … them to be State how the GPS can support units with ongoing CAUTI problems Apply mindfulness to CAUTI prevention … Fakih) Urinary Catheter Harm CAUTI Increased Length of Stay Patient discomfort Trauma Pressure … ulcers Immobility How can we reduce catheter use and prevent CAUTI? … practices on their units Examples Doctors have no idea what the nurses do with respect to CAUTI prevention

  18. PQMP Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/index.html?page=0
    Measurement (CEPQM) NQF Endorsement Number: 3136 Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressure … Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission Measure Subdomain: Management

  19. Sampleransferandintakenotes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/sampleransferandintakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Medication reaction  Mental status change  Mental disorder/psychosis  Neoplasm  Pneumonia  Pressure … ulcer  Peripheral vascular disease  Respiratory, other nonpneumonia  Renal disease  Seizure

  20. PQMP Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/index.html
    June 09, 2025 - Measurement (CEPQM) NQF Endorsement Number: 3136 Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressure … Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission Measure Subdomain: Management
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