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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - ulcers/pressure injuries and falls. … ulcers/pressure injuries increased from 2014 to 2015 and then decreased somewhat from
2015 to 2016 … Ulcers/
Pressure Injuries
21.7 23.5 22.7 23.0 6% 17.4
Surgical Site
Infections
2.5 2.5 2.5 … Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical Site
Infection
NHSN SSIs … Ulcer
MPSMS Hospital-
Acquired
Pressure
647,096 21.75 699,790 23.52 676,834 22.75 682,984 22.96
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/stone-benner-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - ulcers, restraints, pain,
staff stability, and quality improvement. … There are four clinical areas that have long plagued nursing homes; 1)
presence of pressure ulcers in … ulcers , n=18, and dementia,
n=3). … Ulcers: Best Practices
• Quality Improvement: Maintaining and Sustaining Success
• Resident Centered … Ulcers: Best Practices X 3.5
9
2008 Local Area Networks for Excellence (LANE) Conference: Final
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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/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-l.html
October 01, 2015 - "All immobile patients need a urinary catheter to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers." … Clostridium difficile infection, immobility (Foley is considered a "one-point restraint), hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers, falls, and venous thromboembolism. 2 , 3
Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/factraining_slides.pptx
December 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ’s Safety Program for
Nursing Homes:
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Facilitator Training
Overview of On-Time
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training
2-day … Ulcer Prevention
Pressure Ulcer Healing
Falls Prevention
Prevention of Avoidable Hospitalizations
December … ulcer incidence rate seen in Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program Evaluation
December 2014
On-Time Overview … Ulcer Prevention Reports:
Nutrition Risk Report
Risk criteria
Meal consumption
Weight loss
Trigger
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/areas.html
February 01, 2018 - Our areas of research and tools cover:
Healthcare Infections
Team Training
Falls
Pressure Ulcers
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
June 01, 2024 - include the following: Hospital units with more positive SOPS scores had: Fewer hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers and patient falls. 1 Lower surgical site infection rates. 2 Hospitals with more positive SOPS
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange.docx
June 02, 2025 - Ulcer Policies
Tool 2E: Assessing Screening for Pressure Ulcer Risk
Tool 2F: Assessing Pressure … Ulcer Care Planning
Alert the Implementation Team Leader to be ready to discuss and decide who … will oversee administering the Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test to staff, and who will be in charge … Ulcer Policies (completed by the Implementation Team Leader)
Tool 2E: Assessing Screening for Pressure … Ulcer Risk (completed by the Implementation Team Leader or designee)
Tool 2F: Assessing Pressure Ulcer
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www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=3
June 01, 2016 - Date Published: August 2016
Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Pressure Ulcers … in Hospitals
These materials assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - 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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module3/module3_pu-bestpractices_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - documentation forms
Lacking ways to empower staff to report abnormal skin findings:
Consider using Tool 3C: Pressure … Ulcer Identification Pocket Pad.
11
ID Pocket Pad
Tool 3C
12
Practice Insight
Or note location … 27
Practice Insight
EHR Care Plans Triggered Based on Risk Assessment
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure … Sore Risk
SENSORY PERCEPTION 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-l.pdf
September 01, 2015 - patients at
“CAUTI
“Incontinent patients
need a urinary catheter
to prevent hospital-
acquired pressure … ulcers.” … Clostridium difficile infection, immobility (Foley is considered a "one-point
restraint"), hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers, falls, and venous
thromboembolism.2,3
• Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pptx
October 01, 2015 - ulcer
PSI 04 Death among surgical inpatients
PSI 05 Foreign body left during procedure
PSI … ulcer and any secondary ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for pressure ulcer stage III or IV (or unstageable … A PSI Example: Pressure Ulcer (PSI 03)
Tool A.2 Slide ‹#›
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators … ulcer
Transfer from a hospital (different facility)
Transfer from a skilled nursing facility (SNF) … ulcer in any secondary diagnosis field among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
March 15, 2016 - ulcers). … PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate (stage
III, IV, Unstageable)
Diagnosis and site of pressure ulcer must … PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Encourage providers to document pressure ulcers as part of the admission H&P to … Provider must document the site of pressure ulcer; the stage of
the ulcer can be documented and coded … PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer X “Unspecified stage” and “unstageable”
are not interchangeable terms; the code
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-missouri-healthcare.html
February 01, 2024 - Avoidable Costs
University of Missouri (MU) Health Care utilized the AHRQ toolkit Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals to decrease PSI-03 (reportable pressure injuries) by 92% and save an estimated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation.docx
June 02, 2025 - Ulcer Prevention Program – AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar
Materials Checklist … Ulcer Knowledge Test and staff training needs.
· Alert the information technology (IT) representative … Ulcer Prevention Program. … Ulcer Knowledge Test is administered to staff to help determine their educational needs. … Instructor’s Note: Tool 2H: Pressure Ulcer Baseline Assessment, which is a shorter knowledge test, is
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
February 01, 2024 - University of Missouri
University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) utilized AHRQ’s Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care to decrease Patient Safety Indicator 03
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,690
3,126
3,660
3,435
3,626
3,404
Injurious Falls
279
344
376
263 … Ulcer
4,133
3,523
3,912
3,945
4,035
3,846
Injurious Falls
355
435
467
339 … Ulcer
2,435
1,929
2,922
1,971
2,477
2,094
Injurious Falls
63
72
107
46
76 … Ulcer
1,524
1,248
1,380
1,455
1,569
1,307
Injurious Falls
74
70
93
59
82 … Ulcer
2,744
2,615
2,612
2,762
2,893
2,560
Injurious Falls
228
282
305
207
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide4.html
October 01, 2017 - Additional Related Training Resources
Staff Roles and Training for Your Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Ulcer Knowledge Test and staff training needs. … Tool 2G: Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test. … Ulcer Prevention Program. … Instructor’s Note: Tool 2H: Pressure Ulcer Baseline Assessment, which is a shorter knowledge test, is
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017.html
November 01, 2017 - Pressure Ulcers.
Surgical Site Infections.
Venous Thromboembolism. … Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Venous … Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia … Pressure Ulcers
A new pressure ulcer developed during a stay, or Stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcer(s) present … ulcer.