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8761. Abt Single-Sided Body Template (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Abt Single-Sided Body Template On-Time Falls Prevention: Electronic Reports Four types of reports are described here. Each section presents a sample report followed by purpose, description, and users and potential uses. The types of reports are: · On-Time Falls High-Risk Report. · Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Facto…

8762. Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Instructions for Use Purpose Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure that residents are protected through application of nationally …

8763. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents…

8764. Protecting Patients from Drug-Drug Medication Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Protecting Patients from Drug-Drug Medication Errors Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacotherapy Skaggs College of Pharmacy University of Utah Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D. “With funding from AHRQ, I’ve helped ensure that warnings for drug-drug interactions are appropria…

8765. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents…

8766. Toolkit Overview (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2022 - Toolkit Overview Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 3 – Toolkit Overview What Is the Targeted Decolonization Toolkit and Who Should Use It? This toolkit is for hospital infection prevention programs or performance improvement committees that wish to initiate targeted decolonization…

8767. SSI Investigation Tool (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - SSI Investigation Tool Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool Introduction Problem Statement Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn from them when they occur. To improve, perioperative teams need a structured approach to investigate infections at …

8768. PSNet Curated Library (pdf file)
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      July 10, 2024 - PSNet Curated Library AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rapid Response Systems Curated Library Primers Rapid Response Systems UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team | September, 15 2024 Rapid response teams represent an intuitively simple concept: when a patient demonstrates signs of imminent clinical de…

8769. Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) A web-based tool to perform a values clarification for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: Design and preliminary testing study. Citation Dorsch MP, Flynn AJ, Greer KM, Ganai S, Barnes GD, Zikmund-Fisher B. A web-based tool…

8770. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 15, 2024 - Medication Reconciliation December 15, 2024 Medication Reconciliation. PSNet [internet]. 2019. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-reconciliation PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that they reflect current research and practice in the patient safet…

8771. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Slide 1: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation Say: This module introduces and provides evidence for the lung protective…

8772. Medication Safety in Nursing Homes: What's Wrong and How to Fix It | PSNet
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      August 01, 2012 - Medication Safety in Nursing Homes: What's Wrong and How to Fix It Jerry Gurwitz, MD | August 1, 2012  Also Read a Conversation View more articles from the same authors. Citation Text: Gurwitz JH. Medication Safety in Nursing Homes: What's Wrong and How to Fix I…

8773. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2022 - Don’t Bite Your Tongue. December 14, 2022 Singh NS. Don’t Bite Your Tongue. PSNet [internet]. 2022. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dont-bite-your-tongue The Case A 63-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension, osteoarthritis, migraine headaches, and daily smoking was admitted to a hospital for ant…

8774. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2018 - Suicide Risk in the Hospital May 1, 2018 Mills PD. Suicide Risk in the Hospital. PSNet [internet]. 2018. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/suicide-risk-hospital The Case A 37-year-old woman with a past medical history of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder presented to the emergency department (ED)…

8775. Charcoal Lavage of the Lungs | PSNet
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      January 01, 2016 - Charcoal Lavage of the Lungs Citation Text: Wigton RS. Charcoal Lavage of the Lungs. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote …

8776. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      February 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation Spotlight Case Multifactorial Medication Mishap 1 This presentation is based on the February 2014 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov CME credit is available Commentary by: Annie Yang, PharmD, BCPS NYU Langone Medical Center Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: Robe…

8777. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2003 - Patient Mix-Up February 1, 2003 Shojania KG. Patient Mix-Up. PSNet [internet]. 2003. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-mix The Case Joe Smith [not his real name], a 42-year-old man with nausea and vomiting for 4 days, was on the general medical service at an academic medical center. Overnight, another man wit…

8778. Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many nursing home residents had less physical and social activity than recommended, resulting in d…

8779. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4c Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PSI 06: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Why Focus on Iatrogenic Pneumothorax? • Iatrogenic pneumothora…

8780. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2003 - To LP or Not LP October 1, 2003 Landrigan CP. To LP or Not LP. PSNet [internet]. 2003. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lp-or-not-lp The Case A 4-month-old male infant was seen in the office setting of a large multisite practice. He presented with fever and irritability without an obvious source. He was referred to …