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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit1-start-program.html
November 01, 2024 - Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use This Toolkit? This toolkit provides nursing homes with a simple, step-by-step approach to starting an antimicrobial stewardship program. An antimicrobial stewardship program uses collaborative and evidenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide4.html
October 01, 2014 - An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Step 4: Communicating and Reporting
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Table of Contents
An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing Your Organization's Needs and Capabilities
St…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/empower-ui-care-flowchart.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Interactive Urinary Incontinence Care Pathway Flowchart
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Interactive Urinary
Incontinence Care
Pathway Flowchart
EMPOWER Team – University
Hospitals of Cleveland
Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (May 5, 2015)
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
No More CAUTI - Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Elizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FN-CSA
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Mercer County Community College
Slide 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol for Iodophor
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standing-order-protocol-mupirocin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-3 – Standing Order Protocol:
Nasal Mupirocin
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are methicillin-resistant S…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/physengagement-slides/Physician-Engagement-Sept-13-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Physician Engagement
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Story of cardiac surgeon not doing check list. Cardiac SICU one year zero infections, then BAM! two infections linked to one noncompliant cardiac surgeon. Or other example story of physicians not being engaged in QI
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One of the issues we hear our teams talk ab…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2024-instructions-requesting-deidentified-sops-data.pdf
January 01, 2024 - SOPS® Database Information and Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS Database Data
Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS data– April 2024 1
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
SOPS® Database
Information and Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS Database Data
Thi…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/professional-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - Shadowing Another Professional Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Problem Statement: Health care delivery is a multidisciplinary practice that requires coordination of care among different professions and provider types. However, health care providers often do not understand other discip…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/review-form.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix K. CAUTI Case Review Form
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Purpose
The CAUTI Case Review Form is a performance improvement look-back tool that assists long-term care (LTC) facilities with identifying possible resident care issues that might have contributed to a cathet…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-lipid-algorithm.pdf
December 14, 2015 - Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Adapted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Lipid Algorithm
Men aged >35 y, women aged
> 45 y, and all patients with
ASCVD
Does the patient have CHF
(EF <0.35 and NYHA class >1)
and ESRD, and has the patient
been on dialysis or …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-3-gray-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray
Overview of the SOPS Surveys
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Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient
Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
What is Patient Safety Culture?
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AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Surveys of providers and st…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-ltvv-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Presentation: Program Overview
Measure Descriptions for
Low Tidal Volume Ventilation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0018-36-EF
January 2017
LTVV Measures ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
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Learning Objectives
After this session, you wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - Measure Descriptions for Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Measure Descriptions for Low Tidal Volume Ventilation
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
After this session, …
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/racial-ethnic-minorities.html
March 23, 2023 - Racial and Ethnic Minorities
For decades, public health, health services research, and medical studies have continued to show evidence that racial and ethnic minority groups experience healthcare disparities that can lead to dramatic differences in health outcomes. The care they receive as patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gonzales.html
October 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice
Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Policy University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine Chief Innovation Officer, UCSF Health Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-halamek.html
August 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
“AHRQ is a unique funding agency, one that is incr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/cusp-mrsa-prevention.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence f…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/placement/settings.html
January 01, 2023 - Settings: Finding the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report
Reconfirming Who Your Audience Is
Before you can identify appropriate settings, you need to have a clear and shared sense of the audience you are trying to reach. Assuming your resources are limited, you’ll probably need to set priorities within …