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101. Antibiotic Stewardship FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-faqs.html
     July 01, 2017 - FAQs) that are intended to support long-term care (LTC) facilities in the implementation of efforts to reduce … staff through diplomacy and information sharing based on the resources available in the Toolkit To Reduce

102. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/implementing-guide.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care … AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce … This infographic provides a visual reminder for caregivers in LTC settings to focus on how to reduce … Additional tools and resources to engage residents and families in the program to reduce CAUTIs and … A select set of measures are outlined to consider when measuring performance to reduce CAUTIs, and a

103. Ventilation (COVID-19) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/ventilation-covid-19.html
     May 01, 2022 - of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended strategies for using ventilation to reduce

104. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care … Sustain provides insight on how to establish and maintain interventions shown to reduce CAUTI and other … This infographic provides a visual reminder for caregivers in LTC settings to focus on how to reduce … A select set of measures are outlined to consider when measuring performance to reduce CAUTIs, and a … Attempting to reduce the risk for falls. Confusion or dementia.

105. About Priority Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - others in the health services research field to conduct disparities research and assess interventions to reduce … Participating on numerous HHS and non-Federal workgroups and committees working to reduce disparities … tracking disparities, and identify and promote interventions across a variety of healthcare settings to reduce … Developing the evidence for interventions to reduce disparities and facilitating the use of those interventions … Clinical Preventive Services work to develop and test interventions and patient education materials to reduce

106. Final Progress Report: Shared Decision Making in Surgery To Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Liability (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/domino-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Shared Decision Making in Surgery To Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Liability … Shared Decision Making in Surgery to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Liability Karen B. … of shared decision making into clinical practice is challenging yet has potential to significantly reduce … Physicians already felt pressure to reduce or limit time with patients to meet scheduling demands and … cite=41.05&full=true%2341.05.033 Shared Decision Making in Surgery to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce

107. Tool 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
     March 01, 2013 - of the Toolkit A variety of forces are pushing hospitals to improve their discharge processes to reduce … comment on two proposals to revise hospital payments to provide hospitals with financial incentives to reduce … The first is to reduce payments for preventable readmissions. … Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 states that as of October 1, 2012, Medicare will reduce … May reduce diversion and creates greater capacity for higher revenue patients.

108. Tool 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
     March 01, 2013 - of the Toolkit A variety of forces are pushing hospitals to improve their discharge processes to reduce … comment on two proposals to revise hospital payments to provide hospitals with financial incentives to reduce … The first is to reduce payments for preventable readmissions. … Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 states that as of October 1, 2012, Medicare will reduce … May reduce diversion and creates greater capacity for higher revenue patients.

109. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-process-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk Slide Presentation Slide 1 Mohamad Fakih … Slide 2 Learning Objectives Describe what is needed to build a team to reduce CAUTI risk: … Determine the essential members State what is expected from them: Explain the process to reduce … Improve the culture of safety on your unit through the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Reduce … facilitating the education of other nurses Develops and shares expertise in: Technical skills to reduce

110. 048-Key-Evidence-Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/048-key-evidence-decolonization.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Gluconate to Cleanse Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: The Effectiveness of Source Control to Reduce … Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007 Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Catheter-associated … Lancet, 2013 Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Bacteraemia in Critically Ill Children: a Multicentre … , Cluster-randomised, Crossover Trial Purpose: Assess whether daily CHG bathing would reduce bacteremia … Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical

111. Appendix B. Forms and Training Materials (Appendix Contents) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb.html
     December 01, 2017 - Pre and Posttests for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen Pre and Posttests for Inservice #2, How to Reduce … Posttests for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen, Spanish Pre and Posttests for Inservice #2, How to Reduce … Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen in Nursing Facilities Appendix B18: Handout for Inservice #2, How to Reduce … Handout for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen, Spanish Appendix B20: Handout for Inservice #2, How to Reduce … Assessment and/or Interventions Resources Letter to Primary Care Providers Ways Families Can Help Reduce

112. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/patient-safety.html
     August 01, 2025 - care, which has been shown to decrease exposure to suboptimal antibiotics and has the potential to reduce …   Organization: Northwestern University at Chicago  Grant Start Date: September 30, 2023  Aims to reduce … A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic … A Turn-Key EHR Simulation Program to Reduce Diagnostic Error in Ambulatory Care  (R18)  PIs:  Jeffery … In addition, this project provides opportunities for peer learning to reduce interpretive errors and

113. Grantees Focusing on African Americans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/priority-populations/observances/bhm/grantees.html
     February 01, 2021 - School of Medicine This project aims to improve pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies and to reduce … "This project is extremely important because implementation of our intervention should help reduce racial … University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy This project aims to reduce observed racial … If the interventions prove effective, they can be scaled up and used by eye care providers to reduce … disparities between Whites and African Americans in glaucoma treatment and medication adherence and to reduce

114. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-patient-safety.html
     May 01, 2024 - Help Clinical Teams Prioritize and Manage Vulnerable Patients S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce … References Patient safety aims to prevent and reduce the potential risks, errors, and … The goal is to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions and the related costs and harms of … overarching concepts primary care practices can incorporate into their strategic management to help reduce

115. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
     September 01, 2013 - to efforts not only to prevent the spread of MRSA to those who have yet to acquire it, but also to reduce … The REDUCE MRSA Trial The REDUCE MRSA Trial ( R andomized E valuation of D ecolonization vs. … The REDUCE MRSA Trial was a three-way cluster-randomized trial of 43 hospitals (74 ICUs) in the Hospital … The REDUCE MRSA Trial involved nearly 75,000 patients and more than 280,000 patient days in 74 adult … The materials provided in this enhanced protocol were used by facilities that participated in the REDUCE

116. Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cohorting-residents.html
     July 01, 2021 - document provides guidance on cohorting (separating residents with COVID-19 from other residents) to reduce

117. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mastrangelo-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in … the ICU AHRQ Final Progress Report Title: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce … This problem persists despite the fact that the best practices to reduce the occurrence 1 mailto:rborotka … Publications: Limaye, S., Mastrangelo, C., Zerr, D., Jeffries, H. (2008) A statistical approach to reduce

118. Emerging Research Spotlights | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-d-emerging.html
     May 01, 2024 - Help Clinical Teams Prioritize and Manage Vulnerable Patients S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce … Vulnerable Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (PI: Grant) S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce

119. 160. Treatment Recommendations: Medications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide160.html
     October 01, 2014 - and abstinence rates for smokers not willing to quit (but willing to change their smoking patterns or reduce

120. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-overvw.html
     September 01, 2013 - scientific rationale and training tools for implementation of a universal decolonization strategy to reduce … seeking a practical, evidence-based strategy to improve care, lower adult ICU infection rates, and reduce