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101. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - One way AHRQ is accomplishing this mission is by funding projects to prevent and reduce HAIs. … Goals: This project will develop and test a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce … with CDIs • Determine if daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces during treatment for CDIs will reduce … • Expanding or enhancing existing statewide consortium efforts to reduce HAIs including CAUTIs. … Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections National

102. Wisconsin Critical Access Hospital Sees Big Results with AHRQ’s CUSP, RED and TeamSTEPPS® | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201520.html
     July 01, 2015 - access hospital in rural Wisconsin, used AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce … to slash other preventable errors, employed the Agency’s Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to reduce … In addition, Amery staff have used AHRQ’s RED toolkit to reduce hospital readmissions.

103. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinalsum.html
     January 01, 2013 - Department of Health and Human Services' National Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … MHA Keystone originally applied this change package to dramatically reduce CLABSIs in Michigan, and the

104. Tool Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/tools.html
     October 01, 2016 - readmissions and a step-by-step process for designing a locally relevant portfolio of strategies to reduce … data review, hospital and community inventory, aim, target population, and data-informed strategy to reduce … Champion of efforts to reduce frequent utilization.

105. Final Progress Report: MOVES: Patient-Based Strategy To Reduce Errors in Diabetes Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/oconnor-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: MOVES: Patient-Based Strategy To Reduce Errors in Diabetes Care O’Connor, Patrick … Final Report MOVES: Patient-Based Strategy to Reduce Errors in Diabetes Care Patrick J. … Effective interventions to reduce such errors are needed. … Interventions failed to reduce errors of commission (inappropriate use of medications; p>0.05) or errors … However, the cost of efforts to reduce error must be balanced against these averted costs.

106. AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding Issue Number 951 … Today's Headlines: AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding . … AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding A new AHRQ report (PDF, 1.2 … pharmaceutical cost threshold, Medicare covers the cost of a comprehensive management program proven to reduce

107. Upcoming Webinars: Hospitals Interested in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/clabsi-webinars.html
     February 01, 2025 - seeking acute care hospitals to join a free 9-month program beginning in July to implement strategies to reduce

108. 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

109. 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

110. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/index.html
     August 01, 2017 - apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce … This project was developed to help staff in intensive care units use CUSP principles to reduce complications

111. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/about-toolkit.html
     May 01, 2017 - About the Toolkit Development Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities … participated in the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI, a 3-year implementation project to reduce … Services National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections. 1 To help other nursing homes reduce

112. 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

113. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/best-practices-empowering-residents.pdf
     May 01, 2022 - Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation … Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact … their vaccinations; discussing concerns about vaccinations if they have any; and using strategies to reduce … ENCOURAGING FAMILY PARTICIPATION Family members can help prevent and reduce social isolation. … search.html http://www.ahrq.gov/ Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce

114. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/cholesterol.html
     March 01, 2021 - Substantial evidence shows that taking a statin medication each day to manage blood cholesterol can reduce … Heart Association (AHA) developed an evidence-based guideline on treating high blood cholesterol to reduce … event risk of 7.5 percent or greater. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce … guideline, published in Circulation in 2011, outlines how to treat high blood cholesterol in adults to reduce

115. Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/reduce.html
     March 01, 2017 - Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics Know When To Order Urine Cultures … these frequently asked questions are intended to support facilities in the implementation of efforts to reduce

116. 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

117. Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/caregiver-nicu-long-desc.html
     April 01, 2022 - Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care Principal Investigator:  Eric … Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce harm … Progress Report:  Caregiver Innovations To Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care. … Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce harm

118. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi7.html
     January 01, 2013 - bloodstream infection (NCLABSI) project progressed towards the achievement of its primary objective: to reduce … These State teams worked together to reduce neonatal infections in their State, and have developed State

119. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kline_32.pdf
     March 03, 2008 - A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce … demonstration project was initiated and consisted of implementing a new model of care delivery to reduce … an improvement in identifying patients at risk for falls, but this alone was not going to help reduce … Program content included the design and implementation of a new model of care delivery to reduce

120. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/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