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161. AHRQ Patient Safety Tools and Resources (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-tools-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - patients and their families, and provide assessment and training tools to support local efforts to reduce … Care Pediatrics Toolkit aims to assist primary care practice teams with a systematic approach to reduce … Web: ahrq.gov/patient-safety/ settings/ambulatory/ reduce-readmissions.html The Re-Engineered … http://ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html http://ahrq.gov/patient-safety … /settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red

162. Learndefects (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Describe how you will reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again by completing the tables … If it was involved, did it negatively contribute (increase harm) or positively contribute (reduce impact … How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again? … Interventions To Reduce the Risk of the Defect Ability To Mitigate the Contributing Factor, 1 (Low to … Specific Interventions To Reduce the Risk of the Defect Who Will Lead This Effort?

163. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - ≥ 6 years of age:2-5 ‒ Analgesics (acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs): help reduce … congestion ‒ Antihistamine/decongestant and antihistamine/decongestant/analgesic combinations: may reduce … congestion; combinations with analgesics may also reduce fever and pain ‒ Nasal decongestants: may … reduce rhinorrhea ‒ Honey: may soothe sore throat ‒ Beta-agonists: if airflow obstruction is present

164. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2025 - patients and their families, and provide assessment and training tools to support local efforts to reduce … AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities Based on the Comprehensive Unit-based … improvement, and sustainability to guide facilities through implementing an improvement project to reduce … Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions This resource provides evidence-based strategies to reduce … AHRQ Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions This resource supports

165. 48-Prep-Colorectal-Facilitator (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/48-prep-colorectal-facilitator.docx
     June 01, 2023 - provide you with an overview of the use of oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation to help reduce … Ron Nichols showed that mechanical bowel prep did not reduce the quantity of bacteria found on the mucosa … that mechanical bowel prep when administered with only intravenous prophylactic antibiotics does not reduce … Slide 6 Current ISCR Recommendation and Guidelines To reduce surgical site infections in patients … The first is a randomized controlled trial titled, Is Mechanical Bowel Preparation Necessary to Reduce

166. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/tooldev.html
     January 01, 2015 - Control in ESRD (NOTICE), a 2-year project to develop and implement resources to help dialysis facilities reduce … The project had the following goals: Reduce vascular access infections Identify and enhance best … project to provide an ongoing resource for dialysis centers to use to create sustainable changes that can reduce

167. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-maintenance.pptx
     April 01, 2022 - Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI CVC Maintenance ׀ 9 CHG Bathing8-12 Consider incorporating CHG bathing to reduce … central line entries as much as possible Schedule medications to reduce the number of entries into the … Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant

168. Appendix B. Decisionmaking and Readiness for Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
     September 01, 2013 - The results of the REDUCE MRSA Trial provide strong evidence in support of universal decolonization to … reduce MRSA and other pathogens in adult ICUs. … The REDUCE MRSA Trial has the following high quality features: Randomized controlled trial. … The REDUCE MRSA Trial showed a 44 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections when baseline … Formal cost effectiveness analyses are being pursued for the REDUCE MRSA Trial.

169. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/046-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - 19 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU The Evidence Behind Decolonization 19 REDUCE … Comparison of strategies to reduce meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates in surgical patients … Decolonization to reduce postdischarge infection risk among MRSA carriers. … Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical … Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination?

170. Clinical Inertia and Outpatient Medical Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/OConnor.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - its incidence across populations of patients and physicians; and (3) to propose future research to reduce … it may be a productive strategy to reduce passive errors that contribute to hundreds of thousands … Promising approaches to reduce clinical inertia Despite the need for effective strategies to reduce … A variety of practical approaches to reduce clinical inertia are possible. … A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%.

171. Presentation: Program Overview
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-slides.pptx
     January 01, 2017 - Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in the ICU. … Improve patient and family experience Reduce complications Get patients off the ventilator Get patients … risk of patient harms associated with mechanical ventilation Reduce VAEs, including VAP Reduce the duration … Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Giving Statistics Local Meaning Example: If we reduce … Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in the ICU.

172. Webinar 6: Enhance Services for High-Risk Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web6.html
     December 01, 2017 - Identify ways to reduce readmissions from the ED. … Engage the ED in efforts to reduce readmissions. … On the left is a box captioned "Reduce Medicaid Readmissions"; two lines connect this box to two boxes … Deployed at provider expense so as to reduce readmissions. … Engage the ED in your efforts to reduce readmissions.

173. Final Progress Report: Conference Proceedings: Interventions to Improve Quality in the Crowded Emergency Department (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/pines-mccarthy-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Results: This was achieved through three objectives: 1) to review interventions to reduce crowding … setting (i.e., policy, engineering, operations management, system design, etc.) that ma y help reduce … Review of interventions that have been implemented to reduce crowding and summarize the evidence of … appropriate design and analytic techniques for rigorously evaluating ED interventions designed to reduce … To date, there is a paucity of rigorously designed studies that have tested interventions to reduce

174. Webinar 5: Reach Out to Collaborate with Partners Across Settings: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web5.html
     December 01, 2017 - investing effort to identify Medicaid-relevant providers and agencies is core to effective efforts to reduce … Describe a step-wise approach to creating "effective referral pathways" to reduce barriers to linking … On the left is a box captioned "Reduce Medicaid Readmissions"; two lines connect this box to two boxes … Together over the years, the coalition had developed a shared understanding of the opportunity to reduce … Develop "referral pathways" to reduce barriers (time, knowledge, frustration) to linking patients with

175. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/education-bundles.html
     February 01, 2019 - Educational Bundles Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities Educational … bundles provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary

176. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions_2.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Avoiding inappropriate use of the UC will reduce the risk. … How do we reduce the risk of a similar event happening? … The use of proper insertion technique and maintenance can reduce the risk. … Compliance with proper insertion technique is important to reduce the risk. 5. … How To Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures? We suggest doing the following: 1.

177. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Avoiding inappropriate use of the UC will reduce the risk. … How do we reduce the risk of a similar event happening? … The use of proper insertion technique and maintenance can reduce the risk. … Compliance with proper insertion technique is important to reduce the risk. 5. … How To Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures? We suggest doing the following: 1.

178. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Avoiding inappropriate use of the UC will reduce the risk. … How do we reduce the risk of a similar event happening? … The use of proper insertion technique and maintenance can reduce the risk. … Compliance with proper insertion technique is important to reduce the risk. 5. … How To Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures? We suggest doing the following: 1.

179. Transforming Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/transform.html
     December 01, 2017 - facilities that enhance patient safety, improve the quality of care, increase workforce satisfaction, and reduce … staff. 6 Return to Contents   Patient Safety Evidence-based design elements can help hospitals reduce … Acuity-adaptable rooms reduce the need to transfer patients around the hospital and lessen the burden … could be greatly reduced by lessening the physical demands of nursing. 22-23 One example of how to reduce … Reducing stressful noise; improving light sources for surgical staff; and designing patient beds to reduce

180. Chapter 5. Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man5.html
     December 01, 2017 - The goals of Inservice #2, " How to Reduce Falls ," are to explain specific strategies to reduce fall … Handout for inservice #2, How to Reduce Falls , a copy for each participant. Refreshments. … Handout, Ways Families Can Help Reduce Fall Risk . … Staff Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk Slide 12b. … Staff Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk (continued) Slide 13. How You Can Help Slide 14.