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341. Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - percentage of adults over age 65 years (19% rural vs. 15% urban). 33 Further, despite national efforts to reduce … Given the significant health disparities in rural America, innovative strategies are urgently needed to reduce

342. The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/pridx-framework.pdf
     July 05, 2023 - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9009- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-1051 Introduction Efforts to reduce … The goal of pro- improve diagnostic performance and reduce diagnostic posing this framework is to catalyze … encourage the adoption of standardized protocols, pro- cesses, and technologies to help measure or reduce … Payment innovations to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce diagnostic error. … Closing the loop on test results to reduce communication failures: a rapid review of evidence, practice

343. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/020-ss-periop-infection-prevention.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - How to reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again? … for MRSA Prevention| Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention 33 Case Example: How To Reduce … Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection. … Preoperative skin antisepsis using chlorhexidine may reduce surgical wound infections in lower limb trauma … Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization

344. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/020-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-slides.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - How to reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again? … for MRSA Prevention| Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention 33 Case Example: How To Reduce … Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection. … Preoperative skin antisepsis using chlorhexidine may reduce surgical wound infections in lower limb trauma … Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization

345. Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Indwelling Urinary Catheters
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     April 01, 2022 - Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Reminder systems to reduce the duration of indwelling urinary catheters: a narrative review. … Implementation of a multifaceted nurse-led intervention to reduce indwelling urinary catheter use in … Systematic review and meta-analysis: reminder systems to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections … A nurse driven Foley catheter removal protocol proves clinically effective to reduce the incidents of

346. CAUTI Learning From Defects Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cauti-learning-from-defects-revised.docx
     April 01, 2022 - learn what happened, identify the factors that may have contributed to the CAUTI, and discuss how to reduce … What can we do to reduce the risk of the CAUTI happening with a different person?

347. CLABSI Learning From Defects Tool (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - learn what happened, identify the factors that may have contributed to the CLABSI, and discuss how to reduce … What can we do to reduce the risk of the CLABSI happening with a different person?

348. FAQs (Staff): Wound Cleaning (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - CHG is beneficial and should be applied over a closed surgical incision to kill bacteria and reduce risk … Do not wipe off the CHG as this will reduce its infection prevention abilities. AHRQ Pub.

349. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - Make sure your staff members understand how they can reduce CLABSI. … Educate staff members about how to reduce CLABSI 3. … removed One of the most effective strategies for preventing CLABSI is to eliminate, or at least reduce … Nonetheless, to reduce patient exposure to central lines, units should have a systematic approach to

350. AHRQ Views: Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Primer Helps Large Florida Health System Reduce Its Carbon Footprint . … AHRQ Primer Helps Large Florida Health System Reduce Its Carbon Footprint AdventHealth, a nonprofit healthcare … Emissions: A Primer on Measures and Actions for Healthcare Organizations to Mitigate Climate Change , to reduce

351. Better Nurse Staffing Levels Associated With Lower Rates of Cesarean Section | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - Adherence to national nurse staffing standards helped improve vaginal birth outcomes and reduce risks … Researchers concluded that shortening durations of therapy for acute otitis media could reduce antibiotic … Burnout in modern-day health care: Where are we, and how can we markedly reduce it?

352. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Larissa Grigoryan To Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics . … AHRQ Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Larissa Grigoryan To Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics Antibiotic … ET: Resolving Workforce Turnover Crisis will highlight strategies to reduce staff turnover and promote

353. SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey - English (doc file)
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     January 01, 2022 - We try to find ways to reduce waste (such as wasted time, materials, steps, etc.) in how we do our work … In our unit, we take steps to reduce patient wait time. 1 2 3 4 5 9 2. … In the past 12 MONTHS, have you done the following activities to improve efficiency, add value, or reduce

354. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Celebrating Success and Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - to help intensive care unit (ICU) team leaders implement effective strategies and achieve goals to reduce … the Gains To assist in spreading the innovation to other areas (like ICUs or other departments) to reduce … • AHRQ Impact Case Study: New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections

355. OR-to-ICU Transitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions4.html
     June 01, 2023 - prevent a patient from deteriorating after surgery, one must have accurate and complete information to reduce … This research could more explicitly explore how the HATRICC bundle could be used to reduce diagnostic … sustained implementation of standardized handoff tools to mitigate the impact of cognitive biases and reduce

356. Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - Slide 35: How Will You Reduce Risk of it Happening Again? … Slide 36: How Will You Reduce Risk of it Happening Again? … Slide 37: How Will You Reduce Risk of it Happening Again? … Slide 40: How Will You Reduce Risk of it Happening Again? … Slide 41: How Will You Reduce Risk of it Happening Again?

357. Role of the External Coach in Advancing Research Translation in Hospital-Based Performance Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Donaldson_87.pdf
     April 23, 2008 - PhD Abstract The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC) Partners for Quality (PFQ) to Reduce … Patient Falls Project aimed to reduce the incidence of patient falls and the severity of fall-related … Introduction The primary aim of the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Partners for Quality to Reduce … Patient Falls Project (CalNOC PFQ) was to reduce the incidence of patient falls and the severity of … • Implement individualized interventions to prevent falls/reduce injury.

358. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - A bundled approach to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a system of … gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source control to reduce … Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical … Daily chlorhexidine bathing to reduce bacteraemia in critically ill children: a multicentre, cluster-randomised

359. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - through an AHRQ-led task force, released Doing What Counts for Patient Safety: Federal Actions to Reduce … The action plan is designed to: Reduce MRSA infections through the use of novel interventions. … Test methods to reduce hospitalization for treatment of community-acquired MRSA. … Understand the role of nursing home transmission of MRSA and develop interventions to reduce transmission … Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on all hospitals to reduce

360. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/002-cusp-learning-defects.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - How will you reduce the likelihood of this How will you know the risk is reduced? … Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Learning From Defects 14 Question 3 How Will You Reduce … | 17 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Learning From Defects 17 Tips To Reduce … How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again?