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361. Declines in Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Declines in Hospital Acquired Conditions Declines in Hospital- Acquired Conditions National efforts to reduce

362. 3. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state3.html
     January 01, 2024 - The current research suggests various strategies to reduce clinicians’ sensitivity to diagnostic biases … 3 months of the pandemic. 175 Importantly, telemedicine can provide access to specialist care and reduce … been identified as a significant contributor to cases of diagnostic error. 195 As such, efforts to reduce … Cognitive Interventions Cognitive interventions provide support to reduce clinicians’ cognitive burden … Checklists have long been proposed as a cognitive aid to reduce diagnostic error, 244 although empirical

363. Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2025 - Organizing processes, supplies, equipment, and technology interfaces with human factors principles can reduce … Physical Environment Rationale: Structuring the built environment to minimize physical hazards and reduce … Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care . * * Indicates an AHRQ-supported tool

364. Practice and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - Practice improvement and quality improvement efforts can be used in primary care to reduce inefficiency … Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative to coordinate statewide efforts to improve cardiovascular risk and reduce … Healthy Hearts for Michigan (HH4M): Providing Support to Improve Heart Health and Help Reduce CVD Disparities … THHN specifically targets hypertension control and smoking cessation to help reduce disparities in cardiovascular … 30, 2022  Assesses the implementation of a bundle of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) designed to reduce

365. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Does the hospital have an antibiotic stewardship program or processes to reduce use of unnecessary antibiotics … antibiotic stewardship program  Order sets for common infectious disease syndromes  Activities to reduce … the use of vancomycin  Activities to reduce the use of fluoroquinolones  Other AHRQ Safety Program … antibiotic stewardship program: Off Order sets for common infectious disease syndromes: Off Activities to reduce … the use of vancomycin: Off Activities to reduce the use of fluoroquinolones: Off Other_15: Off No

366. 009-Ss-Evidence-Decolonization-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Phases: Decolonization (Nasal and CHG Skin Antisepsis) SAY: There are different strategies and tools to reduce … presentation focus on the evidence supporting nasal decolonization and chlorhexidine skin antisepsis to reduce … Many studies show that nasal decolonization alone can reduce the rate of S. aureus and MRSA carriage … A meta-analysis found that mupirocin alone was able to reduce MRSA and S. aureus nasal carriage. … Studied SAY: CHG has been used and studied in two key ways as it pertains to pre-operative patients, to reduce

367. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hit-hie-rev-0724update.pdf
     July 01, 2024 - Fall TIPS Tool to help patients, families, and professional care teams reliably identify, assess, and reduce … implemented a biometric patient identification and treatment verification system using fingerprints to reduce … ■ Reduce patient harms and errors within hospital settings (e.g., falls, adverse drug interactions, … The goal is to reduce unnecessary transfusions and improve patient outcomes in critically ill children … Underserved Populations: Use HIM, HIT, and telehealth to reduce disparities in healthcare treatment

368. Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions Webinar 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2011 - levels that contribute to Medicaid readmissions 2012-2013: Explore whether the best practices to reduce … transitional care when the focus is just on penalty conditions Focusing on those diagnoses only will not reduce

369. Appendix 3-A. Suggested Slides for Module 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/gdmodap3a.html
     October 01, 2014 - There are many interventions that providers can use to reduce the number of falls. … Using the HEAR ME tips can help reduce falls.

370. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Facts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-fact-sheet.html
     January 01, 2017 - Low tidal volume ventilation can benefit patients with or without ARDS. 3 Low tidal volume can reduce … Lower tidal volume at initiation of mechanical ventilation may reduce progression to acute respiratory

371. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-factsheet.docx
     January 01, 2017 - .2 · Low tidal volume ventilation can benefit patients with or without ARDS.3 · Low tidal volume can reduce … Lower tidal volume at initiation of mechanical ventilation may reduce progression to acute respiratory

372. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 4-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
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     September 01, 2015 - learned about the influence of unit culture on practice change and the importance of a team approach to reduce … Being sure that you foster communication between nurses and doctors or between shifts will help you reduce

373. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/016-ss-hand-hygiene-periop.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - How to reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again? … MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Case Example: How To Reduce … Setting 29 Key Takeaways Hand hygiene is a fundamental strategy to mitigate the risk of HAIs and reduce … Surgical hand antisepsis to reduce surgical site infection. … Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). 5 New Hand Hygiene Practices to Reduce Infection

374. Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Gonzales received a 5-year AHRQ grant to reduce the overuse of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory … The MARC project did help reduce antibiotic use in the community.

375. 051-Top-10-Successful-Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Ensure correct application of CHG.6,7 Incorrect bathing with CHG will reduce or inactivate its effectiveness … Daily skin cleansing with chlorhexidine did not reduce the rate of central-line associated bloodstream

376. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - associated with blood culture contamination; discuss strategies to promote blood culture stewardship and reduce … Culture Stewardship SAY: Blood culture stewardship is designed to optimize bacteremia detection and to reduce … particularly relevant to MRSA prevention because the main objective of blood culture stewardship is to reduce … There is very strong evidence that blood cultures drawn from venipuncture will reduce contamination in … The team continues to work to reduce contamination rates to the CLSI standard of 1%.

377. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4i_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - Determine risk factors for postoperative wound dehiscence and identify pediatric patients at risk.2-5 Reduce … encourage elimination of tobacco products prior to surgery, where relevant.3,4 Recommended Practice: Reduce … Essential First Steps Recommended Practice: Assess for risk of wound dehiscence Recommended Practice: Reduce

378. Help People Use Health Care Quality Information To Make Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Reduce the burden of decisionmaking. … Reduce the Burden of Decisionmaking Too much information can be a burden. … Reducing the Decisionmaking Burden One important way to maximize use of quality data is to help people reduce

379. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4w_combo_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - Determine risk factors for postoperative wound dehiscence and identify pediatric patients at risk.2-5 Reduce … encourage elimination of tobacco products prior to surgery, where relevant.3,4 Recommended Practice: Reduce … Essential First Steps Recommended Practice: Assess for risk of wound dehiscence Recommended Practice: Reduce

380. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/cahps-strategy-6-r.pdf
     April 14, 2017 - Missed appointments contribute to discontinuity of care, reduce care opportunities for other patients … The higher levels of preventive services are likely to reduce morbidity and mortality from preventable … more patients come for their allotted appointments, the practice can increase its visit capacity and reduce … Systems to reduce no-shows employ some additional techniques, including:  Reducing perceived barriers … and recall systems are effective at improving immunization rates in adults and children.5 They also reduce