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381. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - participation in the federally funded Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) initiative, designed to reduce … At that time, numerous efforts were underway to reduce HAIs, but much of this work had not yet been well

382. How Will You Pay for a Health Care Quality Report? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - A consumer reporting project is not cheap, although there are ways to reduce costs and spread them across … By tackling the project together, partnering sponsors can reduce their costs significantly.

383. 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

384. Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Indwelling Urinary Catheters
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-removal.pptx
     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

385. 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

386. 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

387. The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare (pdf file)
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     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

388. 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.

389. 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?

390. CAUTI 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 CAUTI, and discuss how to reduce … What can we do to reduce the risk of the CAUTI happening with a different person?

391. Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting from Algorithms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - sector of the healthcare system is using these technologies to try to improve patient outcomes and reduce … mitigate and prevent racial and ethnic bias in tools that may perpetuate healthcare inequities and reduce

392. 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

393. 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

394. 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

395. 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?

396. 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

397. 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

398. 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

399. 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

400. 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?