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241. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/case.html
     December 01, 2017 - a result of using the On-Time Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care (On-Time) program, the facility reduced … As a result, the number of residents identified as having significant weight loss was reduced from 3.5

242. The Impact of Personal Digital Assistant Devices on Medication Safety in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Galt.pdf
     January 01, 2005 - prescribing-related errors, (2) determine the extent to which medication prescribing errors may be reduced … Determine the extent to which medication prescribing errors may be reduced by physicians having improved … We reduced the target prescription volume postintervention, while remaining well above the minimum sample … All types of error attributable to omission on the prescription were reduced, with the exception of … the drug or regimen itself were also reduced.

243. Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/early-mobility-icu-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Airway complications related to accidental extubation with required reintubation were actually reduced … Pulmonary complications, such as ARDS, pulmonary embolism and pneumothorax, and pneumonia were reduced … Deep vein thromboses were also reduced significantly.

244. 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/early-mobility-icu-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Airway complications related to accidental extubation with required reintubation were actually reduced … Pulmonary complications, such as ARDS, pulmonary embolism and pneumothorax, and pneumonia were reduced … Deep vein thromboses were also reduced significantly.

245. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apb.html
     December 01, 2013 - Lung function generally remains reduced until adolescence, at which point it approaches normal for age … Characteristics Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced … Reduced visual fields, amblyopia, myopia (associated with BPD, seizures and asphyxia), and strabismus

246. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apb.html
     December 01, 2013 - Lung function generally remains reduced until adolescence, at which point it approaches normal for age … Characteristics Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced … Reduced visual fields, amblyopia, myopia (associated with BPD, seizures and asphyxia), and strabismus

247. Heart Health NOW (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-brochure-nc.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - patients who achieve control in all study measures, lifetime cardiovascular mortality risk can be reduced

248. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Reduced or no steroids. Redosing appropriate. Skin preparation at home.

249. Appendix 1. Definitions of High-Performance Work Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwpap.html
     August 01, 2015 - Reduced status distinctions— Practices that emphasize egalitarianism across employee roles.

250. Patient, Family Member, and Clinician Perceptions of Disclosure of Adverse Events in Labor and Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/baker.html
     August 01, 2017 - care professionals disclose their mistakes, payouts for claims against providers and the hospital are reduced … Marcus, and Sachs  3 found that team training improved team performance in Labor and Delivery (L&D) and reduced … when providers disclose their mistakes, payouts for claims against the doctor and the hospital are reduced … training should yield better communication between providers and patients and therefore better care with reduced

251. CAHPS Hospice Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospice/index.html
     August 01, 2025 - several important changes, effective April 2025:  Introduced a revised version of the survey instrument: Reduced

252. References (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-litreview.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Finding showed that SSD reduced incidence of VAP (relative risk = 0.56, confidence interval: 0.42 to … The morbidity of VAP in mechanically ventilated patients can be reduced by drainage, especially for VAP … SSD significantly reduced incidence of VAP (relative risk [RR] 0.56, 95% CI: 0.45 to 0.69, p=(0.00001 … The use of subglottic secretion drainage was associated with reduced intensive care unit length of stay … SSD reduced the incidence of VAP by nearly half (RR=0.51; 95% CI: 0.37 to 0.71), primarily by reducing

253. Final Report: Using Risk Models To Improve Safety With Dispensing High-Alert Medications in Community Pharmacies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/cohen-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - When combined with the three interventions previously described, the risk is reduced more to 0.154 per … This process change reduced the probability of errors reaching patients from 0.730 to 0.263 per 1,000 … the error from the time receiving the prescription until the DUR process, the rate of the PADE was reduced … The probability of this error was further reduced to 0.014 per 1,000 prescriptions by employing all … Based upon our analysis, opening the bag at the point of sale to view the prescription vials reduced

254. Presentation: Engaging Senior Executives
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_sr-execs.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - Yet for the most part, these improvements have not translated into reduced infection rates or to improved … at the right time Clipping the skin as opposed to shaving the skin Yet these improvements have not reduced … at the right time Clipping the skin as opposed to shaving the skin Yet these improvements have not reduced … implements Unionized employees processed open instruments, while contractors processed lap instruments Reduced … this safety program teamwork process, Hopkins created a new tray with 60 percent fewer instruments and reduced

255. 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 - Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention Role of Oxygen in Wound Healing Oxygen tension often reduced … How to know the risk is reduced? Learn more about the Learning From Defects process. … Prevention| Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention 34 Case Example: How To Know the Risk Is Reduced

256. 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 - Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention Role of Oxygen in Wound Healing Oxygen tension often reduced … How to know the risk is reduced? Learn more about the Learning From Defects process. … Prevention| Surgical Services Perioperative Infection Prevention 34 Case Example: How To Know the Risk Is Reduced

257. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
     April 01, 2017 - education, process improvement, and teamwork, to more than 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced … Their quality and safety efforts reduced readmissions by 22 percent in 18 months, saving approximately

258. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/impact/index.html
     April 01, 2017 - education, process improvement, and teamwork, to more than 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced … Their quality and safety efforts reduced readmissions by 22 percent in 18 months, saving approximately

259. Patient and Family Involvement in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/patient-family-care-fac-guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - and physicians could accurately predict the needs of patients’ families, some of this stress could be reduced … Families’ stress can be reduced, and communication is improved. 

260. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/ptfamcare-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - and physicians could accurately predict the needs of patients’ families, some of this stress could be reduced … Families’ stress can be reduced, and communication is improved.