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4221. Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit. | PSNet
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      November 03, 2008 - Study Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit. Citation Text: Campino A, Lopez-Herrera MC, Lopez-de-Heredia I, et al. Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Paediatr. 2009;98(5):782-5. doi:10.1…

4222. Reducing readmission at an academic medical center: results of a pharmacy-facilitated discharge counseling and medication reconciliation program. | PSNet
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      August 04, 2021 - Study Reducing readmission at an academic medical center: results of a pharmacy-facilitated discharge counseling and medication reconciliation program. Citation Text: Zemaitis CT, Morris G, Cabie M, et al. Reducing Readmission at an Academic Medical Center: Results of a Pharmacy-Facilita…

4223. Optimizing smart pump technology by increasing critical safety alerts and reducing clinically insignificant alerts. | PSNet
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      February 12, 2014 - Study Optimizing smart pump technology by increasing critical safety alerts and reducing clinically insignificant alerts. Citation Text: Mansfield J, Jarrett S. Optimizing smart pump technology by increasing critical safety alerts and reducing clinically insignificant alerts. Hosp Pharm.…

4224. A multicomponent fall prevention strategy reduces falls at an academic medical center. | PSNet
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      June 27, 2018 - Study A multicomponent fall prevention strategy reduces falls at an academic medical center. Citation Text: France D, Slayton J, Moore S, et al. A Multicomponent Fall Prevention Strategy Reduces Falls at an Academic Medical Center. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safe…

4225. Experiences with Lean Six Sigma as improvement strategy to reduce parenteral medication administration errors and associated potential risk of harm. | PSNet
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      October 13, 2021 - Commentary Experiences with Lean Six Sigma as improvement strategy to reduce parenteral medication administration errors and associated potential risk of harm. Citation Text: van de Plas A, Slikkerveer M, Hoen S, et al. Experiences with Lean Six Sigma as improvement strategy to reduce pa…

4226. Reducing retained foreign objects in the operating room: a quality improvement initiative. | PSNet
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      April 19, 2023 - Study Reducing retained foreign objects in the operating room: a quality improvement initiative. Citation Text: Keane OA, Chambers C, Brady CM, et al. Reducing retained foreign objects in the operating room: a quality improvement initiative. J Am Coll Surg. 2023;237(6):864-872. doi:10.10…

4227. Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions. | PSNet
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      September 13, 2023 - Study Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions. Citation Text: Tomietto M, Sartor A, Mazzocoli E, et al. Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round …

4228. Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. | PSNet
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      August 20, 2018 - Commentary Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. Citation Text: Gefter WB, Hatabu H. Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. Chest. 2023;163(3):634-649. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.003. Copy Citation Format: …

4229. The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel. | PSNet
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      August 01, 2018 - Study The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel. Citation Text: Cunningham D, Brilli RJ, McClead RE, et al. The Safety Stand-down: A Technique for Improving and Sustaining Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health Care …

4230. Medication safety in the neonatal intensive care unit: big measures for our smallest patients. | PSNet
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      September 18, 2024 - Commentary Medication safety in the neonatal intensive care unit: big measures for our smallest patients. Citation Text: Rostas SE. Medication Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Big Measures for Our Smallest Patients. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2017;31(1):15-19. doi:10.1097/JPN.00…

4231. Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a pediatric intensive care unit. | PSNet
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      March 09, 2022 - Study Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a pediatric intensive care unit. Citation Text: Martinez-Anton A, Sanchez I, Casanueva L. Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a pediatric intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38(9):1532-8. do…

4232. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 4-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
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      September 01, 2015 - AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Module 4: Summary and Next Steps SAY: SLIDE 1 SAY: You’ve now seen three modules on how to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, in your intensive care unit, or ICU. In Module 1, you learned that hos…

4233. Disposition of Comments CER 214 Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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      October 30, 2019 - increase in stroke/systemic embolism but no statistically significant difference in bleeding with reduced … dose vs standard dose apixaban in patients without a renal indication for reduced dosing; in the same … analysis, there was no difference in the benefit : risk of reduced dose vs. standard dose rivaroxaban … I think it would be worth noting that all of the newer agents reduced the risk of hemorrhagic stroke … This summary states that in the third study dabigatran reduced stroke in diabetic patients which was

4234. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 1 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - Cold therapy was associated with reduced use of oxycodone 5 mg at day 1 (18% vs. 52%) and day 6 (11% … Reduced pain and opioid use in the early postoperative period in patients undergoing a frontotemporal … A randomized controlled noninferiority trial of reduced vs routine opioid prescription after prolapse … Examining reduced opioid prescriptions after gynecologic laparoscopy: a randomized controlled trial … Reduced opioid use among patients who received liposomal bupivacaine for ACL reconstruction.

4235. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 14. Delirium (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - If the threshold was >/-1, the sensitivity improved but the specificity was reduced.14 Arendts (2017 … Nonpharmacological interventions significantly reduced delirium incidence in four trials,4,5,7,12 while … The NuDESC (threshold ≥1) had improved sensitivity (80%; 95% CI 65 to 91) but reduced specificity … Incidence of delirium was reduced (15.7% vs. 9.4%, p=.04). … Use of multicomponent interventions reduced prevalence of delirium; to enable use, education of the

4236. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Supporting Measure Implementation (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2025 - ■ A nursing home medication safety project implemented an active medication monitoring system that reduced … Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) in private hospitals, demonstrating reduced … ■ Enhance Patient Outcomes: Reduced adverse events in high-risk environments (e.g., intensive care … Thirty-day postoperative morbidity in private sector hospitals was reduced with the implementation of … was relatively insensitive to cost of care, and the risk of stroke influenced the decision only when reduced

4237. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2011 - examination, age-specific visual acuity testing, and cover-uncover test) from 8 through 37 months of age reduced … rather than screening versus no screening. 20 Although it found that repeated preschool screening reduced … results Hyperopia >3.0 D; myopia >1.0 D; strabismus; ptosis Cross-sectional; 4-7 y; N = 288; reduced … 5 y old) in 1 eye, worse than 20/40 (20/30) in contralateral eye, and bilateral amblyogenic factor; reduced … "very important to detect and treat early" conditions: 5.4% (135/2588); amblyopia: 2.9% (75/2588); reduced

4238. Central Venous Catheter Insertion Bundle Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - of evidence-based care, improved communication, appropriate use of equipment, minimized errors, and reduced

4239. 005-Ss-Preop-Chlorhexidine-Fg (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - In an unadjusted analysis, the risk of SSIs was reduced by 84 percent in the group that used the preoperative

4240. Creating a Culture of Patient Safety through Innovative Hospital Design (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - Salt Lake City, a computerized physician/provider order entry (CPOE) system with decision support reduced