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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-robust-process-improvement-program-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-reduce-harm
March 23, 2022 - Study
Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce harm.
Citation Text:
Nether KG, Thomas EJ, Khan A, et al. Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce harm. J Healthc Qual. 2022;44(1)…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklists-reduce-diagnostic-error-systematic-review-literature-using-human-factors-framework
February 22, 2023 - Review
Checklists to reduce diagnostic error: a systematic review of the literature using a human factors framework.
Citation Text:
Al-Khafaji J, Townshend RF, Townsend W, et al. Checklists to reduce diagnostic error: a systematic review of the literature using a human factors framework.…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/falls-prevention-older-adults-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
January 08, 2024 - Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org 1
Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on
Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults
Exercise can reduce the likelihood of falls in adults 65 and older; a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Reiling.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Salt Lake City, a computerized
physician/provider order entry (CPOE) system with decision support reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/73848
July 01, 2022 - PSNet
Curated Library
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Maternal Safety
Curated Library
Foundations
Maternal Safety
Marla Shauer, PhD(c), MSN, CNM; Amy Nichols, EdD, RN, CNS, CHSE, ANEF; Audrey Lyndon, RN,
PhD, FAAN | January, 31 2024
Pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum year present a comp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-insertion-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - of evidence-based care, improved communication, appropriate use of equipment, minimized errors, and reduced
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/005-ss-preop-chlorhexidine-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - In an unadjusted analysis, the risk of SSIs was reduced by 84 percent in the group that used the preoperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61057/psn-pdf
October 28, 2020 - Improving Diagnostic Quality and Safety/Reducing
Diagnostic Error: Measurement Considerations. Final
Report
October 28, 2020
Washington DC; National Quality Forum: October 6, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnostic-quality-and-safetyreducing-diagnostic-error-
measurement-considerations
With input…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50865/psn-pdf
February 05, 2020 - Understanding principles of high reliability organizations
through the eyes of VIONE: a clinical program to improve
patient safety by deprescribing potentially inappropriate
medications and reducing polypharmacy.
February 5, 2020
Battar S, Dickerson KRW, Sedgwick C, et al. Understanding principles of high reliabil…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38572/psn-pdf
April 22, 2009 - Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient
Safety System (SURPASS) checklist.
April 22, 2009
de Vries EN, Hollmann MW, Smorenburg SM, et al. Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient
Safety System (SURPASS) checklist. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(2):121-6.
doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.027524.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44768/psn-pdf
February 03, 2016 - Recommendations and low-technology safety solutions
following neuromuscular blocking agent incidents.
February 3, 2016
Graudins L, Downey G, Bui T, et al. Recommendations and Low-Technology Safety Solutions Following
Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Incidents. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(2):86-91.
https://psne…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837200/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Analysis of readmissions in a mobile integrated health
transitional care program using root cause analysis and
common cause analysis.
May 25, 2022
Buitrago I, Seidl KL, Gingold DB, et al. Analysis of readmissions in a mobile integrated health transitional
care program using root cause analysis and common cause ana…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Organizing Quality Measures To Reduce Information Overload
As the number of available quality measures grows, report designers face the challenge of providing a great deal of information without overwhelming the user. In addition, individual users of the report may be interested in different measures, so they n…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/021-ss-mrsa-surveillance-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - The study found that the use of contact precautions reduced MRSA transmission by 47 percent when it was
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/REES__d2DxtDLhZCXQjpPW
July 01, 2007 - concluded that screening and treating
young women at increased risk for chlamydial infection
significantly reduced
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/exe-summary.html
March 01, 2020 - In the second Making Healthcare Safer report, team training was associated with reduced errors and safety … Simulation-based medical education curriculums were associated with decreased complication rates, fewer errors, reduced
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-medication-related-problems-care-transitions-skilled-nursing
July 31, 2025 - Preventing Medication-Related Problems in Care Transitions to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Project Description
Publications
Research Story
Standardizing the hospital-to-skilled nursing facility transition by using a structured handoff between clinical teams along with…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-shared-decision-making-reduce-harm-drug-interactions-end-end
January 01, 2023 - Enabling Shared Decision Making to Reduce Harm from Drug Interactions: An End-to-End Demonstration
Project Final Report ( PDF , 1.27 MB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsi-hpwpreport.pdf
May 01, 2015 - Reduced status distinctions—Practices that emphasize egalitarianism across employee
roles.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/empowering-nurses.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Empowering Nurses To Implement Nurse-Driven Protocols for Reducing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Empowering Nurses To Implement Nurse-Driven Protocols
for Reducing CAUTI in the ICU Se…