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421. Transforming Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/transform.html
     December 01, 2017 - Transforming Hospitals Designing for Safety and Quality Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality , a video from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), reviews the case for evidence-based hospital design and how it increases patient and staff satisfaction and safety, quality of …

422. California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201807.html
     November 01, 2018 - California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program Search All Impact Case Studies November 2018 Tri-City Medical Center, a 388-bed hospital in Oceanside, California, reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) by 33 percent and improved the on-time d…

423. 114-Mrsa-Prevention-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/114-mrsa-prevention-learning-from-defects.docx
     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Learning From Defects Tool ICU & Non-ICU Problem statement: Healthcare organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that future patients will be harmed. What is a defect? A defect is any clinical or o…

424. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Contents Executive Summary Overview      How To Use This Guide Program Elements      Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules      T.E.A…

425. Appendix B. Decisionmaking and Readiness for Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Appendix B. Decisionmaking and Readiness for Implementation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Introduction and Welcome Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview Scientific Rationa…

426. 110-Ss-Lfd-Sample (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Learning From Defects Tool—Sample Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries What Is a Defect? A defect is any clinical or operational event or situation that you would not want to happen again. This could include i…

427. A Playbook for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in the ICU Setting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/playbook_revised.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - bloodstream infections and is now a recommended practice as an additional intervention.18-20 CHG bathing reduces … the bioburden on the patient’s skin and thereby reduces the risk of CVC site infection and CLABSI.

428. The Business Case for CUSP (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - What it reduces is the charge on the bill. The insurance companies love that.

429. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Advancing Patient Safety Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence, Design, and Implementation This document highlights some of the Agency's contributions in advancing patient safety during the past decade. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation This four-volume set from AHRQ and t…

430. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2024 - Consistency in navigation elements such as buttons for submission and going back reduces errors due

431. South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201607.html
     January 01, 2018 - South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections Search All Impact Case Studies July 2016 Implementation of an AHRQ patient safety program helped the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) hospital reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infe…

432. Tool 4: Community Inventory (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Tool 4: Community Inventory Tool 4: Community Inventory TOol Purpose Identify clinical, behavioral, and social service resources in the community that can improve posthospital care to reduce readmissions. The community inventory is complementary to the hospital inventory when developing a whole-person and data-info…

433. Resident Physicians as Safety Champions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Resident Physicians as Safety Champions Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Comp…

434. AHRQ Patient Safety Tools and Resources (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Patient Safety Tools and Resources Diagnostic Excellence Calibrate Dx is a self-evaluation tool for clinicians to improve their diagnostic decision making. This resource provides structured exercises and tools to help clinicians learn from reviewing their clinical practice. Anyone whose scope of practice i…

435. Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs Appendix A Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs Introduction Chapter 1. Environmental Scan Chapter 2. Electronic Searchable Catalog Chapter 3. Qualit…

436. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI Making It Work Tip Sheet Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care …

437. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship9.html
     August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Conclusion Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process Diagnostic …

438. 091-Decolonization-Implementation-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Decolonization Implementation Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Decolonization Implementation SAY: Hello. Welcome to this presentation on the implementa…

439. 023-Ss-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Learning From Defects Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Learning From Defects SAY: Welcome to this presentation on Learning From Defects as part of an o…

440. Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/prevent.html
     July 01, 2018 - Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Catheter Insertion, Care, and Maintenance Educational modules and resources that explain the types of catheters used to collect or drain urine from the bladder and how to prevent CAUTI by using evidence-based practices when inserting and caring for indwell…