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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2012 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Crosscutting Interventions and Programs
Potential High Impact Interventions Report
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville,…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
November 30, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=1334
Published Online: November 30, 2012
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication-september-2014
September 09, 2014 - Preventive Medication
Low-dose aspirin (60 to 150 mg/d) initiated between 12 and 28 weeks of gestation reduces
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening
May 08, 2018 - early-stage, screen-detected prostate cancer with radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy likely reduces
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
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Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions
February 12, 2019
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_surveillance.pdf
January 01, 2013 - CER #60:
Treatment for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness
Original release date:
April, 2012
Surveillance Report:
May, 2013
Key Findings:
- A large number of relatively small new studies were
identified that compared the effectiveness and safety of
existing treatments but none sufficiently challenge…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/apic-cost-calculator.html
April 01, 2022 - APIC HAI Cost Calculator
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Calculator Tools help define the costs associated with HAI, knowing that this can be a complex process with many points to consider. The APIC HAI Calculator Tools were …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/how-to-use-bundles.html
March 01, 2017 - How To Use Educational Bundles
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The educational bundles are a curriculum that long-term care facility educators can use to educate. Each slide set includes facilitator notes and should take approximately 15 minutes to deliver. The training vid…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40533/psn-pdf
June 15, 2011 - The contribution of labelling to safe medication
administration in anaesthetic practice.
June 15, 2011
Merry A, Shipp DH, Lowinger JS. The contribution of labelling to safe medication administration in
anaesthetic practice. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2011;25(2):145-159.
doi:10.1016/j.bpa.2011.02.009.
https…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39801/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Gossypiboma: tales of lost sponges and lessons learned.
December 21, 2014
McIntyre LK. Gossypiboma. Archives of Surgery. 2010;145(8). doi:10.1001/archsurg.2010.152.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/gossypiboma-tales-lost-sponges-and-lessons-learned
This study describes successful efforts to reduce retained surgical spo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38919/psn-pdf
January 28, 2011 - Setting priorities for patient safety: ethics, accountability,
and public engagement.
January 28, 2011
Pronovost P, Faden RR. Setting priorities for patient safety: ethics, accountability, and public engagement.
JAMA. 2009;302(8):890-1. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1177.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/setting-priorities-pa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34009/psn-pdf
November 12, 2014 - Consumer Safe Medicine.
November 12, 2014
Plymouth Meeting, PA; Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismps-safe-medicine
ISMP's electronic consumer medication safety newsletter is published six times a year and its content aims
to engage patients and families in reducing medication…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35246/psn-pdf
July 11, 2007 - Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach.
July 11, 2007
Naveh E, Katz-Navon T, Stern Z. Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. . Manage Sci.
2005;51(6):948-960. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1050.0372.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/treatment-errors-healthcare-safety-climate-approach
The auth…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50605/psn-pdf
October 30, 2019 - Report focuses on risk to patients from ED errors.
October 30, 2019
Palmer J. Patient Saf Qual Healthcare. Sept/Oct 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-focuses-risk-patients-ed-errors
The pace of emergency care delivery can reduce reliability. This news story discusses an analysis of
medical liability claims…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41091/psn-pdf
October 01, 2021 - ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in
Community/Ambulatory Healthcare.
October 1, 2021
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-list-high-alert-medications-communityambulatory-healthcare
This fact sheet provides a list of high-alert medications commonly used in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38368/psn-pdf
July 30, 2015 - Childrens' Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety.
July 30, 2015
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/childrens-hospitals-solutions-patient-safety
This Web site provides resources related to a collaborative effort involving more than 80 hospitals with a
goal of reducing health care–associated conditions, readmissions, and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38370/psn-pdf
August 22, 2009 - Monitoring for medication errors in outpatient settings.
August 22, 2009
Balkrishnan R, Foss CE, Pawaskar M, et al. Monitoring for medication errors in outpatient settings. J
Dermatolog Treat. 2009;20(4):229-32. doi:10.1080/09546630802607487.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/monitoring-medication-errors-outpatient-sett…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39962/psn-pdf
September 24, 2016 - Interruptions and medication errors: part I.
September 24, 2016
Flanders S, Clark AP. Interruptions and medication errors: part I. Clin Nurse Spec. 2010;24(6):281-5.
doi:10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181faf78b.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interruptions-and-medication-errors-part-i
This commentary discusses preventable medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39081/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Medication room madness: calming the chaos.
September 27, 2016
Conrad C, Fields W, McNamara T, et al. Medication room madness: calming the chaos. J Nurs Care Qual.
2010;25(2):137-144. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181c3695d.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-room-madness-calming-chaos
Through space and process desi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35353/psn-pdf
July 16, 2009 - Best-practice protocols: preventing adverse drug events.
July 16, 2009
Weir VL. Best-practice protocols: preventing adverse drug events. Nurs Manage. 2005;36(9):24-30.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/best-practice-protocols-preventing-adverse-drug-events
This article reports on one hospital's use of failure modes and …