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www.ahrq.gov/news/data-tools.html
September 01, 2024 - Videos Show How To Explore AHRQ Data Tools
New videos from AHRQ provide guidance on the use of AHRQ Data Tools , an interactive resource that allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore data on topics ranging from health insurance coverage to hospital use to disparities in care. An introductory vid…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/about.html
March 01, 2018 - About the Toolkit Development
Background
This toolkit was developed based on the experiences of more than 1,000 ICUs that participated in the On the CUSP: Stop BSI project. These ICUs reduced CLABSIs by 41 percent using the CUSP method and resources included in this toolkit.
Project partners
Health Rese…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38541/psn-pdf
May 21, 2009 - The relationship between inpatient cardiac surgery
mortality and nurse numbers and educational level:
analysis of administrative data.
May 21, 2009
Van den Heede K, Lesaffre E, Diya L, et al. The relationship between inpatient cardiac surgery mortality
and nurse numbers and educational level: analysis of administr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841490/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - Prevent administration of ear drops into the eyes.
December 14, 2022
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!: Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2022;27(24):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevent-administration-ear-drops-eyes
Look-alike medications are vulnerable to wrong route and other use errors. This article examines the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41946/psn-pdf
January 09, 2013 - Thirty-day outcomes support implementation of a surgical
safety checklist.
January 9, 2013
Bliss LA, Ross-Richardson CB, Sanzari LJ, et al. Thirty-day outcomes support implementation of a surgical
safety checklist. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;215(6):766-76. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.07.015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/is…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60569/psn-pdf
June 10, 2020 - Workplace team resilience: a systematic review and
conceptual development.
June 10, 2020
Hartwig A, Clarke S, Johnson S, et al. Workplace team resilience: s systematic review and conceptual
development. Org Psychol Rev. 2020;10(3-4):169-200. doi:10.1177/2041386620919476.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-team…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45777/psn-pdf
January 11, 2017 - Disclosure of adverse events in pediatrics.
January 11, 2017
McDonnell WM; Altman RL; Bondi SA et al for the Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management;
Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Pediatrics. 2016;138(6);e20163215.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-adverse-events-pediatrics
Op…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46593/psn-pdf
November 08, 2017 - Unreadable barcodes and multiple barcodes on packages
can lead to errors.
November 8, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 19, 2017;22:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unreadable-barcodes-and-multiple-barcodes-packages-can-lead-errors
Barcodes can both enhance and degrade the medication …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43734/psn-pdf
January 21, 2015 - Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine
Instructions.
January 21, 2015
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explicit-and-standardized-prescription-medicine-instructions
Standardization has been embraced as a strategy to improve health litera…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44602/psn-pdf
November 25, 2015 - Interorganizational complexity and organizational
accident risk: a literature review.
November 25, 2015
Milch V, Laumann K. Interorganizational complexity and organizational accident risk: A literature review.
Safety Sci. 2015;82:9-17. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.08.010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interorganizationa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44576/psn-pdf
January 23, 2018 - Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Award.
January 23, 2018
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-quality-and-patient-safety-award
This award seeks to recognize health care organizations and professionals that have exhibited leadership
and innovation in improving patient safety i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38213/psn-pdf
November 12, 2008 - AHRQ announces interest in research on diagnostic
errors in ambulatory care settings.
November 12, 2008
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Special Emphasis Notice. October 25, 2007.
Publication No. NOT-HS-08-002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-research-diagnostic-error…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41410/psn-pdf
May 23, 2012 - The World Health Organization '5 moments of hand
hygiene': the scientific foundation.
May 23, 2012
Chou DTS, Achan P, Ramachandran M. The World Health Organization '5 moments of hand hygiene': the
scientific foundation. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012;94(4):441-5. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.94B4.27772.
https://psnet.ahrq.go…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72652/psn-pdf
January 20, 2021 - Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management.
January 20, 2021
Donaldson L, Ricciardi W, Sheridan S, Tartaglia R, eds. Springer Nature: Cham Switzerland; 2021. ISBN
9783030594022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/textbook-patient-safety-and-clinical-risk-management
Foundations and practical exp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37555/psn-pdf
February 14, 2018 - ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient
safety.
February 14, 2018
ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(2):e78-
e81.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acog-committee-opinion-730-fatigue-and-patient-safety
This commentary discusses how sleep deprivation affects…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840164/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - Medical error and vulnerable communities.
November 16, 2022
Jean-Pierre P. Boston U Law Rev. 2022; 102(1):327-392.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-and-vulnerable-communities
Bias and discrimination are receiving overdue attention as primary barriers to patient safety. This article
discusses medical erro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837858/psn-pdf
August 17, 2022 - Tackling implicit bias in health care.
August 17, 2022
Sabin JA. Tackling implicit bias in health care. N Engl J Med. 2022;387(2):105-107.
doi:10.1056/nejmp2201180.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tackling-implicit-bias-health-care
Implicit bias in clinicians can result in diagnostic errors and poor patient outcomes.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44269/psn-pdf
July 01, 2015 - Accidental overdoses involving fluorouracil infusions.
July 1, 2015
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 18, 2015;20:1:5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accidental-overdoses-involving-fluorouracil-infusions
Describing three accidental overdoses of the antineoplastic drug fluorouracil which involved …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44673/psn-pdf
April 15, 2016 - The safety of emergency medicine.
April 15, 2016
Ramlakhan S, Qayyum H, Burke D, et al. The safety of emergency medicine. Emerg Med J.
2016;33(4):293-9. doi:10.1136/emermed-2014-204564.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-emergency-medicine
Emergency medicine is considered a high-risk environment, but little resea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45835/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - Deploying and measuring a risk and patient safety
program.
February 1, 2017
Orel H, McGroarty M, Marchegiani H. Deploying and measuring a risk and patient safety program. J
Healthc Risk Manag. 2017;36(3):26-33. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21266.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deploying-and-measuring-risk-and-patient-safety-pro…