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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/congdon-magilvy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - thereafter with
updates on a schedule determined by time and a change in the condition of the resident … Finally, a decision was made, most often by a
family member of the resident with or without visiting … day, RN hrs / resident day, licensed hrs /
resident day, percent of hours licensed, and percent of … After
controlling for resident illness severity with the percent Medicare residents, and including … Designing the national resident
assessment instrument for nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/overviewhandouts2.html
December 01, 2017 - there is a change in condition: Yes ___ No _X_
With each MDS assessment: Yes No _X_
If the resident …
In the course of your root cause analysis, do you check to see if the risk status of the resident … that you would investigate as part of your root cause analysis:
___ Nutrition assessment for a resident … with decreased meal or fluid intake
___ Nutrition screen for a resident at risk of developing a pressure
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June 02, 2025 - members could participate and make suggestions) or closed (led by the attending who dealt with the resident … · Was hierarchy (attending physician over resident) an issue?
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March 01, 2017 - Scenario 1
A staff member comes in to say “hi” to the resident. … The staff person does not perform hand hygiene or put on gloves, but proceeds to touch the resident.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - (UA) & urine culture (UCx)
� Increase hydration
� Start antibiotics before UA and UCx results, if resident … appears ill
� If UA & UCx are positive and the resident has ongoing UTI symptoms, modify
antibiotics
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March 01, 2017 - Identify and Develop Program Champion(s)
Program champion(s) will—
Communicate and reinforce resident … Empower Frontline Staff
Frontline staff should—
Feel comfortable bringing up resident safety concerns … to other team members or team leaders
Speak up when a potential break in resident safety protocol may … occur or actually occurs
Be commended, and not punished, for speaking up about resident safety
As … powerful way to engage staff in ways that numbers cannot
Encourage your team leaders to discuss actual resident
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October 01, 2016 - assistant, or nurse practitioner must complete the POLST accepted form based on a discussion with the resident … They include:
· a positive urine culture in an asymptomatic resident
· a positive urine culture ordered … because of change in urine appearance
· pharyngitis without Group A strep
· bronchitis or asthma in a resident … infection
· a skin wound without cellulitis, sepsis, or osteomyelitis, regardless of culture result
· any resident … Note that resident/family/staff education is important because some people assume antibiotics are the
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May 01, 2014 - Lee is a 71-year-old woman who ¡s a long-term resident of your facility, with dementia and no recent … Jones is a 76-year-old man who ¡s a long-term resident of your facility, with dementia and no recent … Lee, a 71-year-old woman, ¡s a long-term resident of your facility, with dementia and no recent hospitalizations … Jones, a 76-year-old man, ¡s a long-term resident of your facility. … One is that it depends where a resident acquired the infection.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man1.html
December 01, 2017 - An open style of communication means that the organization supports discussion about resident safety, … The administration should discuss with staff the importance of resident safety and the facility's commitment … Staff should not be "blamed or shamed" when a resident falls. … Falls Therapist helps to assess resident transfer, mobility and wheelchair seating. … the meeting for 10-15 minutes in order to participate in discussion and problem-solving about their resident
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-respiratory-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - supplemental oxygen, nebulizer treatments, chest physical
therapy, encourage smoking cessation.1
• If a resident … residents for symptoms of
influenza-like illness.23
• If consistent with goals of care, transfer the resident … to an acute-care facility if the resident appears clinically
unstable (e.g., unable to maintain O2
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June 02, 2025 - If the resident is not currently deemed at risk, is there a plan to rescreen at regular intervals? … In the course of your root cause analysis, do you check to see if the risk status of the resident has … (s) that you would investigate as part of your root cause analysis:
a. Nutrition assessment for a resident … with decreased meal or fluid intake
b. Nutrition screen for a resident at risk of developing a pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/rising-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - We conducted a two-arm waitlist randomized controlled trial from
September 2019-June 2020 with resident … Aim 2: Graduating senior resident physicians (who would no longer be at the study site at the time of … All consenting resident physicians provided written informed consent. … Pilot testing of the UCEM was conducted with four senior
resident physicians and ED fellows. … In addition, we demonstrate highly
favorable responses by resident physicians regarding the utility
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December 01, 2017 - , Pressure Ulcer Risk, Nutrition Risk)
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Trigger Summary Report: Resident … Wound Rounds *
On-Time Resident Clinical, Functional, and Intervention Profile Report—
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-vogelmeier.html
December 01, 2023 - that employed advanced practice registered nurses in 16 Missouri nursing homes to reduce avoidable resident … an AHRQ grant to understand nursing homes’ response to COVID-19 and how that response influenced resident
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/leg-bags-faqs.html
July 01, 2017 - Leg bags that are labeled by the manufacturer as reusable may be reused for a single resident in the … product for single use only, it should not be used off-label due to a potential safety risk to the resident … Prior to initial use and when storing the leg bag, ensure a resident identifier (e.g., name, initials … leg bag and caps to air dry by:
Placing upright in a clean container 1 (e.g., bath basin with a resident
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/mod2-slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Demonstrates leadership support to staff and to resident safety. … Interest in resident safety. … Holds all staff accountable for carrying out agreed-upon activities designed to reduce resident harms … Checklist purpose is to provide senior leaders a checklist to plan and implement quality improvement and resident
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
References
Previous … Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated … Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices
Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Resident … Stewardship
Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk
Plan To Help Incorporate the Role of Champions for Resident
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June 02, 2025 - updated:
Daily
Weekly
Every 2 weeks
Monthly
Quarterly
Individual
Patient/Resident … criteria for identifying residents whose pressure ulcers
may not heal in a reasonable timeframe due to resident … Assessing the resident for pain?
Appropriate use of topical wound agents?
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March 01, 2017 - briefly pause and think about what you need to do to prevent the spread of infection between you and the resident … Deciding which PPE to wear, and when, is based on the nature of the staff-resident interaction, including … Remove gloves after caring for a resident and never use the same pair of gloves for the care of more … than one resident. … betadine will be placed on their protective wear, which will simulate contamination with germs after resident
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/ratwani-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - .
• The source of the interruption was documented as a physician/resident, nurse, student,
assistant … phone, device, or an in person conversation
with a nurse, student, assistant/technician, or physician/resident … primary task while performing the interrupting
task if one is able to do so
If interrupted by a resident … While talking to the resident, a nurse
asked a question. … The physician asked the
nurse to wait, finished the conversation with the
resident, returned to finish