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201. SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Staff clean their hands before and after helping residents with personal care ..................... … Equipment or assistive devices are available when needed to help move, transfer, or lift residents … Staff use equipment or assistive devices when needed to help move, transfer, or lift residents ... … • Inappropriate verbal communication toward staff, such as residents yelling, using offensive language … Staff are trained on how to de-escalate or calm down situations when residents are agitated or upset

202. Tracking-Measuring-Data-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - This is the total number of days all residents at your facility were on an antibiotic during a specific … The form asks for the total number of days residents were administered each antibiotic listed on the … It measures the total number of days residents received a particular antibiotic. … For each antibiotic, enter the total number of antibiotic starts for all residents who received that … For example, if three residents were started on ciprofloxacin during the month of January, one for 3

203. One-Pager-Uti (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Pyelonephritis: fever, rigors, flank pain1 · Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI): subrapubic pain and fever; residents … blood cells) · A positive urine culture is defined as ≥100,000 cfu/mL of a urinary pathogen4 (≥1,000 in residents … catheter is in place, remove and replace it before sending UA and culture4 · Do not start antibiotics in residents … Encourage oral hydration.1 · Consider phenoazopyridine (pyridium) to relieve urinary pain.11 · For residents … Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities

204. Appendix B1: The FMP Self-Assessment Tool (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families Chapter … Activity programs for frequent structured supervision of residents?       12. … Staff Training and Information for Primary Care Providers, Families, and Residents (Chapter 5) Yes … Information for families and residents on falls risk reduction?       6. … Chart Audit Instructions: Select the charts of 5 residents who have fallen within the past 6 months.

205. Family-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Discussing Infection Concerns About Residents With … SAY: In this presentation, we are going to discuss some scenarios that may occur when talking with residents … Finally, we will discuss approaches to providing supportive and comfort care measures for residents who … Most residents will improve with supportive care alone. … Acknowledging these struggles may help some residents and families find some measure of peace.

206. Core-Discussion-Key (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Facilitator Notes For example, staff will sometimes forget to clean and disinfect equipment between residents … Facilitator Notes For example, educate staff about the importance of cleaning/disinfecting equipment between residents … Inform the residents that staff will be cleaning and disinfecting equipment between residents to ensure

207. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Explain catheter care and maintenance strategies that facility staff can use to prevent residents from … Slide 3: Protecting Residents Against Infection The Chain of Transmission: Six Links Image: It … associated with increased risk of infection in residents include— Lower level of cleanliness . … Also think about where the dispenser is stored – can residents access the wipes? … Clean environment and clean equipment keep residents safe.

208. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Nursing Home Survey: 2023 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Overall Perceptions of Resident Safety Residents are well cared for and safe. … and keep residents safe, because there is not much staff turnover. … YES, I work directly with residents most of the time 2,003 66% NO, I do NOT work directly with residents … (Item D1) 86% This nursing home does a good job keeping residents safe. … (Item A3) 24% Residents’ needs are met during shift changes.

209. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - An estimated 7 to 10 percent 3 of all LTC residents have urinary catheters, including 12 percent 4 … How will it help you care for residents? … CAUTIs and other HAIs into the policies and procedures related to the care of residents' needs. … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Nursing Facilities, Staffing, Residents and Facility Deficiencies, 2009 through 2014 .

210. Toolkit 1. Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2016 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Antibiotics Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Educate and Engage Residents … Antibiograms should be shared with all health care providers who may prescribe antibiotics for residents … This includes residents’ physicians, but may also include local hospitals, urgent care facilities, or … other inpatient facilities to which residents may be transferred.

211. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - and lower respiratory tract infections are the most commonly treated infections among nursing home residents … Residents with an intermittent catheter or a condom catheter should be evaluated as if they are not … For residents with acute dysuria, it may be appropriate to initiate empirical antibiotic therapy; but … For residents that regularly run a lower temperature, use a temperature of 2°F (1°C) above the baseline … These criteria do not apply to residents with burns. 7.

212. Bacterial Pneumonia in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - infiltrates on chest x ray usually indicates viral pneumonia5,6 • Fewer than 15% of nursing home residents … cough suppressants, fluids, supplemental oxygen, nebulizer treatments, chest physical therapy • Residents … with influenza should receive oseltamivir16 • Residents who are generally in reasonable health and … Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities … Utility of pulse oximetry in diagnosing pneumonia in nursing home residents.

213. Module 4: Teamwork and Communication: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - When staff, residents, and family members have mastered effective communication, everyone on the team … must care for those residents. … Slide 22: Communication Strategies for Use With Residents and Family Members Say: Next we will … Slide 24: What Is Effective Communication Between Staff and Residents and Family? … to speaking up that many staff and residents and family have noted.

214. National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … -Mexico Border Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S. … Use of Restraints in Nursing Homes Long-stay nursing home residents experiencing use of restraints, … Denominator:  Long-stay residents, who are defined as having a cumulative stay greater than 100 days … Importance: Residents who are restrained daily can become weak, lose their ability to go to the bathroom

215. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - When staff, residents, and family members have mastered effective communication, everyone on the team … must care for those residents. … This can include a review of residents with an indwelling urinary catheter, the approved indication for … When staff involve residents and families in the resident’s care planning, the resident is more likely … Encouraging the residents and family to ask questions, and offering positive reinforcement when they

216. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2013 - Long-term care residents Yes  No  B. Short-term care residents Yes  No  C. … Do you develop a care plan for residents at risk for hospital transfers? … Standing daily weight orders for residents with CHF? Yes  No  ii. … Standing rescue orders for residents with COPD? Yes  No  iv. … knowledge of residents’ health and risks.

217. Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2018 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … -Mexico Border Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S. … Coordination Effective Treatment Healthy Living Care Affordability Part 4: Health Care of Residents … Complications Among Inpatient Hospital Stays for Mental Health or Substance Abuse Border County Residents … Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S.-Mexico Border [ PowerPoint , 3.14 MB; HTML ].

218. PowerPoint Presentation
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     October 01, 2017 - Does information exist to identify residents at risk? How can this information be used? … What are obstacles to staff obtaining the information needed to identify residents who need changes in … with recent changes in risks Profile risks for each resident in report Prioritize residents for possible … aligns with staff’s knowledge and assessment of these residents, or they will lack confidence in the … Prioritize residents who may need care plan changes. Discuss care plan changes.

219. PowerPoint Presentation
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     November 01, 2016 - Does information exist to identify residents at risk? How can this information be used? … What are obstacles to staff obtaining the information needed to identify residents who need changes in … with recent changes in risks Profile risks for each resident in report Prioritize residents for possible … aligns with staff’s knowledge and assessment of these residents, or they will lack confidence in the … Prioritize residents who may need changes to care plans. Engage in discussions about care changes.

220. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - • Especially consider in residents who received antibiotics in previous 60 days and have one or more … How to Isolate Culture-positive Residents: • Limit time outside of room for C. difficile positive resident … How to Isolate Culture-positive Residents: • Do not use contact precautions in the absence of a draining … How To Isolate Culture-positive Residents: • Do not use contact precautions in the absence of a draining