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41. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - billion for hospitalizations. 4 CAUTI is a common, costly, and potentially life-threatening HAI for LTC residents … An estimated 7 to 10 percent 5 of all LTC residents have urinary catheters, including 12 percent 6 … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … model for reducing infections and antimicrobial resistance in skilled nursing facilities: focus on residents

42. 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

43. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Nursing Home Survey: 2023 User Database Report Infographic Summary (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Communication About Incidents 83% reported that staff “always” or “most of the time” discuss ways to keep residents … reported they “strongly agree” or “agree” there are enough staff to handle the workload, meet residents … ’ needs during shift changes, and keep residents safe, because there is not much staff turnover.

44. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - This decision support tool can help prescribers determine appropriate treatment for nursing home residents … Residents with an intermittent catheter or a condom catheter should be evaluated … For residents with acute dysuria, it may be appropriate to initiate empirical … Yes 13 No 12 Notes: For residents who regularly run a lower temperature … These criteria do not apply to residents with burns.

45. The Culture of Culturing—The Importance of Knowing When To Order Urine Cultures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - Residents with urinary catheters have bacteria in their bladders—usually just colonizing the bladder … Thus inappropriate urine culturing can put residents at increased chances of developing drug-resistant … SBAR can be used with clinicians and with residents and families 4. … Slide 12: Using SBAR To Communicate With Residents and Families Sometimes, residents and families … SBAR can be used to improve communication with residents and families.

46. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2020 - of large central metropolitan areas received worse care than residents of large fringe metropolitan … ♦ For one-third of quality measures, residents of micropolitan and noncore areas received worse care … than residents of large fringe metropolitan areas … ♦ For a little less than 20% of quality measures, medium and small metropolitan residents received … worse care than residents of large fringe metropolitan areas.

47. CAUTI-Related Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - This includes all residents, whether or not they have a catheter. … collected at the same time each day. 0 Urine Cultures: Number of urine cultures collected, for all residents … ________ (e.g., 10/1/2015) Date CAUTIs (# of new events) Resident Catheter Days (# of residents … w/catheters) Resident Days (# of residents) Urine Cultures                

48. Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Description The prevalence of off-label use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among the 1.6 million residents … of U.S. nursing homes is extraordinarily high; nationally, over 20% of all nursing home residents … stakeholders, including facility leadership, prescribers and consultant pharmacists, nursing staff, and residents … Antipsychotic use among nursing home residents.

49. Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Hospital admission also is a concern for three million nursing home residents who are affected by HAIs … These infections are particularly problematic in nursing homes because residents are older and more prone … The 5-year PROTECT Trial (Protecting Nursing Home Residents from Infections and Readmissions)—a cluster … Universal decolonization includes using over-the-counter antiseptic solutions to clean the skin and nose of residents

50. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - When this occurs, it is harder to treat infections, and residents may develop complications. … At the same time, nursing home residents are at high risk for developing complications associated with … prescribing clinicians follow the best guidelines for making clinical decisions about nursing home residents … are present in a nursing home and which antibiotics are effective for treating an infection Educate residents

51. PowerPoint Presentation
    pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallpxreports.pptx
    October 01, 2017 - at risk Helps clinicians see changes in resident status earlier, and identify residents at risk before … they fall October 2017 On-Time Falls Prevention 7 Falls High-Risk Report How many residents triggered … How many residents at highest risk are cognitively impaired? Have no cognitive impairment? … How many residents at highest risk had a change in status during the report week? … Who Fell Total Residents With >1 Fall Total Falls Unit A # falls

52. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
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    March 01, 2017 - And we care about antibiotic stewardship in long-term care because our residents are suffering ill effects … going to bring in a resident who has acquired some bacteria in the hospital that can endanger other residents … Every course of antibiotics carries these risks—and nursing home residents get a lot of antibiotics each … Sometimes residents and families can be the ones driving inappropriate antibiotic use. … Engaging and educating residents and families is a crucial part of a successful stewardship program.

53. New AHRQ Study Examines Multiple Sources of Financial Strain for Patients Paying for Healthcare in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Despite the enactment of the Affordable Care Act and its successes increasing insurance coverage, U.S. residents … To better understand the health-related financial burden on American residents, Didem M.

54. Appendix I. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition CAUTI Criteria Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Frontline staff can use the pocket card while caring for residents to assess for signs and symptoms of … Also, clinicians can use it when evaluating residents for signs and symptoms of CAUTI. … side 1 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents … more (≥10 5 CFU/ml) Slide 3: Pocket card side 2 *Constitutional Criteria for Long-Term Care Residents

55. Communication-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Recognize the importance of seeking input from all team members, including residents and their family … For example: A daughter of one of the residents in your nursing home approaches a provider because she … This can occur after someone has had antibiotics and can be devastating in nursing home residents. … Here is an example: A nurse notices that one of the residents in her facility, Mr. … K, I am calling about one of the residents.

56. Communication Strategies To Promote Resident Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - information while avoiding unnecessary details that may lead to confusion and leaving enough time for residents … Using information that is plainly understood should be a priority when speaking with residents and their … Times of observations and interventions should always be noted in the resident's record, and residents … Scenario #2 Mary, a nursing assistant, asks her colleague, Jessica, to help her reposition two residents … in bed The two residents, Mrs.

57. Chartbook on Healthy Living: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Receipt of Pneumococcal Immunization by Nursing Home Residents Long-stay nursing home residents who … ♦ Among female residents compared with male residents. … residents … home residents … Black and Hispanic residents compared with White residents

58. Comparative Reports on Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - ownership, inspection deficiency details, staffing details such as average hours worked per day per residents … for RNs, LPNs, LVNs and CNAs, and quality measures for residents, including percent of residents with

59. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Family Members (43) Managers (224) Nursing Assistants (141) Nursing Technicians (136) Residents … the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … These videos are intended to assist nursing homes in overcoming vaccine hesitancy with their staff, residents … important preliminary results on the level of population risk and COVID-19 antibody response in older adult residents

60. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2014 - The residents give contradictory orders, and the ER staff becomes confused about whose orders they should … The residents begin to argue because each feels his plan of action is correct.