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21. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Tools that describe the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infections common among long-term care residents … documents describe the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infections common among long-term care residents

22. Sample Disaster Preparedness Letter to Families (doc file)
    teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/resources/letter-emergency-contact.docx
    May 12, 2022 - Emergency Preparedness Plan, we are updating the emergency contact information we have on record for our residents … We value the health, safety, and dignity of your loved one and are committed to protecting our residents … · If we need to evacuate, we have agreements with alternate care facilities to provide care for our residents … We appreciate you assisting us with our emergency planning to protect our residents and staff members

23. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … customizable educational materials for in-service training of facility staff, and when appropriate, residents … Catheter Care and Maintenance Provides best practice strategies that clinicians, frontline staff, residents … use communication strategies to address alternatives to antibiotic use with providers, LTC staff, and residents

24. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
    teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/implementing-guide.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - • How might it improve residents’ experience? … • How will it help you care for residents? … 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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 … It provides detailed definitions for the constitutional criteria for long-term residents; for example … 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.

30. Project ECHO | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and safety practices to protect residents … Fall 2020, nearly one-quarter of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United States have been nursing home residents … Advanced age, underlying frailty, and communal living conditions make nursing home residents especially

31. PowerPoint Presentation
    teamstepps.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

32. 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 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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

33. CAUTI-Related Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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                

34. 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.

35. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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

36. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … This decision support tool can help prescribers determine appropriate treatment for nursing home residents … 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.

37. Communication-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/communication-facilitator-guide.docx
    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.

38. 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 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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.

39. Research Medical Center Develops Video to Encourage Continued Use of TeamSTEPPS® | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2015 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … metrics and data to show that we are a TeamSTEPPS facility, but the survey that the graduate nurse residents … To finance the project, nurse graduate residents wrote a successful funding proposal. … "To do so, [the nurse graduate residents] had to understand TeamSTEPPS fully before writing the script

40. Comparative Reports on Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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