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201. Session 1 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod1sess1.html
     October 01, 2014 - The providers who most often see the residents are the nursing assistants, and the ones who see them … Residents depend on you to be alert and interested. … Nursing assistants see the residents most often. … Residents in long-term care depend on nursing assistants to notice changes. … When you learn these important things about residents, make sure that you share the information with

202. Intramuscular Injections – Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/intramuscular-injections.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Those who vaccinate nursing home residents must also acknowledge special considerations for older adults … with Cognitive and Emotional Challenges1: • Plan to spend more time with residents either before, … • Consider the time of day for talking about and giving vaccines to residents with dementia. … For residents who take anticoagulation medications, gentle pressure may need to be applied longer to … For this reason, it is important that you closely watch residents for 15-30 minutes after they have

203. SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results Part II (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025_nursing_home_wps_ptII.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 92% 90% 86% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 86% 90% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 84% 92% 89% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 72% 82% 93% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 89% 87% 89% 2.

204. SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results Part II (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-workplace-safety-report-appendixes.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 92% 90% 86% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 86% 90% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 84% 92% 89% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 72% 82% 93% 2. … Moving, Transferring, or Lifting Residents 89% 87% 89% 2.

205. The Culture of Culturing: The Importance of Knowing When to Order Urine Cultures
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/whento-order/urine-cultures.pptx
     March 01, 2017 - session on The Culture of Culturing: The Importance of Knowing When to Order Urine Cultures for the residents … Thus inappropriate urine culturing can put residents at increased chances of developing drug-resistant … We know this from studies in residents in long-term care settings. … (recommendation) Using SBAR To Communicate With Residents and Families Sometimes, residents and families … (background) Many residents with indwelling catheters develop something called bacteriuria.

206. QAPI Leadership Rounding Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/resources/qapi-leadership-rounding-guide-centers-for-medicare.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - (e.g., administrator, department heads, and nurse managers) are out in the building with staff and residents … Rounding with staff and residents is an effective method for leaders to hear firsthand what is going … tone, building relationships with staff by taking the time to listen and respond to employees’ and residents … Notes: What feedback, if any, have you heard from residents and families about changes taking place … Notes: Leaders –summarize notes from conversations you had with residents or families on this topic

207. Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare2.html
     October 01, 2024 - determinants of health outcomes. 25-29 Rural areas have fewer primary care physicians (4.9 per 10,000 rural residents … versus 8.0 per 10,000 urban residents) and a higher percentage of residents living below the federal … difference is partly due to a lack of accurate preventive screening and diagnosis. 5, 13 , 20 , 34 Rural residents … Rural residents are more susceptible to unintentional injury, as many work in high-risk occupations (

208. Final Progress Report: Effects of Physician Social Networks on Surgical Quality, Safety, and Costs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hollingsworth-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - living below federal poverty line, proportion of residents with a bachelor’s degree, proportion of … residents, number of PCPs per 100,000 residents, number of medical specialists per 100,000 residents … , number of surgeons per 100,000 residents) factors. … Their communities were less rural, and they had a higher proportion of college-educated residents (P … living below federal poverty line (mean)* 0.13 0.05 0.14 0.04 0.14 0.05 0.06 Proportion of residents

209. Appendix B5: Falls Assessment Cue Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb3.html
     February 01, 2023 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families Chapter … For ambulatory residents, take BP readings in the sitting position and then 1 minute after standing. … Mobility Complete a Mobility and Transfer Assessment for all residents who ambulate or transfer without … Include residents who use a cane, walker, or wheelchair and those residents who should be assisted but … Wheelchair Screen: For all residents who use a wheelchair or sit in a wheelchair for reasons other

210. Final Progress Report: A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - For discharged residents, which includes short-stay residents (e.g., residents receiving rehabilitation … short-stay measures had major changes, including identifying residents with delirium and residents who … These residents’ stays range from several months to several years. … Nationally, an average of 87.7 residents per facility occupied certified NH beds, versus 82.3 residents … residents nationally (81.8%).

211. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impmaterials.html
     June 01, 2017 - 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 hypo/hyperglycemic orders for residents with diabetes? … Zones for residents with CHF/COPD to help self-manage 4     g.

212. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/pocket-card.pptx
     June 02, 2025 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents … ml) Print 2-sided, makes 4 pocket cards per page 2 *Constitutional Criteria for Long-Term Care Residents

213. Saworksheet (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/saworksheet.docx
     June 02, 2025 - The Self-Assessment Worksheet shows how the nursing home: Identifies how they identify which residents … When are residents screened for pressure ulcer risk? … Do you screen all residents for pressure ulcer risk at the following times: a. … Do you screen residents for pressure ulcer risk with the following diagnoses? a. … Do you develop a care plan for residents at risk of developing a pressure ulcer?

214. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
     www.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.

215. Puh-Factraining-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-factraining-guide.docx
     June 02, 2025 - Prioritize residents for possible changes to their treatment plan. … How do you pick up on subtle changes in residents’ risk status? … agrees with their knowledge and assessment of these residents. … appear on the reports who should not be there, residents are missing from reports, residents are less … Improve the way residents are prioritized for possible treatment changes.

216. 5 Tk1 T4-Antibiogram Formats And Instructions Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - year, or include common infection-causing organisms even when they were not isolated in nursing home residents … The second column shows the number of residents in the nursing home who had the organism and were included … Yellow highlighting in any row indicates that fewer than 30 residents were included in the set of cultures … 34 * 30 0 # of Residents 37 33 31 *† 23 Penicillins Penicillin 0 100 Aminoglycosides … Our antibiogram report indicates high rates of resistance among diagnostic isolates from our residents

217. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/infection-control-and-prevention.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - Nursing home staff should use best practices for infection prevention to help keep residents, staff, … Nursing home team members should monitor their own health daily, as well as that of residents. … When potential cases are identifi ed and residents or staff show signs or symptoms of COVID-19, testing … To protect residents and staff, nursing home leaders need to develop and implement effective infection … SAMPLE DECISION TREE: MONITOR RESIDENTS DURING DAILY ENCOUNTERS FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19

218. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - the Team          Leadership Buy-In          Core Team Members          Facility Staff          Residents … 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? … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Nursing Facilities, Staffing, Residents and Facility Deficiencies, 2009 through 2014 .

219. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/index.html
     September 01, 2021 - presentations about appropriate collection of microbiological samples, discussing infectious concerns about residents … with health care practitioners, and discussing infectious concerns about residents with family members … Antibiotic Prescribers (presentation and narrated presentation) Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents … and Measuring Change Collecting Microbiological Specimens Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents

220. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-patient-safety-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Antibiotics can be associated with adverse events and, when administered to residents who do not need … a drug-resistant bacteria to other residents. … A study of 4 million nursing home residents found that 4 percent of residents developed an infection … · Of course, residents themselves and family members also influence antibiotic prescribing. … Second, she could unintentionally spread this resistant bacteria to other residents.