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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/2014/nhsurv14-chap5.html
November 01, 2014 - Areas of Strength
Overall Perceptions of Resident Safety —the extent to which residents are well cared … Feedback and Communication About Incidents— the extent to which staff discuss ways to keep residents … Staffing —the extent to which 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. … are well cared for in this nursing home" and "This nursing home is a safe place for residents"; and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate … and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 3. … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents,
Educate & Engage Residents, Family … No. 17-0006-8-EF
October 2016
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents,
Educate … & Engage Residents, Family Family Toolkit/Tool 2 3
What Should I Do now That I Know I Have Antibiotic-Resistant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T3-Checklist_for_Discussion_with_Local_Hospitals_Providers_ERs_Phase_1.doc
May 01, 2014 - identify the appropriate contacts at local hospitals to which you transfer a significant number of residents … Although most of these residents will go to the Emergency Department, it is reasonable to reach out also … Yes
No
Express your interest in sharing the antibiogram with the hospital, as many of your residents … Yes
No
Explain how you plan to transfer the antibiogram with residents (e.g., paper copy stapled
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - Materials: Slide 3
Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff; residents and … Materials: Slides 4-6
Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff; residents and … Materials: Slides 7–11
Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff; residents … Materials: Slides 21-24
Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff; residents
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www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/guide/path.html
September 01, 2020 - Clinicians and staff: Doctors, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical assistants … Practices that are residency training programs should include residents and residency faculty on the … Training residents can be challenging, as they may rotate in/out of your practice every few weeks. … with cohorts of 6-9 residents and repeat the same training long enough to train all residents. … Schedule sessions on days when residents typically work on required QI projects.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
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.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T4-Quarterly_or_Monthly_Prescribing_Profile_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily for nursing home
residents … This report provides information regarding your prescriptions for antibiotics for residents over
the … and is meant to help you
maintain an awareness of trends in infections and antibiotic use in your residents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/module-4-slides.pptx
March 01, 2017 - information is exchanged between individuals, departments, or organizations
Information needed to keep residents … Positively affect outcomes, perceptions of quality, and resident safety
Residents are more likely to … Complete, clear, brief, and timely
No jargon: using language the residents/families can understand
Making … , and residents’ families
Effective teamwork and communication decreases medical errors, improves outcomes … and improves satisfaction for staff, residents and resident’s families
Improved communication and teamwork
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Results: Because of frequent comingling between intervention and control unit patient residents
during … Approximately 1.8 million United States residents live in the nation’s 16,500 LTCFs, and
the acuity … Delorme and colleagues
recently reported a 183% increase of MRSA infections in LTCF residents between … More than two thirds (69%) of the 26 culture-positive residents were
positive at >2 body sites. … Importantly, 21 of the 26 (81%) culture-positive residents were MRSA
nasal PCR positive.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/ereports.html
December 01, 2014 - Note: Only a report for high-risk residents is shown. … Report Purpose
Nutrition Risk Reports (high- and medium-risk residents) provide the clinician with … The reports sort residents into high and medium nutritional risk. … Only the report for the high-risk residents is shown. … Separate reports for high and medium nutritional risk residents can be produced.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/erepguide_slides.pptx
December 01, 2014 - meeting either one of the criteria are categorized as medium risk; residents meeting both criteria are … True
False
Residents who have not been weighed during the report week cannot display on the High-Risk … with the specified trigger for the week displayed as a percentage of the total number of residents on … True
False
Residents must meet at least two triggers during the report week to display on the report. … same residents who display on the Nutrition Medium-Risk Report.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/index.html
Reporting Tools
Track and trend vaccine administration data, including boosters, for residents … Best Practice Summaries
Resources to enhance evidence-based safety practices to protect residents and
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=6
January 01, 2022 - the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … and captures an all-hazards approach to meeting the health, safety, and security needs of staff and residents … and captures an all-hazards approach to meeting the health, safety, and security needs of staff and residents … Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) facility testing requirements for staff and residents … Specifically, facilities are required to test residents and staff, including individuals providing services
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/qdr2015-chartbook-healthyliving.pptx
January 01, 2020 - Among female residents compared with male residents. … influenza immunization was lower:
Among Black and multiple-race residents compared with White residents … In age groups 0-64, 75-84, and 85 and over, Asian residents were less likely than White residents to … In both years, residents ages 0-64, 65-74, and 75-84 were more likely than residents age 85 and over … Hispanic residents compared with White residents.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/2016/nhsurv16-pt1.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Interaction With Residents
• Respondents without direct interaction with residents had a higher average … (A8R) 30%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … Residents are well cared for in this nursing home. … Staff follow standard procedures to care for residents. … Interaction With Residents (Tables B-9, B-11, B-12)
• Respondents without direct interaction with residents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nhsopsdatafilespecs.pdf
February 22, 2018 - Staff have enough training
on how to handle difficult
residents
A11 Column M
1=Strongly Disagree … In this nursing home, we
discuss ways to keep
residents safe from harm
B8 Column AB
1=Never
2= … Residents are well cared for
in this nursing home D1 Column AI
1=Strongly Disagree
2=Disagree
3= … In your job in this nursing
home, do you work directly
with residents most of the
time? … with residents most of the time
7.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/intro.html
June 01, 2017 - Some of the reports provide clinical information on at-risk residents and recent changes in health and … These reports use evidence-based rules to provide a priority list of high-risk residents who populate … Additional reports identify residents who have had a recent preventable hospital visit to help staff … Transfer Self-Assessment Worksheet, which guides staff in a review of current practices for recognizing residents … Potentially avoidable hospitalizations for elderly long-stay residents in nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/qdr2015-ptschartbook.pdf
March 04, 2016 - In 2013, compared with White residents (6.8%), the percentage of residents with UTIs
was lower … was higher for
Hispanic residents (20.1%) than for White residents (18.0%) … was worse for residents with one or more chronic conditions than for
residents with no chronic conditions … Asians, NHOPIs, residents with no chronic conditions, and residents with one chronic
condition … Antipsychotic Medication Among Nursing Home Residents, by State
Long-stay nursing home residents who
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/pocket-card.pptx
March 13, 2017 - 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
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201530.html
November 01, 2015 - 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