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41. CAUTI-Related Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/collect-tool.html
    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                

42. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/abx-stewardship-part2.pptx
    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.

43. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/nhguide/about/index.html
    March 01, 2023 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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

44. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/about-toolkit.html
    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

45. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/antibiotic-tool.html
    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.

46. Communication-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    www.cahps.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.

47. New AHRQ Study Examines Multiple Sources of Financial Strain for Patients Paying for Healthcare in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/sources-financial-strain.html
    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.

48. 5 Tk2 P3T3-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 3 (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T3-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_3.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - antibiogram will be generated by the nursing home’s contracted clinical laboratory, using the results from residents … for prescribing clinicians to read and use when making decisions about prescribing antibiotics for residents

49. Research Medical Center Develops Video to Encourage Continued Use of TeamSTEPPS® | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201530.html
    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

50. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
    Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … This toolkit uses collaborative and evidence-based approaches to improve antibiotic use by getting residents … Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members : This toolkit helps residents and their family

51. Communication Strategies To Promote Resident Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/strategies-slides.html
    March 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City 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.

52. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T4-Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_to_Improve_Communication_and_Decision_Making.ppt
    May 01, 2014 - Example: One-third of residents receiving antibiotics for UTI are being treated for asymptomatic bacteriuria … One-third of residents receiving antibiotics for a “UTI” are asymptomatic. … End-of-Life Antibiotics may not be indicated at the end of life; their use should be discussed with residents … Ideally, all long-term care facility residents should have a POLST accepted form on the chart and have … Antibiotics” Handout * “Be Smart about Antibiotics” Handout Distributed to current and new residents

53. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - consult these tools before initiating empiric antibiotic therapy, which may improve outcomes among residents … • Antibiograms provide guidance for empiric antibiotic use in residents, but other factors including

54. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Training (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxreports-ig.pdf
    November 09, 2017 - Only residents who meet criteria for high fall risk will display on the report. …  How many residents at highest risk for injurious fall are cognitively impaired? … The report also displays the total number of residents who fell, the total number of residents who had … Total Residents Who Fell. … Total Residents With >1 Fall.

55. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/practice-improvement.html
    July 01, 2022 - 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 … Nursing Home Staff   (PDF, 1 MB) Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents … including increased use of telehealth, support of diagnostic safety, and measures to protect nursing home residents

56. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html
    January 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … 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

57. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/tools/index.html?page=2
    September 01, 2023 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Hospital and Emergency Department Visits to help nursing homes with electronic medical records identify residents … Clinical reports provide information about the number and types of pressure ulcers that residents have

58. TeamSTEPPS Specialty Scenarios: Neonatal ICU (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/scenarios/neonatalicu.pdf
    March 19, 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.

59. Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit1-suspected-uti-sbar.html
    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 … This includes clinicians for the nursing home, residents' personal doctors, and clinicians at hospitals … that may treat or refer residents.

60. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc.html
    November 01, 2018 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents