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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/guide-infection-prevention.pdf
March 01, 2017 - • If that is not possible, place infected residents with low-risk residents. … If there are no private rooms, the next best option is to cohort residents, i.e., group
residents together … When cohorting is not possible, place infected
residents with residents who are at low risk. … use residents’ equipment. … ▪ Do not over-isolate residents.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/gdmod1a.html
October 01, 2014 - Nursing assistants see the residents most often. … Residents should be watched wherever they are, all the time.
Check in with residents often. … Talk with others who provide care for your residents. … Learning and experience help providers to keep residents safe. … Open communication among team members helps to keep residents safe.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852456/psn-pdf
August 16, 2023 - Residents, responsibility, and error: how residents learn
to navigate the intersection. … Residents, responsibility, and error: how residents learn to navigate
the intersection. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/residents-responsibility-and-error-how-residents-learn-navigate-intersection … exploring how residents experience
and learn from medical errors. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/residents-responsibility-and-error-how-residents-learn-navigate-intersection
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-database-report-appendix.pdf
January 01, 2025 - (Item A3) 25% 19% 23%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … (Item A3) 22% 20% 35%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … (Item A3) 25% 16% 27%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … (Item D6) 79% 88%
This nursing home is a safe place for residents. … (Item A3) 20% 28%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-didnt-you-call-me-factors-junior-learners-consider-when-deciding-whether-call-their
July 14, 2021 - Medical students and residents must consider several factors when deciding to contact more senior residents … General surgery senior residents (SR; 3 rd to 5 th year residents) and junior learners (JL; medical … students, 1 st and 2 nd year residents) were presented with several clinical scenarios and asked if … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Medicine
Communication between Providers
Students
Residents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-video-games-training-surgeons-21st-century
October 19, 2022 - This study evaluated the performance of surgical residents on a training program for laparoscopic surgery … Residents who had played video games extensively in the past demonstrated significantly superior laparoscopic … October 19, 2022
Readiness of US general surgery residents for independent practice. … August 20, 2018
Outbreak investigation of COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent … Related Resources
Educational targets to reduce medication errors by general surgery residents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trainee-autonomy-and-patient-safety
November 03, 2021 - May 12, 2021
Readiness of US general surgery residents for independent practice. … A survey of North American surgical residents and fellows. … May 1, 2019
Readiness of US general surgery residents for independent practice. … August 20, 2018
Performance of vascular exposure and fasciotomy among surgical residents … June 27, 2018
Surgical residents' work hours and well-being in year 2 of the FIRST trial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-fear-work-caps-residents-may-be-bad-medicine
May 27, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Doctors fear work caps for residents may be bad medicine … Citation Text:
Doctors fear work caps for residents may be bad medicine. Shapira I. … Cite
Citation
Citation Text:
Doctors fear work caps for residents … May 10, 2017
Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to … July 20, 2011
IOM: shorten residents' work shifts to reduce fatigue, improve patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/anderson-thomas-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - better in the operating room than residents without training. … , no training
Residents, training
OTA Fellows
-10. -5. 0. 5. … Residents Fellows
Figure 5. … all residents successfully achieved this goal on the post-test. … Across the two courses, 160 residents participated.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess3.html
October 01, 2014 - Three of every four nursing center residents fall each year. … Reporting changes helps keep residents as safe as possible. … We all care about the residents in our nursing center. … Many residents have more than one risk factor. … Problems with vision are common in nursing center residents, and vision problems make residents more
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/practice/pledge.html
March 01, 2017 - I pledge to keep the residents' environment and equipment clean to help stop the spread of germs from … I will explain to residents and their families that cleaning surfaces and equipment helps prevent the … residents with the same germs. … It's okay to discuss alternatives to antibiotics with prescribers and residents. … It's okay for residents to ask if an antibiotic is truly needed.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - Detail procedures for collecting urine and respiratory samples from nursing home residents. … 2
Collection of Specimens
2
3
Case 1: Clara
Indications for Urine Collection
Residents without … Case 1: Options for Female Residents
Collection of Specimens
5
Catch midstream specimen … Case 1: Options for Male Residents
Collection of Specimens
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Case 2: Bernard
Resident … Apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form to 5–10 residents each month.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/handouts.html
September 01, 2017 - When we can manage our residents here at the facility and avoid hospitalizations, the residents remain … Brown last evening about one of our residents. … Nurse Manager B: Residents who take certain medications. … Facilitator: Do you discuss residents at risk for transfer? … I highlighted their residents on the reports. Dr.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - and families
Topic: Communicating With Residents and Family Members
Method: Have staff sit in groups … Then answer the following about their slide: How does staff currently communicate with residents and … What new process or expectation could make communication with residents and families more consistent … Materials: Slides 27–28
Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff; residents … Discuss how the residents responded. How did leaders and administrators respond?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2023-SOPS-Nursing-Home-DB-Part-II.pdf
January 01, 2023 - (Item D6) 86% 78%
This nursing home is a safe place for residents. … (Item A3) 28% 21%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … (Item D6) 74% 84%
This nursing home is a safe place for residents. … (Item A3) 22% 25%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes. … (Item A3) 22% 31%
Residents’ needs are met during shift changes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/handout.html
November 01, 2017 - Falls are a serious problem for our residents. … While we want to prevent falls in all residents, identifying those residents who are at greatest risk … Your documentation of all your residents goes into creating this report and finding the high-risk residents … The first meeting took us forever because we were now reviewing residents who fell and residents at risk … Reports identify residents with fall risk.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-aspiration-pneumonia.docx
June 01, 2021 - resolves within 1–2 days.1-3
· Aspiration pneumonia is a bacterial pneumonia that may develop in some residents … Aspiration event and the resident becomes unstable
· The following signs are indicative of unstable residents … local treatment recommendations here]
· [Place local treatment recommendations here]
· For unstable residents … or minimal improvement and bacterial aspiration pneumonia is suspected, treat for 5–7 days.8
· For residents … Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/environ-equip-slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Explain catheter care and maintenance strategies that facility staff can use to prevent residents from … Explain the role of the environment as a place where pathogens can become a source of infection for residents … Slide 3: Protecting Residents Against Infection
The Chain of Transmission: Six Links
Image: It … Also think about where the dispenser is stored – can residents access the wipes? … Clean environment and clean equipment keep residents safe.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/user-guide-covid-19-vaccination-tracking-tool-nursing-facilities.pdf
July 01, 2022 - and
booster doses, with the ability to sort and filter by current residents and staff. … • Residents or Staff who have received first
dose only. … • Residents or Staff who were offered and declined the COVID-19 vaccination.
• Residents or Staff with … (or Staff), Cumulative Residents (or Staff) Receiving Additional Dose/Booster,
and Cumulative Residents … RESIDENTS Tab
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3concl.html
October 01, 2014 - The risk factors for falls are many, and they relate to individual residents and their environment. … The HEAR ME tips can help staff remember to: address hazards in the environment, educate residents about … safety, anticipate the needs of residents, engage in the practice of rounding to stay aware of residents … Only by carefully observing residents from our various trained viewpoints can we prevent falls. … Older people in general, and nursing center residents in particular, are less able to compensate for