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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 - "Understanding how to prevent infections in all settings of care is critical to keeping patients safe … Keeping patients safe from harms such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is an AHRQ priority

Pilot Study Results From the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes (pdf file)

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January 01, 2023 - Addressing Inappropriate Resident Behavior Toward Staff There are good procedures to keep staff safe … (Item WPE2) 52% 47% 84% My supervisor can be trusted to do the right thing to keep staff safe. … (Item WPE2) 80% 61% 48% 58% My supervisor can be trusted to do the right thing to keep staff safe … (Item WPE2) 71% 82% My supervisor can be trusted to do the right thing to keep staff safe. … (Item WPE2) 76% 71% 68% My supervisor can be trusted to do the right thing to keep staff safe.

Multiple Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2023 - , including communication with doctors and nurses, responsiveness of staff, and other indicators of safe … Mechanically ventilated patients Web: ahrq.gov/haimvp Perinatal safety Web: ahrq.gov/perinatalsafety Safe

Section 2: Explanation of Key Team Leadership Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2023 - Team Leadership Team Leadership is one of the four essential skills central to safe, efficient, and … MTS for Patient Care Safe and efficient care involves the coordinated activities of an MTS. … Support Services are primarily a service-focused team whose mission is to create efficient, safe, comfortable … Administration should strive to create a learning culture of trust and transparency that creates a safe

Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2019 - Sections About the Toolkit Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Reducing CLABSI Toolkit Safe … Surgery Toolkit Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings Telemedicine Universal

Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2022 - (PDF, 315 KB) Respirator Fit Testing (PDF, 636 KB) Intramuscular Injections—Best Practices for Safe … Telehealth Resources Telehealth can allow healthcare professionals to host a range of safe patient encounters

AHRQ Webcast Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 - Ginsberg (pdf file)

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June 01, 2020 - improvements • Improve communication and engagement between clinicians and patients • Make the safe

Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2018 - Safe, high-quality ambulatory care requires complex information management and care coordination across … A Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings provides strategies

Engage the Team and Applying CUSP in the ICU Setting Slides (doc file)

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April 01, 2022 - staff feedback to improve patient safety culture and engage the team · Identify the three principles of safe … Second, standardization, independent checks, and learning from defects are the principles of safe design … Principles of safe design apply to both technical and adaptive work. … For example, ICU staff who may be struggling with a safe environment that supports speaking up about

ICU Assessment Response Guide (pdf file)

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April 01, 2022 - For example, toileting rounds may not be safe for ICU patients who are hemodynamically unstable. … Your team has to decide whether the intervention is safe and has merit for your patient population. … For example, toileting rounds may not be safe for ICU patients who are hemodynamically unstable. … Your team has to decide whether the intervention is safe and has merit for your patient population. … 41 minutes) o This video provides examples of how to engage the entire team so people feel both safe

Resident and Family Engagement Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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