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341. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rivard.pdf
     May 01, 2004 - with potential complications of care used in failure to rescue definition (i.e., pneumonia, DVT/PE, sepsis … Postoperative sepsis Discharges with code for septicemia in any secondary diagnosis field All … PSIs—postoperative physiological and metabolic derangements, postoperative pulmonary compromise, and postoperative sepsis—exclude … per PSIs and Data Comparability 19 thousand, while the non-VA rate is 2.02; for postoperative sepsis

342. Improving Safety Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/teamwork-ptsafety-norms-slides.pdf
     August 01, 2025 - Severe Sepsis screen resu lt? + or - - On the bundle? What goa ls have not been met? 8.

343. Physician and Staff Engagement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-staff-engagement-facguide.html
     March 01, 2017 - and teamwork culture is linked to worse patient outcomes, including an increase in infection rates, sepsis

344. Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief 21 Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dx-safety-21-diagnostic-stewardship.pdf
     August 01, 2024 - Advancing diagnostic stewardship for healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic resistance, and sepsis … Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements. March 2024. … https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/hcp/core-elements/index.html. 104. … pmc/articles/PMC10662575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10662575/ https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis

345. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/implementation-guide_0.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - The following are appropriate conditions for urine culture use: • Evaluation of sepsis without a clear … urinalysis or urine cultures without signs and symptoms of UTI • “PAN” culturing in the absence of sepsis … Ordering cultures should be based on the clinical evaluation of the patients for potential sources of sepsis … the following symptoms should be present before treating a patient for CAUTI: • Fever, rigors, or sepsis

346. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - The following are appropriate conditions for urine culture use: • Evaluation of sepsis without a clear … urinalysis or urine cultures without signs and symptoms of UTI • “PAN” culturing in the absence of sepsis … Ordering cultures should be based on the clinical evaluation of the patients for potential sources of sepsis … the following symptoms should be present before treating a patient for CAUTI: • Fever, rigors, or sepsis

347. Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
     July 01, 2022 - Introduction Case Example Sepsis in a 12-Year- Old Boy A healthy 12-year-old boy, Rory Staunton, … A few days later, he died of streptococcal sepsis thought to be related to his initial cut on the … Similarly, evaluation of sepsis review cases may identify those with significant delays in arriving … at the diagnosis or completely missed sepsis diagnoses. … Consider targeting a specific cohort that your HCO is already prioritizing (mortality, readmission, sepsis

348. Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
     July 01, 2022 - Introduction Case Example Sepsis in a 12-Year- Old Boy A healthy 12-year-old boy, Rory Staunton, … A few days later, he died of streptococcal sepsis thought to be related to his initial cut on the … Similarly, evaluation of sepsis review cases may identify those with significant delays in arriving … at the diagnosis or completely missed sepsis diagnoses. … Consider targeting a specific cohort that your HCO is already prioritizing (mortality, readmission, sepsis

349. Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/diagnostic-excellence-grants/index.html
     February 01, 2025 - diagnostic practices, and outcomes for the problems of unintentional weight loss, high blood pressure, and sepsis

350. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - number of complications, including ventilator-associated events, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis

351. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-staff-engagement-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - and teamwork culture is linked to worse patient outcomes, including an increase in infection rates, sepsis

352. Appropriate Emergency Department Blood Testing for Children with Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-215-fullreport.pdf
     August 01, 2017 - condition that compromises their ability to deal with infection, they are at high risk for developing septicemia … shape of abnormal blood cells) is responsible for most complications of SCD, including pain episodes, sepsis … Septicemia and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are a major cause of mortality in children … In the ED, fever in children with SCD is a very high‐triage priority because the risk of sepsis is life … Septicemia and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are major cause of mortality in children

353. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults-references.html
     September 01, 2024 - Challenges with diagnosing and managing sepsis in older adults. … Bacteremia and sepsis in older adults. Clin Geriatr Med 2007 Aug;23(3):633-647, viii. 

354. Factors that Impact Perinatal Care Experience and Outcomes: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/perinatal-care-experience-slides.pdf
     March 06, 2025 - maternal morbidity (eg, cesarean delivery, postpartum hemorrhage; hypertensive diseases of pregnancy; sepsis

355. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/bacteremia-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Blood Cultures1,2 4 Two sets of peripheral BC (each set with one aerobic and one anaerobic bottle) Severe … sepsis upon admission Cholangitis, meningitis, pyelonephritis, severe pneumonia, suspected endocarditis

356. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-intro-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - There’s some sort of priming insult, such as pneumonia, sepsis, severe trauma, noncardiogenic shock, … Indirect pulmonary insult includes extrapulmonary sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome from

357. Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety Through a Low-tech Approach to Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Shaha.pdf
     May 01, 2004 - where physicians were instructed to note the clinical rationale for the order, such as pneumonia or sepsis … inpatient pharmacy that was a complete and correct order for aminophylline, for the stated indication of sepsis

358. Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/calibrate-dx-guide.pdf
     October 01, 2022 - EXAMPLES Sepsis, meningitis, stroke, appendicitis, cancer, pulmonary embolism Undifferentiated … Rapid Responses Note: This rapid response was for hypotension in a patient already being treated for sepsis … The patient’s decompensation was a progression of his known sepsis, so I do not think there was a missed

359. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
     December 01, 2020 - Difficulty Getting a Usual Source of Care Providers Who Showed Respect for What Patients Had To Say Sepsis

360. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pptx
     October 01, 2015 - Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate PDI 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis