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181. Patient Safety Action Alliance: Request for Information (RFI) Summary Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/action-alliance-rfi-report-040323_LOCKED.pdf
     March 01, 2023 - “Please remember that equity is not just a matter of skin color, language and national origin, but that … “Please remember that equity is not just a matter of skin color, language and national origin, but that

182. From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/challenges.html
     June 01, 2018 - While bedbound or immobile, unrelieved pressure on the skin can lead to its breakdown and damage to the … A VA facility in Memphis, TN, employed a team-based approach to monitor patients and provide skin care

183. 3. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state3.html
     January 01, 2024 - patients due to a lack of health information technology (IT) implementation in medical offices was a barrier … While patients may feel comfortable checking on symptoms such as cough, fever, or skin symptoms, few

184. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/overall-antibiotic-stewardship-project-final-report.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - aspiration pneumonia; ventilator-assisted pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia; cellulitis and skin … management and assessment of residents with suspected UTIs, 15 respiratory tract infections, and skin … Other topics included management of skin and soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, and … infectious disease trained physicians and pharmacists to perform AS 26 activities is a national barrier

185. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsicompanion.pdf
     October 18, 2012 - units consistently used the following CLABSI reduction steps over time: hand hygiene, chlorhexidine skin … preparation, full-barrier precautions during line insertion, avoidance of femoral site for placement … More than 80 percent of units consistently used hand hygiene, chlorhexidine skin preparation, full-barrier … P o s it iv e R e s p o n s e s Project Quarter Appropriate hand hygiene Chlorhexidine skin … preparation Full-barrier precautions Avoid femoral site for placement Daily review of line necessity

186. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/index.html
     October 01, 2014 - Nicotrol NS Nicotine Patch Do not use if you have severe eczema or psoriasis Local skin … Improved appearance including reduced wrinkling/aging of skin and whiter teeth.

187. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 11. Patient Identification Errors in the Operating Room (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/patient-id-errors-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - American Board of Orthopedic Surgery database, and although it found a reduced incidence of wrong-site skin … inguinal hernias, 35 umbilical hernias, 48 varicose veins, 50 toenail removals, 123 excisions of skin

188. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - It protects skin in the incontinent patient and it saves time for the bedside nurse, so these are all … patients with incontinence, male patients with incontinence that you don’t want to have damage to the skin

189. Ed-Catheter-Insertions-Transcript (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-transcript.doc
     September 10, 2013 - It protects skin in the incontinent patient and it saves time for the bedside nurse, so these are all … patients with incontinence, male patients with incontinence that you don’t want to have damage to the skin

190. Resource List - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
     April 01, 2023 - Daily Skin Care Flow Sheet http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/DailySkinCareFlowSheet.aspx (requires … This poster can be used to display important facts about skin care necessary to avoid pressure ulcers … Communication: A Situational Briefing Model Shining a Light: Safer Health Care Through Transparency Skin … Daily Skin Care Flow Sheet 4. How-To Guide: Prevent Pressure Ulcers 5. … Skin Care Facts: Pressure Ulcer Prevention Pain Management 1.

191. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu.html
     December 01, 2017 - that because of her immobility and functional incontinence that she might develop a pressure ulcer or skin … things that came out of this is when I started with this project, part of the problem is I found a barrier … And we created this little handout here on how to use it because that was kind of a big barrier, nobody … Chu really talked about, and I think is in that barrier to being able to move towards taking out catheters

192. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-icu-transcript.doc
     May 13, 2014 - that because of her immobility and functional incontinence that she might develop a pressure ulcer or skin … things that came out of this is when I started with this project, part of the problem is I found a barrier … And we created this little handout here on how to use it because that was kind of a big barrier, nobody … Chu really talked about, and I think is in that barrier to being able to move towards taking out catheters

193. Appendix A: Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appa.html
     July 01, 2018 - risk of bleeding and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, while mechanical prophylaxis can exacerbate skin

194. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/index.html
     April 01, 2025 - Identify areas of skin at risk for developing pressure ulcers (recently renamed by expert organizations … exposure to intense and/or prolonged pressure, moisture, friction, and shear and report areas of at-risk skin … to prompt timely delivery of risk-reducing interventions such as patient repositioning and targeted skin

195. Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention - Webinar slide notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/017-contact-precautions-webinar-slides-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - . · Using personal protective equipment (PPE) as appropriate whenever contact with nonintact skin, bodily

196. CAUTI Sustainability: Embedding CAUTI Policies, Using Data to Monitor Proress and Hardwiring CUSP Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - concern, incident report, gaps in application of the evidence We use it as the framework for post fall/skin

197. Small and Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals.html
     April 01, 2013 - So that might include, on slide 12, an example of how to do a comprehensive skin assessment and make … So I guess that is kind of a barrier that we’re kind of seeing.

198. ICU Assessment (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/icu-assessment.docx
     April 01, 2022 - O Adherence to proper central line maintenance procedures inclusive of use of chlorhexidine for skin

199. Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - design apply to the two main pieces of the surgical quality work: technical tasks, e.g., prepping the skin

200. Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/implementation.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - government regulators, and payers, fatigue or even outright hostility to outside ideas can be a real barrier … be addressed in the operating/procedure room, whether it’s redosing of antibiotics or updating the skin