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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/impguide/apa.html
August 01, 2022 - Implementation Guide for the CANDOR Process: Appendix A
Building the Business Case Worksheet
Purpose: To provide guidance to leaders and staff who are building a business case for implementing the CANDOR process in their organization.
Who should use this tool? Leaders (administrators, director of nursing…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=4
January 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/clarify.html
November 01, 2018 - Clarifying Objectives When Promoting a Health Care Quality Report
In any promotional effort, you have to be very clear about what you are trying to achieve, and the messages of your promotional campaign have to focus on these objectives. This page discusses three goals that your promotional efforts need to ac…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules.html
May 01, 2017 - Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
These modules (available in English and Spanish) describe how to apply the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for long-term care resident safety. They support learning and implementation effor…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi_investigation.docx
January 01, 2017 - SSI Investigation Tool
Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn from them when they occur. To improve, perioperative teams need a structured approach to investigate infections at …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.html
January 01, 2017 - Coordinated Spontaneous Awakening and Breathing Trials Protocol
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Introduction
Reducing the number of days a patient is on mechanical ventilation has been shown to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia. 1,2,3 Strategies for wea…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions for Use
Purpose
Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure that residents are protected through application of nationally …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/sustain-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
Sustaining Stewardship Activities
Acute Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
Sustaining Stewardship
1
Objectives
Review the goals of an anti…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/catheter-insertion/unlicensed-staff/scenarios-instr.html
March 01, 2017 - Urinary Catheter Types and How To Care for Them Activity
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Staff Role Play—How good are your catheter care skills?
Roleplaying can be a helpful training and educational tool. Roleplaying allows staff to actively practice the skills they are learni…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=4
January 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.docx
January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Introduction
Reducing the number of days a patient is on mechanical ventilation has been shown to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.1,2,3 Strategies for weaning patients off of mechanical ventilation are often not handled well, as the spontaneous awa…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/insertion-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions for Use
Purpose
Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) insertion checklist can ensure that residents are protected through application of nationally reco…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/review-form.docx
March 01, 2017 - BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06
Appendix K.
CAUTI Case Review Form
Purpose
The CAUTI Case Review Form is a performance improvement look-back tool that assists long-term care (LTC) facilities with identifying possible resident care issues that might have contributed to a catheter-associated urinary tract infecti…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/rachel-hogg-graham-application.pdf
May 19, 2021 - Addressing the health-related social determinants of health has emerged as a leading strategy to
combat … Contact PD/PI: Hogg, Rachel
Specific Aims
Specific Aims
Page 71
Research Strategy … Aim
Analytical Strategy
Using the sample of 40 hospitals the ACHIEVE team has identified for their … These network
reports will be provided to all participants and used in the recruitment strategy. … Analytical Strategy
Inductive thematic coding will be used to analyze the data.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt1.html
March 01, 2020 - Priorities of the National Quality Strategy (NQS). … Quality improved for most National Quality Strategy priorities. … Priorities of the National Quality Strategy.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/references.html
June 01, 2018 - Department of Health and Human Services. 2011 report to Congress: national strategy for quality improvement … Department of Health and Human Services. 2013 annual progress report to Congress: national strategy for
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter4fig5txt.html
June 01, 2014 - Measure Mapping Strategy
Appendix II. Identifying Measures
Appendix III.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter4fig3txt.html
June 01, 2014 - Measure Mapping Strategy
Appendix II. Identifying Measures
Appendix III.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-011818.html
April 01, 2022 - of Patient Experience Surveys in Measuring Health Care Quality
Measuring Patient Experience As a Strategy
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt1.pptx
October 01, 2015 - Priorities of the National Quality Strategy (NQS). … Quality improved for most National Quality Strategy priorities.
Few disparities were eliminated. … related to:
Priorities of the Heckler Report
Access to health care
Priorities of the National Quality Strategy