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101. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety6.html
     September 01, 2022 - Surveillance safety. In: McCloskey Dochterman J, Bulechek G, eds. … Surveillance: a strategy for improving patient safety in acute and critical care units. … The role of nursing surveillance in keeping patients safe. … Surveillance: a nursing intervention for improving patient safety in critical care environment. … Development of the hospital nurse surveillance capacity profile.

102. Making Healthcare Safer III Patient Safety Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/practices.html
     April 01, 2020 - 3.6 MB) Antimicrobial Stewardship Hand Hygiene Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination Surveillance … Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms ( PDF , 5 MB) Chlorhexidine Bathing Hand Hygiene Active Surveillance

103. Other Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/other-resources.html
     March 01, 2017 - National Healthcare Safety Network Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events "Wake Up and Breathe

104. Final Progress Report: Electronic Clinical Surveillance To Measure and Improve Safety in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/danforth-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Electronic Clinical Surveillance To Measure and Improve Safety in Ambulatory Care … Final Progress Report November 2019 Title Electronic Clinical Surveillance to Measure and Improve … Within KPSC, the SureNet Outpatient Safety Program uses electronic clinical surveillance to scan … KPSC uses secondary surveillance systems to try to reduce care gaps, but study results suggested that … Additionally, future research could assess the utility of secondary surveillance systems to minimize

105. MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: AC-4 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-AC-4.pdf
     December 16, 2010 - Numerator: Number of CLABSI identified during the month selected for surveillance. b. … Denominator: Number of central line days during the month selected for surveillance.

106. Appendix U. Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Risk Stratification and Outcome Detection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapu.html
     September 01, 2018 - Surgeons must believe rates are reliable Current surveillance methods are perceived as limited … in risk adjustment and detection Slide 3 The Burden of SSI Surveillance ~27M procedures/yr … determine what risk factors surgeons deem important for future model development Adoption of electronic surveillance … SSI; dSSI, deep SSI; oSSI, organ space SSI Slide 15 External Validation of Human-Adjudicated Surveillance … Denver Health had modified the algorithm to tailor the surveillance to our institution for a variety

107. Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/importance-of-prevention.html
     April 01, 2025 - Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention MRSA Surveillance … After reviewing the content of this presentation, viewers will be able to— Define the concepts of SSI surveillance

108. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2016 - Several, including HCUP, public health surveillance data, and consistent quality metrics from the health … Several, including HCUP, public health surveillance data, and consistent quality metrics from the health … NHSN is the nation's public health surveillance system on healthcare–associated infections and related … In aggregate, CDC analyzes and publishes surveillance data to estimate and characterize the national … Several, including HCUP, public health surveillance data, and consistent quality metrics from the health

109. The Importance of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/importance.html
     October 01, 2024 - Staff Training Materials Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance … Define the concepts of MRSA surveillance and MRSA decolonization.

110. Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/studdert-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS … ) MALPRACTICE INSURERS’ MEDICAL ERROR SURVEILLANCE AND PREVENTION STUDY (MIMESPS) Principal Investigator … New England Journal of Medicine 2005;353:1405-1409. 19 MALPRACTICE INSURERS’ MEDICAL ERROR SURVEILLANCE

111. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 4—Infection Surveillance—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describe … how to implement a system for infection surveillance to identify infections and prevent the spread of … National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Prevention Process Measures Surveillance Protocol for Long-Term … describe how the National Healthcare Safety Networks support long-term care facilities and infection surveillance

112. 5 Tk2 P2T3-Antibiogram Specifications Phase 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T3-Antibiogram_Specifications_Phase_2.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance). … Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance). … If a facility collects specimens for surveillance (e.g., screening patients’ nares for MRSA), these specimens … Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance cultures).

113. 5 Tk2 P2T3-Antibiogram Specifications Phase 2 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T3-Antibiogram_specifications_Phase_2.doc
     May 14, 2014 - Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance). … Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance). … If a facility collects specimens for surveillance (e.g., screening patients’ nares for MRSA), these specimens … FORMCHECKBOX FORMCHECKBOX Include only diagnostic isolates (not surveillance cultures).

114. Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety - Issue Brief (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety.pdf
     September 02, 2022 - Surveillance safety. In: McCloskey Dochterman J, Bulechek G, eds. … Surveillance: a strategy for improving patient safety in acute and critical care units. … The role of nursing surveillance in keeping patients safe. … Development of the hospital nurse surveillance capacity profile. … • How might you include the patient and family in the surveillance process?

115. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=8
     January 01, 2022 - Module 4—Infection Surveillance—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describe … how to implement a system for infection surveillance to identify infections and prevent the spread of … National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Prevention Process Measures Surveillance Protocol for Long-Term … describe how the National Healthcare Safety Networks support long-term care facilities and infection surveillance

116. Chapter 4. Assessing Surgeon Acceptance of Risk Adjustment Models | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi4.html
     April 01, 2018 - for Denver, CO, and infection control and/or infection preventionist nurses regularly working in SSI surveillance … Lake City, UT, and infection control and/or infection preventionist nurses regularly working in SSI surveillance … analyzed by the group facilitator and content expert to elicit an understanding of current infection surveillance … A strawman flow diagram of unassisted SSI surveillance activities for IPs was amended as part of this … As such, the manual is intended to describe how Chapter 2's measures of surveillance allow you to determine

117. Infection Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/infection-checklist.html
     December 01, 2012 - Ensure that all IP staff are skilled in the use of CDC definitions and surveillance … Maintain an active infection surveillance program using CDC criteria.     4.

118. Infectionprevchcklst (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/infectionprevchcklst.doc
     August 07, 2012 - Ensure that all IP staff are skilled in the use of CDC definitions and surveillance … Maintain an active infection surveillance program using CDC criteria. 4.

119. Final Progress Report: Failure To Rescue-Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR-PSLL) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/blike-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Technology that is designed to provide continuous surveillance of general care was deployed and reduced … Subsystems for continuous patient state surveillance were designed , and an implementation path was … A retrospective study of this approach to surveillance, notification , and response reduced mortality … Less than 25% of patients are not monitored with this surveillance system. … Surveillance Monitoring Management for General Care Units: Strategy, Design and Implementation.

120. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy . … Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy An AHRQ-funded … Hospital Epidemiology  found that a home-infusion central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance … For this study, home health agencies implemented a home-infusion CLABSI surveillance definition using