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161. Resident Physicians as Safety Champions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section5.html
     October 01, 2015 - maintain situation awareness during the CVC insertion, stop the procedure if there is a break in sterile technique … , and assert the proper technique to reduce risk. … Compliance with proper insertion technique is important to reduce the risk.

162. 003-Clabsi-Prevention-Webinar-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/003-clabsi-prevention-webinar-fg.docx
     October 01, 2024 - This staff member needs to feel comfortable speaking up if a step is bypassed or a breach in technique … The “CUS” technique is particularly helpful to empower personnel to speak up and communicate when they … For example, if a staff member witnesses a breach in sterile technique during line insertion and their … Training staff to use this technique makes it easier for them to speak up, while also establishing a … More information on the CUS technique can be found on the AHRQ website.

163. 015-Ss-Hand-Hygiene-Periop-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/015-ss-hand-hygiene-periop-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Evidence-Based Infection Prevention SAY: Performing hand hygiene at key moments, using appropriate technique … 12 Start With Healthy Hands SAY: Before diving into more detail on hand hygiene indications and technique … Slide 16 Glove Donning and Doffing Technique SAY: When gloves are used, it is important for staff … In the operating room or procedure room, dry hands and arms with a sterile towel using sterile technique … Allow hands and arms to dry completely before using sterile technique to don a surgical gown and gloves

164. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
     May 31, 2016 - • Adopt a hands-free technique of passing suture needles and sharps between perioperative team members … .6,9 • Use a one-handed or instrument-assisted suturing technique to avoid finger contact with needles

165. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mastrangelo-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - It also incorporated the technique of risk analysis to generate a composite risk score for 5 types … combined these factors and suggested their composition utilizing the statistical mixture design technique … The research also enables characterization of different interventions using the DOE technique.

166. Wisconsin Dialysis Centers Use AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2015 - This technique requires staff to disinfect the caps and the part of the central venous catheter (CVC)

167. Tool 8: Conditions of Participation Handout (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool8_cop_handout.docx
     November 01, 2015 - customized education to patients and their caregivers; Provide oral instructions using the teach-back technique

168. Guide to Implementing and Sustaining a Program To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Unit Setting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implementation-guide.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - For example, proper hand washing technique and sterile technique are widely known by experienced clinicians … Shifting behavior to consistently implement proper technique requires more than re-educating; it requires

169. Transcript: How To Have Difficult Conversations With Colleagues Around Infection Prevention Practices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/difficult-conversations-transcript.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - one of the more concerning ones where you would want to act right away would be a break in sterile technique … And so, it depends on when you're talking about a break in sterile technique in a central line, it's … the nurse will speak up if the best practice isn’t being followed or if there's a breach in sterile technique

170. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-maintenance-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - The CVC insertion bundle is used, and no breaches of technique are noted. … CLABSI Prevention Checklist include hand hygiene compliance, daily bathing with CHG, and use of aseptic technique … Clinicians should use aseptic technique when performing dressing changes.

171. Opioids in Older Adults Compendium | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works/compendium.html
     November 01, 2024 - While “teach back” technique is not specific to older adults or opioids management, it is an evidence-based

172. Section 1: Overview of Key Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/overview/index.html
     June 01, 2023 - each other throughout their interaction to co-create meaning. 1 Communication Tools SBAR A technique

173. Warm Handoff: Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/warmhandoff.html
     June 01, 2023 - for Teaching and Learning Warm Handoff Video The Warm Handoff video explains the warm handoff technique

174. Figure 11: Comparison of Audit Techniques | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-11.html
     July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Figure 11: Comparison of Audit Techniques Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Introduction Chapter 1…

175. Figure 11: Comparison of Audit Techniques | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-11.html
     July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Figure 11: Comparison of Audit Techniques Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Introduction Chapter 1…

176. Improving the Quality of In-Center Hemodialysis Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/Report_ICH-QI-Project.html
     March 01, 2016 - This technique emphasizes testing small-scale changes based on defined aims and then refining these changes

177. ICE Checklist 2: Parenteral Medication Preparation and Administration (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/ICEChecklist2_parental-med-prep.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Exception: Drawing saline syringes at dialysis station from patient's own clean saline bag, using aseptic technique

178. Prologue: The Shift toward Performance and Tools (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Prologue_Keyes_Vol3.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - However, having access to a performance- enhancing technique or tool is not the same thing as using it

179. Communication: Obstetric Hemorrhage - PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_3_communication.pptx
     July 01, 2023 - Focus on the technique rather than the context. … Use a check-back after SBAR 24 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT The SBAR technique provides … 27 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT Let's review how to properly use the SBAR technique. … Focus on the use of the SBAR technique for structuring information rather than the context. … We encourage you to focus on the technique, rather than the context.

180. Communication: Obstetric Hemorrhage (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_3-communication-speaker-notes.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - Please note the technique is the focus, as the event is not an obstetric hemorrhage event. 16 Hospital … Focus on the technique rather than the context. … 27 SCRIPT Let's review how to properly use the SBAR technique. … Focus on the use of the SBAR technique for structuring information rather than the context. … We encourage you to focus on the technique, rather than the context.