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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impossible-workload-doctors-training
February 10, 2010 - September 21, 2022
Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inter-and-intra-disciplinary-collaboration-and-patient-safety-outcomes-us-acute-care-hospital
December 23, 2020 - hospital units that nurses rated as more collaborative had lower rates of both hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … March 27, 2019
Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis … About The Topic
Hospitals
Nurses
Nurse Managers
Medical/Surgical Nursing
Pressure Ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/avoidable-sepsis-infections-send-thousands-seniors-gruesome-deaths
March 27, 2019 - homes such as poor staffing and communication with families that contribute to unmanaged pressure ulcers … A WebM&M commentary discussed a case involving a patient who had a pressure ulcer and sepsis in long-term
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-electronic-root-cause-analysis-reporting-system-decrease-hospital-acquired
December 22, 2021 - December 21, 2022
Barriers and facilitators to reporting medical device-related pressure ulcers … October 12, 2022
Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings. … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Quality and Safety Professionals
Nurse Care
Pressure Ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-nicholas-g-castle-mha-phd
August 01, 2012 - dementia status, length of time in the facility, and outcomes, such as whether they had a pressure ulcer … We looked at the outcomes on falls, pressure ulcers, and restraint use. … We didn't find it for pressure ulcers. … the nursing home environment good enough that you can make sense of differences in falls and pressure ulcers … But they are mainly medical-based outcomes or process-based outcomes like pressure ulcers, use of restraints
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-palliative-care-mixed-methods-study-reports-national-database-serious
May 16, 2018 - They found that pressure ulcers, medication errors, and falls were the most frequently reported types … September 14, 2022
Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings. … The Topic
Long-Term Care
Facility and Group Administrators
Palliative Care
Pressure Ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-patient-safety-teams-perioperative-setting
October 19, 2022 - October 12, 2016
Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practicing-patients-real-and-otherwise
October 14, 2009 - September 21, 2022
Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-doctor-distressed
February 10, 2010 - September 21, 2022
Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.332_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2014 - 3
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Case: A Lot of Pain
A 58-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a non-healing foot ulcer … After a surgical amputation to treat the ulcer, his pain worsened to 10/10.
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Background
Rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intentional-rounding-integrative-literature-review
June 08, 2016 - authors explore areas of impact, including patient satisfaction, falls , and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … May 1, 2019
Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis … June 5, 2019
Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-nhs-safety-thermometer
November 02, 2016 - describes the design and initial test of a large-scale initiative to track incidents involving pressure ulcers … hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure ulcers … suitability of root cause analysis frameworks for the investigation of community-acquired pressure ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-providing-staff-training-and-enhanced-support-care-homes-care-processes-safety-climate
June 23, 2021 - Hospital admissions and preventable adverse events, such as falls and pressure ulcers, are common in … After 24 months, the safety climate had improved, and both falls and pressure ulcers were reduced. … About The Topic
Long-Term Care
Quality and Safety Professionals
Geriatrics
Pressure Ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/top-patient-safety-strategies-can-be-encouraged-adoption-now
May 25, 2011 - care–associated infections and surgical complications , bundled interventions to reduce falls and pressure ulcers … Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … March 27, 2013
Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers as a patient safety strategy: a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hip-fractures-older-patients-case-geriatrics-comanagement
February 01, 2019 - mortality within 12 months and fewer complications (such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, pressure ulcers … immobilization, which in turn increases the risk of delirium, thromboembolism, pneumonia, pressure ulcers … and results in fewer medical complications, including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, pressure ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/magnet-support-patient-safety
May 19, 2010 - July 18, 2018
A comprehensive program to reduce rates of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … October 12, 2016
Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events
September 07, 2019 - fall while being cared for in a health care setting
Any stage 3, stage 4, or unstageable pressure ulcers … More About The Topic
Sentinel Event
Never Events
Hospitals
Operating Room
Pressure Ulcers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transfusion-thresholds-gastrointestinal-bleeding
September 06, 2023 - Common causes of upper GIB include erosive disease, ulcers, varices, and angioectasias.( 4 ) Common causes … most of the patients included in studies of restrictive transfusion thresholds had upper GIB due to ulcers … other hand, was likely to have small bowel bleeding from a deep, inflammatory bowel disease—related ulcer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-do-hundreds-us-women-die-annually-childbirth
May 22, 2019 - September 28, 2016
Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjoseph-britto-md
February 01, 2007 - She says the pain is just like the pain she had when she had her peptic ulcer attack last year. … I bet her ulcer is back! She should have stayed on that omeprazole. … I bet her ulcer is back! She should have stayed on that omeprazole.