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1521. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2013 - The HSOPS survey is used to assess change in the system and unit patient safety culture over time and … The TCT is used to provide continual team feedback of barriers to unit safety culture and is intended … provided by unit team leaders was linked to data from the annual American Hospital Association (AHA) … Unit teams are given 45 days from the end of a measurement period listed in the table above to enter … Unit teams are given 2 weeks from the end of a measurement period to enter process data. b.

1522. Two More “Es” and How To Spread (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - All of the people who are new to your unit need to be trained on this. … You’re going to be working with another unit, perhaps. … is spreading, as well as to the unit that receives the spread. … At Hopkins, not every unit, by far, actually has a CUSP team. … We’ve found that when we’re on the unit trying to have meetings, just the busyness of the unit, and as

1523. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - These patient outcomes stem from long intensive care unit or ICU stays with mechanical ventilation. … shift nurses, your unit could realize cost efficiencies. … ventilation in your unit each year. … Let’s assume your unit treats approximately 500 patients receiving mechanical ventilation each year. … Would you want your parent, spouse, or child treated in a unit not practicing evidence-based care?

1524. Participation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Unit Characteristics The majority of registered units were adult ICUs although some adult non-ICUs … Further breakdown of unit type composition can be found in Figure 3 through Figure 5 . Figure 2. … Percent of registered unit by unit type Figure 3. Types of registered adult ICUs Figure 4. … Variability was found when assessing data submission rates by unit classification with adult ICUs and

1525. Video: Postpartum Hemorrhage—Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - Perinatal Safety, presents a hypothetical case of postpartum hemorrhage in a fictional labor and delivery unit … It demonstrates the use of techniques in the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to address the situation

1526. Presentation: Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Improvments
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      December 01, 2017 - : When a safe surgery project is sustainable, the accomplishments are more likely to persist on the unit … During this module, consider the efforts at your unit or hospital and assess whether they are sustainable … The adaptive work of CUSP, the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, involves everyone in your unit … Also, consider the unit or hospital priorities and how they might compete with the improvement efforts … Develop a plan to include this video in new staff or unit orientations.

1527. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User's Guide (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2018 - unit and for reminding unit staff to complete the survey. … SECTION A: Your Work Area/Unit In this survey, think of your “unit” as the work area, department, or … Intensive care unit (any type)  m. … 36 SECTION A: Your Work Area/Unit (continued) Think about your hospital work area/unit… Strongly … Unit Assistant/Clerk/Secretary 5.

1528. On-Time Quality Improvement Program: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - The team may pilot report use in one unit initially and then implement in all units or implement more … Other     Pressure Ulcer Trigger Summary Report: Unit Level     1. … Internal quality review at nursing unit level     3. … Risk management meetings; use as complementary tool during risk review at the nursing-unit level  

1529. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
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      October 08, 2013 - and by nurse versus non-nurse within the unit. … Then we want to identify unit-wide areas in need of improvement. … So, the supervisor/manager actions for your unit are below that. … Also, your unit is below teamwork within units. … This gives us a window into what that unit manager - how they function.

1530. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When It’s Time for Plan B | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Slide 26 GPS Validation Study Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, PhD Goals: To assess the unit-level … Methods: Overview Setting: Four academic institutions: Two units per site (one MICU and one other unit … manager’s answers to others Other comparisons for today… Comparison of senior leadership to unit … Ideas: Ask the infection control professional or quality officer to take the GPS with your unit … see the results Ideas: Use questions 8 and 9 with MDs and RNs If this is true for your unit

1531. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2017 - Monthly Transfers by Facility or Nursing Unit. Monthly Transfers by Provider. … Admit to unit (e.g., long-term care, subacute, or rehab). … Can be generated to display information at the unit or facility level. … Report Provides counts of hospital and ED visits for the month by unit or by facility. … Facility/Unit Totals.

1532. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2017 - A Unit Guide to Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff is designed to provide LTC staff with basic … 4 INTRODUCTION A Unit Guide to Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff AHRQ Safety … SECTION I: INFECTIONS AND INFECTION PREVENTION IN LONG-TERM CARE: INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE A Unit … or cold. 11 SECTION II: STANDARD PRECAUTIONS: INFECTION PREVENTION BASICS A Unit … STANDARD PRECAUTIONS: SPECIFIC STANDARD PRECAUTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING AND DISINFECTION A Unit

1533. Table 1. Case Study Sites | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2015 - academic medical center; CLABSI = central line–associated bloodstream infection; CUSP = Comprehensive Unit-based … Safety Program; HPWP = high-performance work practices; ICU = intensive care unit; NA = not applicable … ; NICU = neonatal intensive care unit.

1534. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Change Team The change team consists of a change team champion, nurse managers from each nursing unit … On-Time facilitator guides team in generating and reviewing a report with actual resident data on one unit … Pilot All Reports in One Unit The team pilots each report at a designated meeting. … Implement All Reports in All Units Facilitator, champion, or unit representative introduces On-Time … Likely champions for each nursing unit are the nurse managers, with backup support by the QI department

1535. Identify Defects Through Sensemaking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2012 - Step 2: How might the next patient be harmed in our unit? … Antecedent Events A positive unit was hanging on the infuser. … A positive unit not removed prior to case. … Transfusing nurse didn’t check blood type on hanging unit. … Nurse sees that unit is A positive. Root Causes Temp nurse unclear about procedure.

1536. Understand the Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - science, frontline providers will provide a higher quality of patient-centered care on their hospital unit … of patients suffer a medication error. 2 On average, every patient admitted to an intensive care unit … to Contents   Slide 17: Exercise How do you see technical and adaptive work fitting in your unit … Video screening should be mandatory for all unit staff. … A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit.

1537. Morning Briefing and Shadowing (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Which patients do you believe will be transferring out of the unit today?  … Are there any patients having problems on an inpatient unit? Return to Contents   Slide 11. … Assign a person to the issue and have them follow up  Identify actions taken to meet any patient or unit … difference of >20 percent in culture scores between provider types As part of orientation to a new unit … together POE removed an important step; communicating to RN of stat order Physicians unaware of unit

1538. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Summary Report 4a Trigger Summary Reports: Resident Level 4b Trigger Summary Report: Unit … Include in the top left margin: Nursing unit Report ending date Include " Source: Agency for Healthcare … Filters End users must be able to filter reports by nursing unit. 2.3.4. … the count by the total number of meals possible for the current week (i.e., if a resident was not on unit … the count by the total number of shifts possible for the current week (i.e., if a resident was not on unit

1539. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Slide 3 Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) SAY: The CUSP program is your anchor of health … It can be a challenge for frontline staff and unit-level leaders to recognize all stakeholders. … The team will identify safety-related priorities on the unit and work to solve them. … Before the first ICU tour, share unit-specific information with the executive. … Do not just invite them to come to the unit and walk through the ICU with you.

1540. Identify Your Unit’s Safety Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - Identify Your Unit’s Safety Issues CUSP Toolkit The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. These videos reinforce the material presented in each module of the CUSP toolkit. Identify…