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201. 152-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Engaging-Physicians (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - processes, and sometimes, a lack of awareness about broader patient safety initiatives occurring in the unit … Suggested Strategies1-5 · When a new resident or physician joins the unit, have Comprehensive Unit-based … improvement and patient safety initiatives and participate in meetings, projects, and committees. · Keep unit … can also be done at an individual level to show gaps and improvements in performance. · Involve the unit … Unit physicians helped design the protocol and are supportive of it. · Assessment: I am concerned about

202. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safemed_facguide.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - • Identify ways to apply key safety elements to unit procedures for medication administration. … Nurses, physicians, midwives, pharmacists, and other L&D unit staff involved in the preparation and … Each unit can decide its approach to reviewing these cases. … Each unit can decide its approach to reviewing these cases. … might customize each element to unit needs or preferences.

203. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - To engage your colleagues, first make the CLABSI problem real by identifying a patient on your unit … Third, raise awareness among unit staff members of evidence-based practices to eliminate CLABSI. … Johns Hopkins care teams use four-drawer carts, but use what will work best on your unit. … to find opportunities to decrease the number of central lines used on your unit. … The second step is to track unit CLABSI rates over time.

204. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital Survey 2.0: 2021 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Distribution of 2021 SOPS Hospital 2.0 Database by Unit/Work Area ................ 11 Table 4-3. … Item Results Average Unit/Work Area Patient Safety Rating — 2021 SOPS Hospital 2.0 Database ........ … Unit/Work Area Number Percent Multiple Units, No Specific Unit 5,527 6% Medical/Surgical Units … Combined Medical/Surgical Unit 5,721 7% Medical Unit (Nonsurgical) 2,950 3% Surgical Unit 2,522 3% … Teamwork % Agree/Strongly Agree In this unit, we work together as an effective team.

205. E-Fetal-Monitoring Facguide (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - the key safety elements related to the use of EFM Identify ways to apply key safety elements to your unit … The key safety elements discussed provide a comprehensive starting point for each unit to consider as … Key safety elements are presented within the framework of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … A unit-established process could specify patient, nurse, and unit criteria for use of intermittent auscultation—for … Finally, unit staff should disclose any unintended outcomes related to EFM use using unit policy for

206. Final Progress Report: REdesigning SystEms to Improve Teamwork and Quality for Hospitalized Patients (RESET) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/oleary-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Unit-level Performance Reports, and (5) Patient Engagement Activities. … ) and a second unit for later implementation (Phase II) (Figure 1). … patients (i.e., Phase I unit) versus the change in control-unit patients (i.e., Phase II unit) using … unit Intervention unit DID in adjusted pre-post effects (95% CI), p valueOutcome Model Pre- intervention … Type Control unit Intervention unit DID in adjusted pre-post effects (95% CI), p valueOutcome

207. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
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     March 03, 2008 - Project Development The neurology/orthopedic unit was chosen as the demonstration unit, since it … The unit- based nurse leader, nurse 3. … Unit-Specific Falls Data Unit-specific patient falls and falls-with-injury data were presented to the … Unit-Specific Safety Model The project team developed a unit-specific safety model based on the notion … “It is worth an entire day off the unit. It shows how important this is.”

208. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-process-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Reduce your unit’s CAUTI rate by 25% Both goals require strong … commitment at the organizational leadership and unit level! … Slide 6 Building a Successful Team: The Team Leader Specific Tasks: Explain project to unit … Have you shared the project goals within your unit and your organization? … Slide 19 Summary: To Be Successful… To achieve BOTH project goals of improving your unit safety

209. Section 6A (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Equation 1: Hospital-Level Unit … Reliability To calculate hospital-level unit reliability, we used the following equation: τ2/( … K = the number of items r = the average correlation among the items Table 2: Hospital-Level Unit … Estimates of Child HCAHPS Composites and Single Items Composite and Single Item Measures Hospital-level Unit

210. Building an Engaged CUSP Team Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cusp-team-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - CUSP is the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. … and culture issues are best examined and improved at the level of the individual unit. … First, think about who from your unit may fit the need. Unit manager? Frontline staff nurses? … Always think about their influence inside and outside your unit. … understand what a typical day in the unit is like and who does what.

211. Final Progress Report: Analyzing Nurses’ Impact on Outcomes Using Detailed Data (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/harris-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Logistic regressions were used to analyze association of patient and unit shift variables on a range … Increased mortality was associated with both increased exposure to unit shifts with nurse staffing 8 … First, at the unit and shift levels of detail, analyze the frequency of specified nursing sensitive … Logistic regressions were used to analyze association of patient and unit shift variables on a range … (e.g., postoperative cardiac surgery unit).

212. How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/nurse-empower/slides.html
     October 01, 2014 - Surgical Unit Huddle Board Slide 11. … CUSP Components Form a unit CUSP team with executive sponsorship Measure unit culture Educate … Beginning or mid shift 5-10 minute  Lead by member of unit leadership team To the right of the … SICU Huddle Board Image of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Huddle Board. … Surgical Unit Huddle Board Image of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Huddle Board.

213. Understand-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - In another example from a team working on a L&D unit, hierarchy issues plagued the unit, disrupting the … abilities of the unit nurses and doctors to work together effectively. … When learning from defects, L&D unit teams identify— What happened? Why did it happen? … How did the team implement independent checks in its unit? … programs will contribute greatly to the success of the CUSP in the L&D unit.

214. Implement Teamwork and Communication for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/implement-fac-guide.html
     July 01, 2023 - additions to the unit team. … The individuals who shadow and who are shadowed may rotate based on specific L&D unit challenges. … Ask: On your unit, what information would you want called out? … Ask: When do you typically use handoffs in your unit? … the unit patient safety culture assessment.

215. Nursing Intervention to Remove Non-necessary Urinary Catheters
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-040814.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - Two Goals for the CAUTI Collaborative: Improve the culture of safety on your unit through the Comprehensive … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Reduce your unit’s CAUTI rate by 25% Both goals require strong … commitment at the organizational leadership and unit level! … progress 5 5 Building a Successful Team: The Team Leader Specific Tasks: Explain project to unit … Have you shared the project goals within your unit and your organization?

216. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/026-why-choose-cusp.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - 1 Educational Objectives Describe the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) model Explain the … 2 The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is … 4 What Is CUSP Comprehensive Includes all people Unit-based Focused on local culture and issues Safety … Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program. … unit.

217. Tool: SSA (doc file)
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     January 01, 2017 - The purpose of this tool is to tap into frontline knowledge to find risks on your unit that impact patient … All health care providers and administrative staff on the unit should use this tool. … All health care providers on the unit should complete this tool at least twice a year. … unit/clinical area will be harmed? … Thank you for helping to improve safety on your unit. AHRQ Pub.

218. Experiences From the Frontline: Case Studies (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - the L&D unit, the intensive-care unit (ICU), the NICU, anesthesia, and the operating room. … quality and sustainable success on each unit. … Training all unit nurses first. … In addition, the L&D and mother/baby unit educators developed education modules and trained unit staff … Community-based, private-practice physicians staff the L&D unit.

219. Imp-Handouts (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - One quarter unit A sends more residents, the next quarter unit B sends more. … [Jill] (Nurse Manager Unit A) and Frank (Nurse Manager Unit B)], the Staff Development Coordinator … Nurse Manager Unit A: We thought we’d start on my unit. … Nurse Manager Unit A: I agree. … Reports have been implemented on one unit, Unit A.

220. Connecting the Dots: Improving Unit Safety Culture to Stop HAI (October 8, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - 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.