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341. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-business-case-fac-guide.html
     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?

342. Preventablehospitalandedvisits-Implmatl (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/preventablehospitalandedvisits-implmatl.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - Weekly wound review meeting Monthly Summary of Hospital Transfers by Facility or Unit Report 1. … Most facilities begin by implementing one report on one unit and then expand use to all units once the … Change Team The Change Team consists of a Change Team champion, nurse managers from each nursing unit … Likely champions for each nursing unit are the nurse managers, with backup support by the QI staff, … Pilot All Report/Meeting Strategies in One Unit 2nd month 12.

343. Falls Prevention Self-Assessment Worksheet - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/otimefallspx-implmatls.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility … Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings Monthly Contextual Factors by Unit or Facility 13. … Most facilities begin with changes in workflow on one unit and then expand use to all units. … The team reviews material for the first report and generates the report for one nursing unit. … Pilot All Report/Meeting Strategies on One Unit 2nd month 12.

344. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim3.html
     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.

345. Two Indiana Facilities Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Indiana, focused on medication reconciliation for patient transfers into and out of the intensive care unit … gain leadership support for installing new medication reconciliation report software on all nursing unit … The post-anesthesia care unit can now print an updated medication list after surgery, and the surgeon … is able to reconcile medications before the patient returns to the nursing unit.

346. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/antibiotic-use-commitment-poster.docx
     November 01, 2019 - If it is being displayed in a specific unit, consider having the unit executive and the medical, pharmacy … , and nursing director of the unit sign it.

347. Chapter-2 - Failure-To-Rescue (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/failure-to-rescue-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Continuous monitoring in an inpatient medical-surgical unit: a controlled clinical trial. … Total intensive care unit days were significantly lower in the intervention unit post- implementation … The rate of transfer to the intensive care unit did not change when comparing the treatment unit after … implementation to the treatment unit before and the control unit (p=.19). … Pre/post study with a comparison unit; 736 patients 26-bed adult, neurological/ neurosurgical unit

348. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
     October 01, 2024 - important components of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention in intensive care unit … First, most blood cultures at ABCH are collected by unit staff, which is a recent change. … Second, there is a knowledge gap of best practices for blood culture collection among unit staff. … Monthly reports will be disseminated to each unit, and unit champions will regularly discuss progress … Monthly summaries are posted for each unit. The best-performing units are recognized and rewarded.

349. Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/index.html
     October 01, 2015 - Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster Appendix M. …     The Problem     The Solution Frameworks for Change and Improvement     The Comprehensive Unit-based … Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster ( PDF , 425 KB) Appendix M. … for Healthcare Research and Quality through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based

350. A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guide.html
     October 01, 2015 - Audience This guide is intended for health care leadership, quality and patient safety specialists, unit … Engage a senior executive to “adopt” the unit. … It asks two important questions: How might the next patient in the unit be harmed? … part of daily work flow, the team focused on sustaining the gains achieved will continue to involve unit … Success Is Communicated and Rewarded Effective leaders and managers should always acknowledge unit

351. Module 2: How To Manage Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides2.html
     October 01, 2017 - (Tool 2A) Present the completed process analysis on one patient care unit. … Includes Pilot Unit Manager. … Unit Team. Image: Photograph shows a team leader speaking to medical providers. … Unit-Based Team: Staff on the unit who provide daily care to patients, which includes skin and pressure … Share process mapping from the unit. Point out key processes being used.

352. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhosp-reports-slides.pptx
     November 30, 2013 - Transfer Risk Report – Medium Risk ED Treat and Release Report Monthly Transfers by Facility or Nursing Unit … upon admission or readmission to the nursing home Displays the following: Admit date and time Admit to unit … Unit Report Provides counts of hospital and ED visits for the month by unit or by facility Enables … 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Calculation Details for the Monthly Summary by Facility or Nursing Unit … Understanding the most frequent discharge diagnosis on each nursing unit.

353. Team Structure and Assembly (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_2-team-structure-speaker-notes.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - • Inpatient (labor and delivery floor/unit): • The Care Team may be composed of the obstetrician … Inpatient (labor & delivery floor/unit): The Contingency Team may be composed of the anesthesia team … The charge nurse, an anesthesiologist, and a unit clerk. 12 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC‐II … Doing so will mean partnering with other teams in your unit, particularly the front‐facing care team … However, input from other unit or hospital specialists is needed. 18 19 Hospital AIM Team

354. Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/perioperative-asst.html
     December 01, 2017 - Purpose of This Tool The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program employs the Staff Safety assessment … helps you access this wisdom by directly asking providers: How will the next patient be harmed in your unit … How will the next patient develop a surgical site infection on your unit? … hand out the Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment tool to all clinical and nonclinical staff in the unit

355. UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-chicago-medicine.html
     February 01, 2024 - presence and use of sequential compression devices in all patient rooms in the orthopedic/surgical nursing unit … surgery, a 57% reduction in orthopedic surgery, and an 80% reduction in the medical surgical nursing unit … presence and use of sequential compression devices in all patient rooms in the orthopedic/surgical nursing unit

356. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 12) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_12_WkWthAdv_HO_508.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - • Explore your hospital and unit through the eyes of patients and their families by doing a walkabout … with patients and families to explore how your unit welcomes patients and families and encourages … point of entry into the hospital (e.g., the parking lot) and continue to and throughout the inpatient unit

357. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/putoolkit_module5_tools.docx
     April 02, 2025 - Take a sample of records of patients newly admitted to your unit within the past month. … Take a sample of records of patients newly admitted to your unit within the past month. … Take a sample of records of patients newly admitted to your unit within the past month who have an abnormal

358. HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - BROWN (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-brown.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - CMS provides technical assistance to support all users 16 Sample Design • Unit of Analysis: the … unit for which survey results (scores) will be produced • Accountable Entity: the operating entity … responsible for managing and overseeing a specific HCBS program within a given state • Unit of analysis

359. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/engaging-srexec-facguide.docx
     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.

360. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Iodophor for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-iodophor.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - What if the patient transfers from another non-ICU unit? … For most hospitals, it is not possible to track activities from a prior unit. … For pragmatic reasons in the clinical trials, protocols were unit-specific. … using protocols that do not expect staff to keep track of what was previously received in another unit … What if the patient transfers from another non-ICU unit?