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341. Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report Implementation Handbook (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2010 - Would this be important to include on your unit? … Keep staff aware of bedside shift report by making Tool 2 available throughout the unit. … The three champions created teaching points for each unit. … In spring and summer of 2009, the team visited each unit in the hospital system. … The unit-based council on 3-South shared implementation responsibilities.

342. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/handouts.html
     September 01, 2017 - Nurse Manager Unit A. Nurse Manager Unit B. Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator. … One quarter unit A sends more residents, the next quarter unit B sends more. … Nurse Manager Unit A. Nurse Manager Unit B. Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator. … Nurse Manager Unit A: We thought we’d start on my unit. … Reports have been implemented on one unit, Unit A.

343. Implement Teamwork and Communication for Perinatal Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/implement/implement-facilitator-guide.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - team members and the newest 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? … in the unit patient safety culture assessment.

344. About the CUSP Method  | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - About the CUSP Method  The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can … Created for clinicians by clinicians, the Core CUSP toolkit is modular and modifiable to meet individual unit … Each module includes teaching tools and resources to support change at the unit level, presented through

345. 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/assess-psc-hsop-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - SAY: There are two parts to the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP: the technical work … It is important to capture these unit-specific details in order to best understand the safety culture … in your own unit. … All of those people can participate in HSOPS because they are all part of that unit. … You should allow everybody in your unit to have a voice and participate in this HSOPS survey.

346. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2019 - The network also used elements of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program ( CUSP ) and Toolkit … Infections (CLABSI) in developing a CLABSI checklist to improve care in the neonatal intensive care unit … Initially, the OB unit—a high-risk area—was the focus for improvement efforts. … loop with a variety of communications methods: our OB performance improvement committee, grand rounds, unit … AHRQ Product(s): Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, TeamSTEPPS®, Comprehensive Unit-based

347. CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - organization share, tailor, and implement the components of a process that have worked well at the unit … This module explores how to take the work from the unit level to the organization level. … Work With the Next Unit  Slide 13. Account for Variability  Slide 14. … Safety interventions targeted at the unit level (CUSP). … Work with the next unit to spread. Account for variability.

348. Attachment 9.1: Table 1. Questions About the Measure's Use at Different Levels of Aggregation for Quality Reporting (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - the measure’s use at different levels of aggregation for quality reporting Level of aggregation (Unit … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Level of aggregation (Unit … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?

349. Iowa Hospital Uses AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality, Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Hubbell and her colleagues made presentations to each unit or department that participated in the AHRQ … Hubbell and her colleagues then led discussions with each unit about ways to improve performance. … These discussions served as the basis for developing action plans for each unit, which were finalized … According to Hubbell, the telemetry unit was one of the units that did not have high scores on the survey … improve performance, the organizational development department was tasked with assisting the telemetry unit

350. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - Infections (CAUTI) in Hospitals helps hospitals prevent CAUTI in patients and improve safety culture at the unit … level by implementing concepts from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). … The toolkit consists of three modules—Implementation, Sustainability, and Resources—that a hospital unit … in Hospitals Modules Modules contain guides, tools, and archived webinars to support change at the unit

351. Abt Single-Sided Body Template (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - • Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility. … revention: E lectronic R eports 2 On-Time Falls High-Risk Report Sample Falls High-Risk Report Unit … n-Tim e Falls P revention: E lectronic R eports 3 Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit … or Facility Sample Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit On-Time Quarterly Summary of Falls … Risk Factors by Unit Nursing Unit: ___________________________________________________________

352. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 13. Alarm Fatigue (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - intensive care unit (ICU), progressive care unit (PCU), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and telemetry … Pilot telemetry unit. … The medical PCU’s (test unit) Comprehensive Unit- Based Safety Program (CUSP) team oversaw this … Transplant unit (57 bed) and medical- surgical unit (47 bed). … on transplant unit.

353. Talking Points for Patients: Chlorhexidine Bathing (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - To avoid confusion, remove questions that do not apply to your unit. … This is part of your protection against infection while you are here in our unit. … We provide a chlorhexidine gluconate, or CHG, bath to patients in the unit to prevent infection. … Why is CHG used for patients in this unit? … This unit provides all patients with a daily no-rinse bath using a special skin cleanser that removes

354. Data Measures Guide (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - value being “Y” (Yes), “N” (No) or “C” (Contraindication) Example In a given time period, say a unit … number of patients with first SSD-ETT value being “N” (No) Example In a given time period, say a unit … @ ≥30° being “C” (Contraindication) is not included here Example In a given time period, say a unit … In a given time period, say a unit enters the following data: • 10 patient days with Intub/Trach & … In a given time period, say a unit enters the following data: • 10 patient days with Intub/Trach &

355. Staff Safety Assessment
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     January 01, 2006 - How might the next patient be harmed in our unit? Step 3. … Temp nurses need help Other nurses on sick-out Group O patient almost given Group A Blood A positive unit … was hanging on the infuser Transfusing nurse didn’t check blood type on hanging unit A positive unit … removed from prior case Nurse was busy and distracted Nurse interrupts transfusion Nurse sees that unit … Example6 28 Nurse was busy and distracted Root Causes Root Cause Classification Codes Nurse sees that unit

356. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Assembling the CUSP Team (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - CUSP Team This “Making It Work” tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive care unit … CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and improve safety culture at the unit … The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) focuses on utilizing unit-based teams to identify … system errors and empower unit teams to make the changes necessary to continually improve patient care … Case Studies, Tools, and Resources The following materials reinforce material to improve how unit-based

357. Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - It builds on knowledge gained from AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and the TeamSTEPPS … The tools can be customized to local unit processes and procedures.   … Communication for Perinatal Safety, Perinatal Safety Strategies, and In Situ Simulations—that an L&D unit … PowerPoint slide set, accompanying facilitator guide, and supporting CUSP tools to support change at the unit

358. Infectionprevchcklst (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Work with unit teams to investigate each incident and report the findings across the institution. … Provide monthly unit-level data to project leads for posting and transparent … Send senior hospital leaders unit-specific weekly reports on the number of people infected with

359. 065-Dec-Staff-Faqs-Decolonization (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - Some questions and answers may not be relevant to your unit. … This ensures that all patients in the unit are protected for their stay. … partial or complete 5-day course of nasal decolonization in another unit. … This protective regimen should be encouraged among unit patients. … There are some new nurses and nursing assistants on our unit.

360. Final Progress Report: The Role of Collective Mindfulness in Delivering Reliable and Safe Perioperative Care to Neonates (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/france-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Median NICU and OR unit SOS scores provided CM benchmarks. … team level than at the unit level, and the greatest team-to- unit difference was found in NICU clinicians … (mean SOS scores: Unit = 4.9 versus Team = 5.9). … unit: the impact of equipment noise. … To maintain consistency between unit-level and team-l...