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381. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - .................................................................................. 7 Hospital and Unit … 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. … Process measures related to safety culture (specifically unit teamwork and communication) are being … TCTs are to be completed and submitted by unit teams quarterly throughout project participation.

382. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - .................................................................................. 7 Hospital and Unit … 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. … Process measures related to safety culture (specifically unit teamwork and communication) are being … TCTs are to be completed and submitted by unit teams quarterly throughout project participation.

383. The Rationale for Case Mix and Mode Adjustments - Elliott (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/3-case-mix-mode-adjustments-webcast-elliott.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - and case-mix variables in observational implementation data ► The case-mix effect is the mean within-unit … • Person-level coefficients and national means of CMA variables are typically reported ► Reporting-unit-level … using observation data because the choice of survey mode protocol and the performance of the reporting unit … protocols ► Predict patient-level response from survey mode protocols, CMA variables, and reporting unit … Effect of Adjustments • Mode adjustments can be substantial because they happen at the reporting unit

384. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsineonatal.pdf
     October 01, 2012 - and recruited NICUs to participate, submit CLABSI data to PQCNC for real-time feedback, and engage unit … teams to improve safety culture using the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP). … teams to improve safety culture using the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP). … States and number of units participating in initiative* *One unit is located in Georgia, a State … CLABSI rate estimated from unit data submitted to NHSN* *Sample size per time period represents

385. Patient and Family Engagement for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/pf-engagement-fac-guide.html
     July 01, 2023 - Being aware of what patients face when they are in the hospital can help labor and delivery or L&D unit … Entering a room L&D unit staff responsible for a patient's care should read the patient's chart before … Slide 11: Communication Tips Say: When communicating with patients and their families, unit team … Slide 13: Role of a Doula Say: Day-to-day patient and family engagement on the L&D unit can also … Providers report the incident tot he unit manager and the risk-management department, according tot he

386. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 12) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_12_WkWthAdv_HO_508.docx
     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 their participation … point of entry into the hospital (e.g., the parking lot) and continue to and throughout the inpatient unit

387. CEO and Senior Leader Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/ceo-snr-leader-chcklst.html
     December 01, 2012 - another leader) as an active member of each team to meet with the team(s) on the unit … Create a policy for unit-level accountability.     4. … Support local interpretation based on unit characteristics.     9.

388. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/key-strategies.html
     October 01, 2024 - Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical Topics The Comprehensive Unit-based … How you approach tackling these areas depends on what is right for your facility or unit. … toolkit includes tools, guides, and resources to assist in the implementation of decolonization in your unit

389. 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu3.html
     October 01, 2014 - to the unit, daily, and on transfer or discharge. … Nursing managers should regularly review the unit log. … Tools A sample sheet can be found in Tools and Resources ( Tool 5A, Unit Log ). … Consider having an expert or nurse from another unit round with unit staff quarterly to confirm findings … Are unit staff communicating the risk assessment results to all clinicians who need to know?

390. Appendix, Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-7.html
     July 01, 2022 - If the patient is transferred from one unit to another during hospitalization, medications patients are … receiving in the sending unit are reviewed and updated accordingly to reflect the patient's treatment … prior to admission should also be done to assess if they are still applicable or not for the receiving unit

391. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2022 - Identify approaches that a hospital unit can implement to improve antibiotic decision making. … Identify unit-based champions for improving antibiotic stewardship. … Your ASP should be able to provide your unit with useful information, including: Antibiotic use rates … Order sets Post-prescription review with feedback from the ASP or unit pharmacist Feedback of data to … Can be unit-based or individual prescriber-based | 18 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU

392. Improving Hospital Handoffs Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey - Bakdash (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-sops-riverside-handoffs-webcast-bakdash.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - Rewarded Supported Expected Accepted Exists at multiple levels: System Hospital Department Unit … (Item F6) 71 When transferring patients from one unit to another, important information is often left … Report and Infographic that displays aggregated results from all participating sites ► Breakouts by unit

393. Team Functioning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/functioning.html
     April 01, 2022 - resources: Making It Work – Celebrating Success and Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit … (PDF, 347 KB) Making It Work – Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit

394. On-Time Quality Improvement Program: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/menu.html
     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  

395. A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions: AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/sustainability-guide_2.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Audience This guide is intended for health care leadership, quality and patient safety specialists, unit … Providing adequate resources for the change initiative by— o Assigning a senior leader to adopt the unit … Engage a senior executive to “adopt” the unit. 4. … It asks two important questions:  How might the next patient in the unit be harmed? … the science of safety  Assemble a multidisciplinary team  Engage a senior executive to adopt the unit

396. A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions: AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Audience This guide is intended for health care leadership, quality and patient safety specialists, unit … Providing adequate resources for the change initiative by— o Assigning a senior leader to adopt the unit … Engage a senior executive to “adopt” the unit. 4. … It asks two important questions:  How might the next patient in the unit be harmed? … the science of safety  Assemble a multidisciplinary team  Engage a senior executive to adopt the unit

397. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/erepguide-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Trigger Summary Reports: Resident and Unit Level. Risk Change Report. … Risk Sample Nutrition Report, High Risk: Decreased meal intake and weight loss during report week Unit … Available at the resident and unit level, it reports on nine triggers associated with pressure ulcer … total nursing unit census) who meet each of the trigger criteria. … Slide 25: Sample Trigger Summary Report: Unit Level Pressure Ulcer Triggers Week 4 5/

398. Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix B | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apb.html
     August 01, 2022 - This is common practice on this unit to save time, since the blood glucose sheets are rarely stocked, … and they are located behind the nursing station, which is at one end of the unit. … opportunity to ask a clarifying question of the tech and nurses about patient identification practices on the unit

399. Brain Health Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (Brain Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/brain-health-long-desc.html
     April 01, 2021 - Relationship between intensive care unit delirium severity and 2-year mortality and health care utilization … Longitudinal trends in incidence and prevalence of delirium in the intensive care unit . … Psychiatric symptoms and their association with sleep disturbances in intensive care unit survivors . … Antidepressant use and depressive symptoms in intensive care unit survivors .

400. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - One McHugh at each site and one other unit. … prevention on that same unit? … in mind to find out how much they actually know about what your unit is doing. … is something that would actually be beneficial for your particular unit. … Look at how both MDs and RNs on your unit answer that question.