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401. Rafael Borja (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.doc
     November 04, 2014 - One McHugh at each site and one other unit. … prevention on that same unit? … is something that would actually be beneficial for your particular unit. … Look at how both MDs and RNs on your unit answer that question. … Then even further tailored for the individual patient in that particular unit.

402. 7-Implementation-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/7-implementation-guide.docx
     June 01, 2023 - Attend monthly unit staff meetings with perioperative staff. … Attend monthly unit staff meetings with perioperative staff. … Attend monthly unit staff meetings with perioperative staff. … Attend monthly unit staff meetings with perioperative staff. … Attend monthly unit staff meetings with perioperative staff.

403. Physician Champion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-checklist.html
     January 01, 2017 - Ensure your intensive care unit (ICU) has an overarching protocolized approach to daily ICU patient management … Ensure infection control reports of ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates are reviewed with unit staff … Become an active member of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) quality improvement (QI) team

404. Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/index.html
     May 01, 2017 - of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide Overview The Comprehensive Unit-based … This Guide     Background     How To Use This Guide     Program Elements        The Comprehensive Unit-based … Safety Checklist        Infection Prevention        Planning for Sustainability The Comprehensive Unit-based

405. Infection Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/infection-checklist.html
     December 01, 2012 - 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

406. Identifying-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/identifying-antibiotic-adverse-events-form.docx
     November 01, 2019 - Name (optional) Date Job Category Unit Please describe how you think the next patient in your unit

407. Patient and Family Involvement in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/patient-family-care-slides.html
     March 01, 2017 - Slide 5: Family Stress in the Intensive Care Unit 1 Family members of patients in the intensive … care unit (ICU) may experience fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. … Understanding treatment with respect and dignity in the intensive care unit. … Understanding treatment with respect and dignity in the intensive care unit. … Understanding treatment with respect and dignity in the intensive care unit.

408. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/046-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Universal Decolonization: All patients in the unit receive decolonization throughout their stay. … Which Type of Decolonization Will Work Best in My Unit? … Unit has a high percentage of patients with devices. … Sample Protocols Sample unit and nursing protocols for CHG and nasal decolonization. … Used staff huddles, email distributions, unit team meetings, and visual displays on the unit The team

409. Optimizing Environmental Cleaning (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/022-optimizing-evc-webinar-notes_revised.docx
     October 01, 2024 - In a statistical model accounting for clustering by unit and adjusting for variables, the adjusted odds … Is feedback given within the unit? Who gives the feedback, and who receives it? … This applies to individual environmental care associates and unit and departmental levels. … When the rates normalize, then the unit reverts to usual cleaning and disinfection processes. … It helps maintain focus on the changes you have made to keep your unit cleaner.

410. 043-Vap-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/043-vap-prevention-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - This particular unit has a well-developed CUSP team. … These data are then shared at unit-based meetings and displayed on the staff huddle board. … The unit has made a big step in the right direction to prevent NV-HAP. … In this case example, the unit sees a significant reduction in NV-HAP rates. … Proudly share the number of days since the last patient developed a VAP on the unit.

411. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Iodophor for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-iodophor.docx
     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. … recommend using protocols that do not expect staff to keep track of what was previously received in another unit

412. 064-Dec-Staff-Decolonization-Dos-Donts (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/064-dec-staff-decolonization-dos-donts.docx
     October 01, 2024 - · DO give CHG baths to all patients every day, for entirety of unit stay. … · DO use nasal decolonization twice a day for 5 days of unit stay. · DO use over superficial wounds

413. Antiseptic-impregnated catheters: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-110414.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - questions GPS questions 5 GPS Validation Study Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, PhD Goals To assess the unit-level … of nurse manager’s answers to others Other comparisons for today… Comparison of senior leadership to unit … quality officers are not always on the same page with nurse managers Examples Institutional versus unit-level … front lines Ideas Ask the infection control professional or quality officer to take the GPS with your unit … used or even see the results Ideas Use questions 8 and 9 with MDs and RNs If this is true for your unit

414. TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Trauma | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/trauma.html
     May 01, 2023 - Teamwork in a shock trauma unit: New lessons in leadership. Knowledge@Wharton. … Enhancing patient safety in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit. 

415. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/reports.html
     November 01, 2017 - Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility . … Sample Falls High-Risk Report Unit: _______________________________________________________________ … Return to Top Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility Table 4. … by Unit Nursing Unit: ________________________________________________________________ Date: ___ … Using the reports, teams will be able to: Identify trends and patterns by nursing unit and target

416. 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/physician-checklist.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Ensure your intensive care unit (ICU) has an overarching protocolized approach to daily ICU patient management … Ensure infection control reports of ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates are reviewed with unit staff … Become an active member of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) quality improvement (QI) team

417. West Virginia University Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0902.html
     October 01, 2014 - A Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program was implemented to enable staff to focus safety efforts on … unit-specific programs highlighted by the AHRQ survey. … Purchase of a patient lift device for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.

418. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/overview-off-ventilator-slides.html
     February 01, 2017 - Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length … Get patients ready to leave the intensive care unit (ICU) faster. … Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length … Slide 20: Intervention 1—CUSP 13 Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program Educate staff on the … Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length

419. Pilot Study Results From the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/NH-WPS-Pilot-Study-Overall-Results-2023.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - 1,131 51% Alzheimer’s/Dementia Unit 151 7% Rehab Unit 103 5% Skilled Nursing Unit 376 17% Other … Many/No Specific Unit Rehab Unit Skilled Nursing Unit # Nursing Homes 32 48 28 46 # Respondents … Many/No Specific Unit Rehab Unit Skilled Nursing Unit # Nursing Homes 32 48 28 46 # Respondents … Many/No Specific Unit Rehab Unit Skilled Nursing Unit # Nursing Homes 32 48 28 46 # Respondents … Many/No Specific Unit Rehab Unit Skilled Nursing Unit # Nursing Homes 32 48 28 46 # Respondents

420. Computer-Based Training Modules: Nasal Mupirocin
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     March 01, 2022 - Introduction Our hospital is adopting a targeted decolonization protocol for adult non-intensive care unit … Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices 5 How To Use Nasal Mupirocin Ointment Dispense mupirocin unit … their nose into a tissue to clear nostrils Place patient’s bed at 30 degrees, if tolerated Apply unit