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501. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-refs.html
     September 01, 2013 - Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source … chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical intensive care unit … patient cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate for infection prevention in the medical intensive care unit … incidence of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in an intensive care unit … barrier precautions to control endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit

502. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Implementation Handbook) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.docx
     April 01, 2011 - Form a multidisciplinary team to identify areas of improvement 14 Engage patients and families and unit … The unit-based council on 3-South shared strongly in implementation responsibilities. … , including staff nurses, certified nursing assistants, and unit secretaries. … This overview prepared staff for the upcoming changes on the unit. … Nurse leaders communicated this feedback to unit staff during the weekly huddles.

503. Cauti-Sustainability-Transcript (doc file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Sanjay Saint's work in the med/surg unit. … Create healthy competition within the unit. … Saint published this as part of his original publication about the med/surg unit. … You could add as many patients on your unit or your floor, how many unit to select. … that you can compare yourself to the other unit.

504. 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/intro.html
     November 01, 2017 - Some of these reports provide facility- or unit-level information that leadership may use to monitor … Implementation Materials Reports Falls High-Risk Report Summary of Fall Risk Factors (by Unit … or Facility, quarterly or monthly) Contextual Factors Report (by Unit or Facility, quarterly or

505. Appendix D. Sample Production Agenda for the In-Person Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apd.html
     October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization Implementation planning goals Staff roles/unit … speak on IT issues Note: Ask the Implementation Team Leader to work with the manager of the pilot unit … (s) prior to this training to identify Unit Champions for each shift on each pilot unit.

506. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2018 - visitors — in every area of the hospital, including the emergency department and the intensive care unit … and throughout the unit, including the patient rooms, treatment rooms, admitting area, family lounge … Also think about other leaders to involve (e.g., unit directors and nurse managers). … An added benefit of beginning implementation on a single unit was that it fostered a sense of unit pride … Intensive care unit quality improvement: a 'how-to' guide for the interdisciplinary team.

507. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Transcript (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit. … It highlighted the use of unit protocols related to catheter use. … Fight that urge and help your unit maintain its commitment to excellence. … Observe what happens in your unit and how catheters are used. … Communicate with others from both inside and outside your unit.

508. 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/implmatls.html
     November 01, 2017 - Most facilities begin with changes in workflow on one unit and then expand use to all units. … Change Team The Change Team consists of a Change Team champion, nurse managers from each nursing unit … The team reviews material for the first report and generates the report for one nursing unit. … Likely champions for each nursing unit are the nurse managers, with backup support by a QI staff member … Pilot All Report/Meeting Strategies on One Unit 2 nd month 12.

509. CUSP: A Framework for Success (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - Most of the staff on the unit and the physicians who work on the unit, the administrators have viewed … We decided we were just going to do our med-surg unit. … We're on the unit every day. We see what's going on." … “Have you ever heard of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program before?” … , my unit will be successful in utilizing the executive partnership component."

510. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use (August 12, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - Are you a state lead; CUSP facility, fellow, or mentor; unit champion; or other. … And I found that very interesting and that was in an intensive care unit. … But my team, when I was the team leader during this process on our unit, I was the unit manager. … a single ICU unit. … It was a 16-bed unit.

511. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
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     August 12, 2014 - Are you a state lead; CUSP facility, fellow, or mentor; unit champion; or other. … And I found that very interesting and that was in an intensive care unit. … But my team, when I was the team leader during this process on our unit, I was the unit manager. … a single ICU unit. … It was a 16-bed unit.

512. Appendix 4: Central Line Cart Inventory | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-4.html
     March 01, 2018 - Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections These tools will help your unit … When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, these tools dramatically reduced

513. Putoolssect7 (doc file)
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     February 16, 2011 - On the first of each month list the current unit census. … Draw a line from day 1 to the date patient was admitted to the unit. … A patient may be on any unit multiple times during a month. … Treat each time a patient is readmitted to a unit as a new admission. … Share the findings with the unit staff and leadership.

514. CLABSI Investigation Process: Walk the Process (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/clabsi-invest.html
     April 01, 2013 - Today, we want to basically describe the steps to take if your unit infection rate is higher than zero … I mean as the blood stream infection team on your unit, this CUSP team, we recommend getting a group … And I can’t even imagine wanting to risk that, but after that, that was the end on that unit and that … was a general inpatient unit where they couldn’t get the nurses to be compliant. … , yet nurses could get IV tubing from both ends of the unit.

515. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - Senior Executives ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 3 Comprehensive Unit-based … idea and that we need them to help us prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in our intensive care unit … respectful of the executive’s schedule Prepare the senior executive Offer a tour of acute-care units Share unit-specific … list of safety issues compiled from the Staff Safety Assessment (SSA) Pertinent information about the unit

516. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - the impact of unnecessary antibiotic use in causing C. difficile infection Summarize the role of unit … –Unit medical director Slide 37 Physician Barriers Knowledge or problem and financial consequences … –Unit medical director Slide 40 Nurse Barriers Workflow issues Risk of Foley v. other risks … So you actually need champions on the unit level.” … for Healthcare Research and Quality through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based

517. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-refs.html
     September 01, 2013 - Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source … chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical intensive care unit … patient cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate for infection prevention in the medical intensive care unit … incidence of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in an intensive care unit … barrier precautions to control endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit

518. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - How could tools be changed or adapted for use on another unit? What was critical for success? … The unit-based council on 3-South shared strongly in implementation responsibilities. … , including staff nurses, certified nursing assistants, and unit secretaries. … This overview prepared staff for the upcoming changes on the unit. … Nurse leaders communicated this feedback to unit staff during the weekly huddles.

519. Weight Summary (doc file)
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     February 10, 2014 - Nursing Unit System Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … Nursing Unit System Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … Nursing Unit System Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … Nursing Unit System Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … On-Time Pressure Ulcer Counts by Month Report – Unit Level Table 8.

520. Key Subject Area Index | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Training Tool 4C Defining the Role of the Wound Care Team   Defining the Role of the Unit-Based … Team   Defining the Role of the Unit Champion   Managing Change   Engaging and