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121. NQMC Measure Domain Definitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/gam/summaries/domain-definitions/index.html
     July 01, 2018 - Cost measures are computed from data in monetary or resource units. … Costs may be reported directly (i.e., actual costs) or estimated based on the volume of resource units … provided and the charges for those units. … Cost measures are computed from data in monetary or resource units. … provided and the charges for those units.

122. Final Progress Report: A Memory-Based Approach to Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kazi-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - prospective memory (PM) demands on medication administration errors (MAEs) in inpatient medical/surgical units … prospective memory demands on medication administration errors (MAEs) in inpatient medical/surgical units … (MAEs) remain a persistent problem in healthcare, with errors ranging from 10 to 50% in inpatient units … Medication errors in neonatal and paediatric intensive-care units. … i) Unit name d) Which units outside of medical/

123. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202202.html
     February 01, 2022 - assembled a core team of frontline staff and executive leaders who supported the rollout of CUSP in several units … hematology-oncology unit has its eyes on eliminating CLABSIs completely and sharing their experience with units … Henry Ford now is expanding the new process to other patient care units.

124. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/index.html
     November 01, 2024 - Program for MRSA Prevention This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units … , non-intensive care units, surgical services, and long-term care facilities measurably decrease invasive

125. Appendix J. Urinary Catheter Brochure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-j.html
     October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide … Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units … output monitoring outside the ICU Incontinence Patients transferred from intensive care to general units

126. 040-Mrsa-Surveillance-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/040-mrsa-surveillance-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - approaches and help to optimize antimicrobial treatment even in the setting of ICU and non-ICU hospital units … With a better understanding of the true burden of MRSA, units can take appropriate steps to intervene … This shift away from active MRSA surveillance reduces units’ ability to accurately measure the prevalence … Surveillance might be performed for all patients, patients from selected units, or selected high-risk … The Infection Preventionists (IPs) shared the MRSA passive surveillance data with the units—encouraging

127. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4c.html
     January 01, 2013 - Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units … pediatric CLABSIs differs and as such did not include studies solely examining NICU, PICU, or pediatric units … Not all units reported data for all 24 months (to be distinguished from units that reported zero central … Units that never submitted data but did not formally withdraw were excluded. … Finally, estimated costs do not reflect reductions in CLABSI rates found in non-ICU and pediatric units

128. Lessons on How To Improve Future National Collaboratives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal5.html
     January 01, 2013 - All State leads further reported that senior leader engagement was very important to their successful units … , and it was their perception that when units lacked this support they were often not able to incorporate … High-performing States found early intervention with units experiencing high or spiking CLABSI rates … Constant Communication with Hospital Units States that used frequent and multiple forms of communication … This created positive competition for other units to improve so that they, too, could be recognized.

129. 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 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide … Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units

130. 2018 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Part I (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2018hospitalsopsreport-rev0921.pdf
     March 01, 2018 - Teamwork across units Hospital units cooperate and coordinate with one another to provide the best care … Teamwork Across Units Hospital units do not coordinate well with each other. … Teamwork Across Units F2R Hospital units do not coordinate well with each other. 49% 11.60% 19% … Teamwork Within Units A1 1. … Teamwork Across Units F2R Hospital units do not coordinate well with each other. 49% 48% 1% 34%

131. Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/learn-about-cusp-slides.html
     July 01, 2023 - They are: "L & D Units," "Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Newborn Nursery," "Community/Public Health … ," and "Antenatal and Postpartum Units." … model combines CUSP and existing team communication frameworks to provide complete toolset to support units

132. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb.html
     October 01, 2022 - UFH 5,000 units SubQ q 12 hours. UFH 5,000 units SubQ q 8 hours. … daily |___| LMWH (enoxaparin) 30 mg SubQ daily (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min) |___| UFH 5,000 units … SubQ q 8 hours |___| UFH 5,000 units SubQ q 12 hours Mechanical prophylaxis (for patients at risk … SC q 8 hrs |___| Heparin 5,000 units SC every 12 hrs  (weight <50kg or age >75) □ High … SC q 8 hrs |___| Heparin 5,000 units SC every 12hrs  (<50kg or age>75) □ High Risk

133. Report Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal1.html
     January 01, 2013 - CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia, and to improve the culture of safety in 127 intensive care units … Keystone, and State and regional hospital associations, which in turn partnered with hospitals and units … rate of no more than 1/1,000 central line days, and 2) to improve patient safety culture on hospital units … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational

134. 030-Hand-Hygiene-Webinar-Slides-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/030-hand-hygiene-webinar-slides-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - This presentation will help ensure that units have a comprehensive program in place to promote excellent … (ICUs) and non-ICU hospital units. … It is important to include champions from all disciplines and units. … Posters, fliers, and signage served as visual cues and reminders throughout the units. … Staff and units that consistently demonstrated high adherence were recognized and rewarded.

135. Slide 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/zero_clabsis-slides/Sustaining-Zero-CLABSIs-May-8-2012-508.ppt
     January 01, 2012 - steps over the course of the project Virginia and the National Collaborative * Virginia enrolled units … Cohort 3 (start date: February 2010) Cohort 6 (start date: March 2011) Virginia # Hospitals # Units … 90 percent in February 2010 to 70 percent in December 2011, data submission among Virginia Cohort 3 units … In February 2010, 86 percent of Virginia's Cohort 3 units submitted data, and the rates increased through … Virginia's Cohort 6 units achieved 100 percent data submission in March 2011 while the rate for all of

136. Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp2.html
     August 01, 2015 - For this task order we conducted indepth case studies of health care organizations and intensive care units … as lower performers the hospitals that demonstrated less consistent results (e.g., variation among units

137. ChristianaCare Used AHRQ Resources to Reduce Blood Infections, Expedite Stroke Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202004.html
     July 01, 2020 - The number of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) decreased … We've now expanded CUSP to many of our hospital inpatient care units as well, she continued. … For the hospital survey, we've found that 'Teamwork Within the Units' is a composite for which we consistently

138. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Facilitator Training (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallspximpl-ig.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - the Facilitator and Program Champion requested that the nurse managers work with the staff on their units …  The Change Team completed the Self-Assessment with input from all units and shifts and from Rehab … Team at this point of the implementation process include whether the reports will be trialed on all units … or certain units and, if trialed on certain units, how and when they will be rolled out to others … strategy to implement on one unit with a small number of reports and meetings before expanding to more units

139. Presentation: Program Overview
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/assess-psc-hsop-slides.pptx
     January 01, 2017 - Measures safety culture within the clinical units of hospital Used across the United States and in more … response to error Staffing Hospital management support for patient safety Teamwork across hospital units … Teamwork across hospital units Cooperation is good among hospital units that need to work together. … Data are data Turn data into information with debriefing Accelerate improvement with debriefing Work units … that debrief safety culture perform better13 Units that did not debrief survey results only achieved

140. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User's Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-user-guide.pdf
     July 01, 2018 - Teamwork Across Units Hospital units cooperate and coordinate with one another to provide the best …  Staff in particular areas/units. … (most representative). o All staff from some areas/units. o A subset of staff from some areas/units … or units have a combined total of 300 nonnursing staff … Smaller hospital areas or units—All 100 nonnursing staff. 3.