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141. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Success in Preventing Falls in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Monthly fall prevention compliance audits were conducted on six inpatient units to ensure that the necessary … This rounding initiative initially focused on two medical telemetry units which had experienced an increase … “Fall Free Friday” has proven to be successful for both the medical-telemetry and the stepdown units.

142. 2022 Updated Results for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops-wps-study-report.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - , No Specific Unit 960 8% Medical/Surgical Units Combined Medical/Surgical Unit 931 8% Medical Unit … (Nonsurgical) 177 2% Surgical Unit 135 1% Medical/Surgical Units Subtotal 1,243 11% Patient Care … Units Cardiology 313 3% Emergency Department, Observation, Short Stay 799 7% Gastroenterology 15 … Multiple Units, No specific unit 1 Many different hospital units, No specific unit Medical/Surgical … , No specific unit Medical/Surgical Units Patient Care Units Surgical Services Clinical Services

143. Assess Patient Safety Culture Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS): Measures safety culture within the clinical units … Teamwork across hospital units. Hospital handoffs and transitions. … Slide 21: Debriefing—Making HSOPS Data Meaningful 13 Work units that debrief safety culture perform … Units that use semistructured debriefing of culture survey achieved a 10.2% reduction in infection rates … Units that did not debrief survey results only achieved a 2.2% reduction in infection rates. 13.

144. Learn About CUSP, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - , such as neonatal ICUs, oncology, dialysis, and burn units. … Needs of specialty units vary from the typical ICU. … dialysis, as well as in burn units. … If CUSP implementation stalls in these units, focused use of the Staff Safety Assessment tool, which … For example, the Staff Safety Assessment can help to pinpoint the particular needs of specialty units

145. Optimizing Safety of Mother and Neonate in a Mixed Methods Learning Laboratory | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - Understanding the heterogeneity of labor and delivery units: using design thinking methodology to assess … Understanding the heterogeneity of labor and delivery units: using design thinking methodology to assess … Analyzing the heterogeneity of labor and delivery units: A quantitative analysis of space and design

146. Section 2. Forming a Patient Flow Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - support staff (e.g., clerks, registrars), a research/data analyst, and representatives from inpatient units … Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, PA, stemmed from inadequate communication between the inpatient units … However, previous efforts to improve communication between the ED and inpatient units had failed for … Managers and staff from all inpatient units were invited to review a new Inpatient Report Tool, a one-page … According to the patient flow team, diligent and ongoing communication with nurses from the inpatient units

147. Transitioning to the SOPS™ Hospital Survey Version 2.0: What’s Different and What To Expect, Part I: Main Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pt1-transition-updated.pdf
     June 01, 2022 - Revising the staff positions and units/work areas; and 5. … Safety Supervisor, Manager, or Clinical Leader Support for Patient Safety 4 3 Teamwork Within Units … In each hospital, providers and staff were randomly assigned by units/work areas, and then by staff … positions within units/work areas, to receive either HSOPS 2.0 or HSOPS 1.0; half received HSOPS 2.0 … Providers and staff were randomly assigned by units/work areas, and then by staff positions within units

148. TO (doc file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Determine if the best practices will be implemented in other units, clinics, or programs. … Will the best practice(s) be implemented in other units, clinics, or programs?

149. New York City Uses AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey to Reduce Patient Harm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - encouraging staff to feel comfortable raising questions and concerns about patient safety on their units … Staff also rated teamwork within their assigned units as stronger than teamwork across various units.

150. Organizational Embrace of CUSP to Improve Patient Safety (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - 14 units and about two-thirds of the frontline caregiving staff represented in that. … It’s readily apparent in our boardroom, to our units, to our OR and ED. … We’ve seen it active in our units, our ORs, et cetera. … They only had access to the medications on the units where they worked. … I’m curious about how many people participate on the walkabouts that aren’t on the units.

151. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders (Transcript) October … The call today is titled “Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders … our Infection Control Department and our Quality Department a cluster of CLABSIs in our critical care units … ability to speak up with his peers because we had nine intensivists that were practicing within our units … We got down to zero in a lot of units, but there’s always better line maintenance; there’s better line

152. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - presentation will outline the severity of the threat that MRSA poses to patients in intensive care units … (ICU) and non-ICU hospital units. … describe the sources of MRSA on people and in the healthcare environment, for both ICU and non-ICU units … Many tools exist for monitoring and improving hand hygiene adherence, but many inpatient units still … Working together and using these key strategies, hospitals, units, and staff can protect patients from

153. 050-Dec-Implementation-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - overall approach to preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in intensive care units … Are certain staff or units performing better than others? … The team also assesses the current status of their units. … The day before the launch, the team conducts skin checks in all three units. … After 6 months, the data show significant improvements across all three units.

154. Preventing CAUTI in Special Populations: Focus on Procedure-Related Catheter Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - 4 Polling Question 1 Does your facility currently perform surveillance for CAUTI on surgical units … + IUC = CAUTI Slide 5 2012 NHSN CAUTI Rates and Device Utilization Ratios, Selected Surgical Units … ICU and Non-ICU Image: Chart showing a sharp decrease in CAUTI rates from 2011 to 2013 in non-ICU units … Streamline Inventory: standard catheter to be stocked on all units: Silver coated catheter phased … out, ~$50,000 annual cost reduction 16-Fr will be standard on adult units.

155. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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 … Sustaining reductions in catheter-related bloodstream infections in michigan intensive care units: observational … Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units.

156. Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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 … Need for accurate hourly output measurements to manage treatment in intensive care units . … catheters are not to be inserted simply to monitor outputs with the exception of in intensive care units

157. Appendix A: Interview Questions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - reporting quarter, or for those States with a low baseline CLABSI rate like Virginia, the number of units … Retention How many units dropped out? What reasons did they give? … Were you successful in retaining any units that indicated they wanted to drop out? … What forms of communication did you use to contact individual units?

158. TO (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.docx
     April 02, 2025 - Determine if the best practices will be implemented in other units, clinics, or programs. … Will the best practice(s) be implemented in other units, clinics, or programs?

159. Transitioning to the SOPS™ Hospital Survey Version 2.0: What’s Different and What To Expect, Part II: Appendixes (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2019 - (Question 2) Multiple Units, No specific unit 1 Many different hospital units, No specific unit … (A18) Teamwork Across Units There is good cooperation among hospital units that need to work together … (F4) Hospital units do not coordinate well with each other. … (F2R) It is often unpleasant to work with staff from other hospital units. … (F6R) Hospital units work well together to provide the best care for patients.

160. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0 (doc file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Multiple Units, No specific unit 1 Many different hospital units, No specific unit Medical/Surgical … Units 2 Combined Medical/Surgical Unit 3 Medical Unit (Non-Surgical) 4 Surgical Unit Patient Care … Units 5 Cardiology 6 Emergency Department, Observation, Short Stay 7 Gastroenterology 8