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161. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp2.html
     January 01, 2013 - Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units … month, the number of central line days and the number of CLABSIs observed in the participating hospital units

162. Final Progress Report: Videotaping communication between physicians and nurses: A methods study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/manojlovich-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Participants included physicians and nurses from several general care units in an academic medical … Setting We focused on general care units, because so little is known about communication in these … Participants Participants were physicians and nurses who practice on general care units in a single … On general care units in this teaching hospital, each team of physicians has a “panel” of 4 12-15 … We followed that physician and his/her team from room to room, frequently across multiple units on

163. NQMC Measure Domain Definitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

164. Faclearncusp (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/learn/faclearncusp.docx
     January 01, 2009 - , such as neonatal ICUs, oncology, dialysis, and burn units; · Engaging the interest and participation … 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

165. Report Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

166. Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide | 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

167. CLABSI Event Reporting Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cauti-event-reporting-revised.docx
     April 01, 2022 - AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Safety Program … Practices may vary between units. Urinary Catheter Information 13. … Note: Even if this patient’s urinary catheter insertion was clinically indicated, assessing units for … (also include non-nursing units, such as radiology, surgical services, emergency department, physical … If this patient received services from non-nursing units such as radiology or the cardiac catheterization

168. Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
     January 01, 2017 - SATs and spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) might prevent ventilator-associated events (VAEs). 20 units … in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program participated in the trial. 12 units … and 1,739 in control units. … Within control units, there were no significant changes in SAT, SBT, or VAE rates. … Data from 35 units showed a decrease in VAP rates with increased adherence to ventilator bundle.

169. Tool: SSA (doc file)
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     January 01, 2017 - SATs and spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) might prevent ventilator-associated events (VAEs). 20 units … in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program participated in the trial. 12 units … and 1,739 in control units. … Within control units, there were no significant changes in SAT, SBT, or VAE rates. … Data from 35 units showed a decrease in VAP rates with increased adherence to ventilator bundle.

170. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

171. Lessons on How To Improve Future National Collaboratives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

172. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safemed_facguide.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - bundle provides information on high-alert medications commonly used in labor and delivery (L&D) units … Care (SPPC) focuses on the safe administration of two high-alert medications commonly used in L&D units … key safety elements can also be adapted and applied to other high-alert medications used in L&D units … • Oxytocin is commonly used on L&D units, but administration procedures vary greatly because of … This aspect of perinatal safety calls for L&D units to engage patients and families in the process

173. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

174. ChristianaCare Used AHRQ Resources to Reduce Blood Infections, Expedite Stroke Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

175. AHRQ Releases New MRSA Prevention Toolkit for Intensive and Non-Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/934.html
     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Releases New MRSA Prevention Toolkit for Intensive and Non-Intensive Care Units Issue Number … Today's Headlines: AHRQ Releases New MRSA Prevention Toolkit for Intensive and Non-Intensive Care Units … AHRQ Releases New MRSA Prevention Toolkit for Intensive and Non-Intensive Care Units The new AHRQ Toolkit

176. Appendix D. Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-d.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

177. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Review patient status daily (0,3) Heparin 5000 units sc q8h (0,1) High Risk w/ Contraindications High … status daily (6,3) Mod Risk w/ Contraindications Mod Risk W/ Systemic Anticoagulation Heparin 5000 units

178. 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

179. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Maintenance, is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … Slide 3 AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Safety … been hardwired due to overcrowding, staffing shortages, movement of patients to nontraditional COVID units … Units may consider auditing central line entry processes for fluid, and medication administration and … Units should review possible barriers to implementation of these important maintenance bundle elements

180. Improving Your Response Rates on the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Podcast Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/rrpodtrans.pdf
     August 01, 2013 - Joe Hughes Well, prior to the survey campaign our leadership team made daily rounds on each of the units … The leadership team is made up of hospital directors and nurse managers from each of the units. … survey administration for the HSOPS, the leadership team promoted the survey to staff on each of these units … And computers are readily accessible to all of our units including environmental services; all employees … The managers on the units kept track of who requested a raffle ticket and then followed up with employees