-
www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/increasing-responses.html
August 01, 2024 - Differences in response rates across units of interest (individual providers, practices, or medical groups … ) are also a concern, because this may be related to differential bias across units.
-
www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap5tab22.html
December 01, 2017 - estimated costs for inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy services by persons who live in the 14 Service Units … Within the five Service Units that are Tribally operated, estimated Tribal service costs are included
-
www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-f.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
-
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
-
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
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/156-what-are-4es.pptx
October 01, 2024 - MRSA rates are as high as 15 infections per 1,000 patient-days in some units. … Standardize contact isolation precaution criteria across units. … Data on compliance is regularly shared with individual units to promote accountability and help address … Initial audits show units struggling to adhere to MRSA prevention standards. … At 12 months, 80% of units are consistently adhering to best practices.
-
www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201601.html
January 01, 2018 - Prevention Team reported that most CAUTIs found in 2015 were identified in the 84-bed critical care units … Infections are rare in the 218-bed medical/surgical units. … Among the sicker patients in the critical care units, the challenge has been identifying patients who
-
www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0901.html
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.
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/2018hospitalsopsreport.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%
-
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%
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d8_combo_projectevaluation.docx
June 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?
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/schnipper-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Patients
Patient subjects were drawn from the medical and surgical inpatient, non-critical-care units … at the
time the intervention happened to have started in the intervention units (i.e., to partially … Patient Characteristics
Characteristic Control Units Intervention Units
Pre-Intervention
N=309
Post-Intervention … over baseline and
over change in control units when
start intervention)
0.89 (0.80 to 0.99) 0.03 … The choice of intervention and control
units was not random, raising the possibility of confounding;
-
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/
-
www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-e.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
-
www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-n.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
-
www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-h.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
-
www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/optimizing-safety-long-desc.html
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
-
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
-
www.ahrq.gov/es/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
-
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