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21. Readiness Assessment | 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 … Units most frequently reported they had fully implemented inclusion of chlorhexidine in their central … Units in teaching hospitals or hospitals with greater than the median number of beds were more likely … Units were requested to complete a Readiness Assessment at baseline (go to Appendix G for complete … Seven units could not be matched to their AHA surveys.

22. Inpatient Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Success Stories of Five Labor and Delivery Units

23. Appendix F. Hospital Practice Insights: Challenges and Solutions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apf.html
    October 01, 2017 - Three months later, the Executive Team and divisional leaders were scheduled to round on the units to … What You Can Do: Coordinate with participating units. … It could be easier to see what is happening on the other units. … Solution: Require the units to provide SWAT representatives from all units and shifts. … Executive leaders visit the units and discuss results with staff.

24. Program Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - This section also summarizes findings related to units that submitted data on the Hospital Survey on … Collectively, these States and regions recruited more than 1,000 hospitals and 1,800 hospital units to … Non-ICU and pediatric units had similar, impressive reductions in CLABSI rates.  Figure 6. … Figure 7 presents the percentage of units that achieved a CLABSI rate of zero and the percentage of … units that achieved a CLABSI rate of less than one.

25. Preface | 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 … instruments administered throughout the course of the project with an emphasis on adult intensive care units … The Outcomes section is comprised of four sub-sections: adult ICUs; adult non-ICUs; pediatric units; … While the majority of registered units are adult ICUs and are the focus of the final report, any units … Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) at the unit level, utilization of the Team Checkup Tool among units

26. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    To Use the Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety Success Stories of Five Labor and Delivery Units

27. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
    June 02, 2025 -  Yes, patients on select floor units  No Question 25. … Are the CLABSI surveillance data fed back to units? [IF NO, SKIP TO QUESTION 38. … At what frequency are the CLABSI surveillance data fed back to units? … At what frequency are the VAE surveillance data fed back to units? … transmissions fed back to units?

28. 159-Which-Type-Decolonization-Work-Best (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/159-which-type-decolonization-work-best.docx
    October 01, 2024 - . · is recommended for use in intensive care units (ICUs). … · is sometimes appropriate for use in non-ICU units, such as stepdown units, medical, surgical, or … other units with high-acuity patients (e.g., oncology) … · should be considered for units with a high percentage of patients who have an increased MRSA risk … decolonized with CHG bathing daily throughout their stay in the unit. · is recommended for use in non-ICU units

29. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2013 - Return to Contents Types of Units Represented Figure 3 depicts the types of units registered in the … project (n=1,366 registered units). … units (38%). … Units Formally Withdrawn From the Project by Cohort Cohort Regis- tered Units # of … Units Formally With- drawn % of Units Formally With- drawn Post-Baseline

30. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/about.html
    July 01, 2023 - In addition to communication failures, patients on labor and delivery (L&D) units are at risk of medication … interventions, or interventions provided in an unsafe manner, also increases the risk of adverse events on L&D units … comprehensive patient safety program that provides a platform and tools to improve patient safety in L&D units

31. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - tackle prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital intensive care units … and non-intensive care units.     … Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals This toolkit helps hospital units teach team members how to adopt … This toolkit helps hospitals make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units … Safety Program for MRSA Prevention This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units

32. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Summary Report (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Over the course of implementation, 26 L&D units discontinued participation, resulting in 46 units that … In addition, ad hoc calls with individual L&D units addressed specific challenges faced by those units … Numerous L&D units noted improved communication with other hospital units, improved staff satisfaction … with Level II or Level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) compared with units with a Level I … Although the majority of participating units had effective implementation, a sizable proportion of units

33. TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Achieving teamwork in stroke units: the contribution of opportunistic dialogue.  … Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institution.  … Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan.  … Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. 

34. Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Units that formally withdrew were excluded (n=50) 3 , and units that never reported post-baseline data … Table 2 illustrates the number of units reporting for each time period. … At baseline 30 percent of units reported a rate of zero. … of units calculated as number of units with a rate of zero or less than one divided by the total number … of units reporting during the time period.

35. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - Represented Figure 3 depicts the types of units registered in the project (n=1,366 registered units … surgical units (38%). … Units Formally Withdrawn From the Project by Cohort Cohort Registered Units Number of Units Formally … Withdrawn Percent of Units Formally Withdrawn Post-Baseline Collection Period (Number of Units … For units to be included in tables and figures depicting outcome and process measures, units had to

36. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/cauti-interim.pdf
    September 01, 2013 - Represented Figure 3 depicts the types of units registered in the project (n=1,366 registered units … surgical units (38%). … Units Formally Withdrawn From the Project by Cohort Cohort Registered Units Number of Units Formally … Withdrawn Percent of Units Formally Withdrawn Post-Baseline Collection Period (Number of Units … For units to be included in tables and figures depicting outcome and process measures, units had to

37. Outcome and Process Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2013 - For units to be included in tables and figures depicting outcome and process measures, units had to have … These units are not reflected in the denominator when calculating missing data percentages. … than 100 units, had a lower baseline. … units for corresponding bed sizes and collection periods. … units for corresponding bed sizes and collection periods.

38. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsicompanion.pdf
    October 18, 2012 - While the majority of registered units are adult ICUs and are the focus of the final report, any units … greater than 25; n=3 units). … percent of units at follow-up). … points were set to missing (n=11 data points) Units with Outcome Data n=1,565 units Units Not … Remove Outlier Units Defined As: Baseline Rate>25 n=974 units Units with Baseline Rate>0 n=

39. Toolkits for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - improvements in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention across hospital acute care units … (including both intensive care units and non-intensive care units), high-risk surgical services, and … and leadership in improving infection prevention practices and ultimately reduce MRSA rates in their units

40. Final Progress Report: Effects of Patient Turnover on Nursing Care and Patient Outcomes in Acute Care Hospital Settings (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/park-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - We found that more RNs were needed when hospitals and units had high patient turnover. … In addition, the number of observation patients on inpatient units is growing. … than medical units (M=0.52, SD=0.15). … Critical care, step down, and surgical units had more transfers in and out. … Because their units were very busy, nurses working in units with high patient turnover were more likely