Results

Total Results: 2,646 records

Showing results for "units".

201. Resources by the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Domains | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/measure-domains.html
     April 01, 2025 - CAUTI ); central line-associated bloodstream infection ( CLABSI );  CLABSI and CAUTI in intensive care units … (ICUs );  MRSA in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and non-intensive care units (non-ICUs) ;  antibiotic

202. 066-Dec-Staff-Faqs-Safety-Side-Effects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/066-dec-staff-faqs-safety-side-effects.docx
     October 01, 2024 - · Surgical preoperative bathing · Wound cleansing and irrigation · Daily bathing in intensive care units … Nasal mupirocin has been used in thousands of patients , in intensive care units, in pre-operative care

203. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/about.html
     March 01, 2017 - Development The toolkit was developed as part of a 3-year project to help staff in intensive care units

204. Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-k.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

205. AHRQ’s RED Toolkit Inspires Improved Patient Discharge at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201501.html
     March 01, 2015 - RED was initially rolled out in the intermediate care and medical surgical units and then expanded to … the surgical, intensive care, and pediatric units.

206. Chapter 1. Project Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter1.html
     December 01, 2017 - sample of approximately 540,000 AI/ANs who obtained health services through IHS and lived in 14 Service Units … At least one of the 14 project sites (i.e., Service Units) is located in each of the 12 IHS Areas: Aberdeen … Medicaid Services Cost Reports: Information on the costs of providing I/T services within the IHS Service Units

207. Guide to Implementing and Sustaining a Program To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Unit Setting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implementation-guide.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Unit Setting AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … tenets of CUSP to lay 2 Implementation Guide AHRQ Safety Programs for Intensive Care Units … implement/cusp-modules.html 3 Implementation Guide AHRQ Safety Programs for Intensive Care Units … prevention-modules.html 4 Implementation Guide AHRQ Safety Programs for Intensive Care Units … cauti-learning-from-defects.docx 5 Implementation Guide AHRQ Safety Programs for Intensive Care Units

208. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/implguide-pt1.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

209. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 13. Alarm Fatigue (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/alarm-fatigue-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Novel approach to cardiac alarm management on telemetry units. … Two step down units (28 beds each). … telemetry units (52 beds total). … Two surgical units (71 beds total). … Two step-down units (28 beds each).

210. Barrier Identification and Mitigation Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/bim.html
     December 01, 2017 - However, adherence to these evidence-based guidelines remains highly variable both within and between units … adherence, also called barriers, and approaches to mitigating these barriers within individual clinical units … Since particular barriers and the corresponding solutions may differ between individual clinical units

211. Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/vae.html
     December 01, 2017 - Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module This module has tools and slide sets to help units

212. CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/spread/spread.html
     December 01, 2012 - Start with the units that can adopt easily. Return to Contents   Slide 12. … effective spread plan involves: Strong communication among the team Collaboration with other units … Accounting for variability Identification of units able to adopt the process easily.

213. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/index.html
     April 15, 2025 - November 26, 2024 Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units … October 22, 2024 AHRQ Releases New MRSA Prevention Toolkit for Intensive and Non-Intensive Care Units

214. Buffalo Hospital Uses TeamSTEPPS® to Improve Pediatric Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201504.html
     March 01, 2015 - intensive care unit (PICU)," said James Hereth, M.D., critical care physician for the intensive care units … results from 2009 and 2010 revealed improvements in the measures corresponding to "Teamwork Within Units

215. Iowa Hospital Uses AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality, Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips50.html
     October 01, 2014 - psychiatric, and general medical-surgery departments; the operating rooms; and the birthing and telemetry units … According to Hubbell, the telemetry unit was one of the units that did not have high scores on the survey

216. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection-cauti.html
     January 01, 2013 - Program Reduces Urinary Tract Infections in Hospitals The study authors examined data from 926 hospital units

217. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
     October 01, 2014 - Hospitals and units within them vary in their staffing patterns and usual ways of doing business. … need to consider staff roles based on the features of your organization overall and the individual units … In making these assignments, make sure you work with the unit manager or Unit Champions from the units … Given how frequently this occurs on most hospital units, unit managers should develop plans in advance … You may need to tailor roles to accommodate differences in staffing and practices in different units.

218. Slide 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-pfe-070913.ppt
     July 01, 2013 - Culture issues ---between physicians and nurses ---between units * Strategies for Improving … Chart1 Teamwork within Units Teamwork Across Units Handoffs/Transitions State Ave EXAMPLE: HSOPS … respondents giving favorable ratings for their unit 0.85 0.75 0.63 Sheet1 State Ave Teamwork within Units … 85% Teamwork Across Units 75% Handoffs/Transitions 63% Chart1 65-69 65-69 70-

219. Scientific Rationale (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/scientific-rationale.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - Non-ICU settings most commonly consist of step-down units, which represent an intermediate level of … It also differs between patients themselves, especially those sharing a room in general hospital units … This toolkit is specifically designed for adults in noncritical care units who have selected medical … International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units. … Nosocomial infections in adult intensive-care units. Lancet. 2003;361:2068- 77.

220. Chapter-3 - Sepsis Recognition (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/sepsis-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - units). 3.2.3.1 Effect on Process Measures While assessing PMSs for effects on outcome measures … An RCT in two ICU units with a total of 32 beds at an urban medical center (Shimabukuro et al.) found … , 1 in a telemetry unit, and 1 in multiple hospital units (ICU, PCU, and medical/surgical units). … Two medical- surgical intensive care units; 32 total unit beds No adverse events were reported … Adult non-ICU patients admitted to acute inpatient units.