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321. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/046-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Behind Decolonization 11 Decolonization Evidence Summary Author Study Year Study Type Hospitals (#) Units … multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general medical and surgical units … multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general medical and surgical units … Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination? … Effect of body surface decolonisation on bacteriuria and candiduria in intensive care units: an analysis

322. Measure Dx: A Tool To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events – Enrollment Closed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/measure-dx.html
     July 01, 2025 - Entire ambulatory clinics or hospitals can participate, as can specific units (e.g., emergency departments … , intensive care units).

323. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     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-

324. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital 1.0 Survey: 2021 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Teamwork across units Hospital units cooperate and coordinate with one another to provide the best care … Teamwork Within Units 82% 4.90% 67% 76% 79% 83% 85% 88% 98% 2. … Teamwork Across Units % Agree/Strongly Agree There is good cooperation among hospital units that need … Teamwork Within Units 83% 83% 0% 10% -14% 3% -3% 2. … Teamwork Across Units % Agree/Strongly Agree There is good cooperation among hospital units that need

325. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration: Oxytocin (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool_safe-oxytocin.docx
     May 01, 2017 - preparation of oxytocin for infusion is established and consistently used for all patients (e.g.,10 units … Units can use cognitive aids at the bedside, internal training, and external certification courses to … techniques assures a shared mental model of plan of care and patient risks between shifts or between units … /L or 20 units/L) · Label IV bag, IV tubing, and infusion pump. · Attach oxytocin line via calibrated … /L or 20 units/L). · Label IV bag, IV tubing, and infusion pump. · Attach oxytocin line via calibrated

326. Improving the Safety of Heparin Administration by Implementing a Human Factors Process Analysis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Harder.pdf
     May 19, 2003 - In some areas of the hospital, the weight and/or height of patients were recorded in metric units. … In other areas of the hospital, the weight and height of patients were recorded in English units. … the computer accept weight and height information in either metric or English units. … , Women Care) to patient care units where heparin was used daily. … This education occurred on the patient care units 24 hours a day for the 5-day process.

327. Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions, and Improves Outcomes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hueckel_27.pdf
     April 01, 2008 - outpatient clinics and all children admitted to either of the inpatient pediatric intermediate care units … of safety within the Children’s Health Center, the nursing staff from all of the intermediate care units … The largest percentage of growth within these units was in the PICU and PCU, while the proportion of … patients on intermediate care units decreased. … Through systematic evaluation of the clinical climate of intermediate- care units, the Rover Team

328. Final Progress Report: A Study of Narrative as the Cognitive Process Underlying Diagnostic Reasoning (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/smith2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - struggle with the definition or lists of diseases or diagnoses,” and scored as follows: PM 117 text units … , MS1 174 text units, MS3 17 text units, R2 24 text units, and F 1 text unit. … Eighty-seven percent of all text units coded to this category were uttered by faculty, and 16% of all

329. TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Safety Culture and Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/improvement.html
     June 01, 2023 - Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institution.  … Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. 

330. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - tackle prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital intensive care units … and non-intensive care units.

331. SOPS Frequently Asked Questions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/faq/index.html
     June 01, 2022 - They can be used to assess individual units or departments or can be administered organization wide. … Revising the staff positions and units/work areas. … With simultaneous administration, staff are randomly assigned by units/work areas, and then by staff … Teamwork Across Hospital Units. Teamwork Within Units. … Revising the staff positions and units/work areas. Removing negatively worded items.

332. 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.

333. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/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.

334. Using a Tiered Approach With CUSP Principles Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/tiered-approach-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … Slide 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Safety … CUSP + Tiered Approach 8 Facilitator Guide Slide Number and Image As we discuss how different units … In tier 1, the basic strategies should be implemented on all units for CAUTI prevention.

335. 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

336. Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - disease facilities: Reducing Infections in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities Intensive care units

337. Teaching Pre-Implementation Readiness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/pre-ready.html
     January 01, 2024 - Alternatively, they may start the process incrementally in units or areas that seem most ready.

338. Module 2: How To Manage Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide2.html
     October 01, 2017 - Review and discuss the completed process analysis on one or more patient care units. … Membership of the Unit Managers from the pilot study patient care units. … -month shadowing program to assess how Skin Wound Analysis Team (SWAT) consults were handled on the units … key processes of pressure injury prevention activities and then share the process mapping from these units … flow of what and how pressure injury prevention practices are currently conducted on the patient care units

339. Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2025 - transitions in patient care, including nursing shift changes and patient transfers to other hospital units … “From the 2023 results, our Med/Surg units picked shift-to-shift handoffs to work on,” Hansford said.

340. Final Progress Report: Developing Definitions, Measurement Strategies, and Links to Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/savage-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - documented the extent to which medication administration workarounds occurring in intensive care units … addressed with a survey study of personnel (pharmacists, physicians, and nurses) from intensive care units … The second objective was addressed with an interview study of nurses from intensive care units at four … Key Words: Workarounds, Medication Errors, Intensive Care Units, Nursing, Pharmacy 2 Workarounds … addressed with a survey study of personnel (pharmacists, physicians, and nurses) from intensive care units