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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb2.html
January 01, 2020 - +/- compression devices:
__ Sequential Compression Device (SCD) - Optional
__ Heparin 5000 units … medications PLUS compression devices:
__ Sequential Compression Device (SCD)
__ Heparin 5000 units … mg SC q 24 hrs.
___ Enoxaparin 30 mg SC q 24 hrs (renal insufficiency dosing).
___ Heparin 5,000 units … SC q 8 hrs.
___ Heparin 5,000 units SC every 12hrs (if weight <50kg or age >75).
___
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/158-dec-targeted-unit-protocol.docx
October 01, 2024 - *Units may use more than one CHG bathing protocol—for instance, if some of the patients are able to use
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd-rev.pdf
November 01, 2023 - that optimizing the physical, functional, and aesthetic details of healthcare facilitiesi
(e.g., units … process of optimizing the physical, functional, and aesthetic details of entire healthcare facilities; units … have or are testing:
■ Changes to the design and physical structure of healthcare facilities and units … integrated engineering-based model developed to reduce infection rates in pediatric intensive care
units … Geisinger Clinic’s
supply delivery, support service operations, and clinical
workflow on inpatient units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/048-key-evidence-decolonization.docx
October 01, 2024 - 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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation_slides.pptx
April 02, 2025 - Manage the change process on patient care units. … successes from prevention activities to the rest of the hospital include:
Posters with results in the units
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-intro.html
September 01, 2013 - will provide you with instructions for implementing universal decolonization in adult intensive care units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/workplace-safety/workplace_safety_pilotstudyreport.pdf
November 01, 2021 - Respondent Characteristics by Unit/Work Area
Unit/Work Area
Respondents
Number Percent
Multiple Units … , No Specific Unit 687 10%
Medical/Surgical Units
Combined Medical/Surgical Unit 434 6%
Medical … Unit (Nonsurgical) 135 2%
Surgical Unit 100 1%
Medical/Surgical Units Subtotal 669 10%
Patient Care … Units
Cardiology 98 1%
Emergency Department, Observation, Short Stay 414 6%
Gastroenterology 8 … 241 3%
Pulmonology 6 <1%
Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine 353 5%
Telemetry 130 2%
Patient Care Units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/engaging-srexec-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - time
Be respectful of the executive’s schedule
Prepare the senior executive
Offer a tour of acute-care units … sit-down discussions that are open to all staff
Review identified safety issues together
Prioritize your units
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides2.html
October 01, 2017 - Slide 14: Assess Current Pressure Injury Processes
Understand current processes in patient care units … Assess current practices on a representative sample of units; do process mapping.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-051215.pptx
February 01, 2015 - Patients move from the ED to other units, and there is no systematic process to let ED staff know of … Organizational level strategies:
Post CAUTI rates for all units, so that comparisons can be seen.
20 … 1.3642564802182811 2.5510204081632653 1.3333333333333333 0 Month/Year
Rate per 1000 Foley days
Foley days of units … 1.3642564802182811 2.5510204081632653 1.3333333333333333 0 Month/Year
Rate per 1000 Foley days
Foley days of units
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/index.html
Video Simulation Training
Access three TeamSTEPPS simulation training units.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/nursing-protocols.html
May 01, 2022 - multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infection in general medical and surgical units
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/fac-notes.html
October 01, 2020 - maintain a process within an organizational culture, while Spread aims to disseminate the process to other units … This is done through educating, continuously gaining buy-in from facilities or units, and continuing … look different from facility to facility, depending on size of facility, team makeup, and number of units … team on progress in reaching goals and in the rate of adoption of improvement processes across various units … view of how an implemented intervention to improve antibiotic timing is both spread among multiple units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-sops-teamstepps-webcast-haugstetter.pdf
July 25, 2024 - teamstepps-program/resources/app/index.html
Program Highlights
• Video simulation
training – three units
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/best-practices-103024.html
November 01, 2024 - explain how their survey results and SOPS resources are used to improve handoffs in medical-surgical units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pilot-test-partii.pdf
September 01, 2019 - Respondents who selected “Many different hospital units, No
specific unit” or “Other” or who did not … Care
Units
Other
Clinical
Svcs
Path/
Lab
Peds,
NICU,
PICU
Phar-
macy
Psych/
Behav … Care
Units
Other
Clinical
Svcs
Path/
Lab
Peds,
NICU,
PICU
Phar-
macy
Psych/
Behav … Care
Units
Other
Clinical
Svcs
Path/
Lab
Peds,
NICU,
PICU
Phar-
macy
Psych/
Behav … Care
Units
Other
Clinical
Svcs
Path/
Lab
Peds,
NICU,
PICU
-Phar
macy
Psych/
Behav
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/handouts.html
May 01, 2022 - multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infection in general medical and surgical units
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/faq.html
March 01, 2022 - multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infection in general medical and surgical units
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/overall-antibiotic-stewardship-project-final-report.pdf
September 01, 2022 - practices across a total of 1,304 participating sites throughout the United States, including
476 units … The acute care cohort consisted of 476
units from 402 acute care hospitals across 10 U.S. … 7
EXHIBIT 5: ACUTE CARE FACILITY PARTICIPATION BY UNIT TYPE
*There were 16 pediatric units … When comparing the pre- and post-intervention HSOPS scores (N=162 units for
baseline and N=68 units … Continuing education units/CME credits were
14
provided to nurses and physicians who attended
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
September 26, 2019 - is recommended in
outbreak scenarios, in highly endemic
regions, and in healthcare facilities or
units … Disease Control and Prevention
(ECDC) recommends active screening on admission to specific wards or units … In units that regularly
perform contact precautions, such as ICUs, active screening may be unnecessary … In units already using universal contact
precautions, the evidence suggests that active surveillance … Researchers stated that
targeted screening of
populations and units
expected to be at high risk
for