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41. Final Progress Report: Improved Patient Safety Through Web-Based Education (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/hendee-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The modules are as follows: Physicians (12 units); Nurses (13 units); Patients and Families (8 units … ); and Patients and Families Anticipating Anesthesia (7 units). … The Information Center (4 units) provides supporting resources. … Final formatting of all units for web presentation was performed by Ms. Keating- Christensen. … The units targeted to physicians and nurses contain questions (in the case of the physicians units,

42. Tools & Resources for Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.html
    October 01, 2024 - is sometimes appropriate for use in non-ICU units, such as step-down units and medical, surgical or other … units with high acuity patients (i.e., Oncology)  should be considered for units with a high percentage … of central lines, midline catheters, PICC lines, or lumbar drains. is appropriate to use in hospital units … decolonized with CHG bathing daily throughout their stay in the unit. is recommended for use in non-ICU units

43. A Playbook for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in the ICU Setting (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/playbook_revised.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in the ICU Setting AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … CAUTI in the ICU Setting 2 Playbook AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … ......................... 39 3 Playbook AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … Care Unit Setting, herein referred to as the Playbook, outlines interventions that intensive care units … But also include personnel functions in non-nursing units, such as appropriate transport of patients

44. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim1.html
    July 01, 2013 - Overall, preliminary outcome data show that, among participating units, there has been a decrease in … Relative reduction improvements were more prominent in non–intensive-care units (ICUs) compared with … While the majority of participating units have successfully submitted data after registering for the … The national project team is working to identify opportunities for units experiencing difficulty with … data submission and/or working to offer targeted interventions for units not yet able to reduce the

45. 150-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Celebrating-Success (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/150-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
    October 01, 2024 - Teams have a unique opportunity to collaborate with other units and departments to share the lessons … been successfully piloted in a unit, it is important to rapidly share the lessons learned with other units … The spread of knowledge and practices is facilitated when other units become inspired to adopt these … adopt the new practice. · Provide a detailed overview of the new practice or process with the other units … Below is a sample conversation of Laura, a surgical ICU (SICU) manager, whose units successfully reduced

46. Redesigning Systems To Improve Teamwork and Quality for Hospitalized Patients: RESET Project Implementation Guide (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reset-guide.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - • Choose phase I units and phase II units. … enhanced IPR for phase II units. … Phase I and Phase II Units RESET requires that 1–2 units be designated for implementation of the AIMS … The following questions are about the phase I units. 29. … Learning from high- performing front-line clinical units.

47. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/best-practices-slides/slides.html
    October 01, 2014 - Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders This PowerPoint slide … Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders Slide 2. … Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders CLABI Supplemental Call

48. 4. How Do We Implement Best Practices in Our Organization? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4a.html
    October 01, 2014 - how roles will be defined and work organized to carry out those practices at the care level in the units … Small hospitals may have only be few units, so a formal pilot may not be practical. … To begin the pilot, you should choose one or two units to participate. … By selecting several very different units, your Implementation Team can hear from the Unit Champions … Two widely different units will give you a better overall feel for refinement that may be needed and

49. 4. How Do We Implement Best Practices in Our Organization? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4a.html
    October 01, 2014 - how roles will be defined and work organized to carry out those practices at the care level in the units … Small hospitals may have only be few units, so a formal pilot may not be practical. … To begin the pilot, you should choose one or two units to participate. … By selecting several very different units, your Implementation Team can hear from the Unit Champions … Two widely different units will give you a better overall feel for refinement that may be needed and

50. Culture Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim4b.html
    July 01, 2013 - Cohort Status – (Catheter Days/Patient Days) Note: n's represent the total number of reporting units … – By Bed Size – (Catheter Days/Patient Days) Note: n's represent the total number of reporting units … To date we have collected over 700 baseline surveys, representing 56 percent of participating units, … and over 300 followup surveys, representing 24 percent of participating units.  … Team Checkup Tool Participating units were requested to complete a Team Checkup Tool (TCT) evaluating

51. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonize-patients.html
    October 01, 2024 - There resources are designed to support units and facilities in planning and executing successful decolonization … is sometimes appropriate for use in non-ICU units, such as step-down units and medical, surgical or other … units with high acuity patients (i.e., Oncology) should be considered for units with a high percentage … of central lines, midline catheters, PICC lines, or lumbar drains. is appropriate to use in hospital units … decolonized with CHG bathing daily throughout their stay in the unit. is recommended for use in non-ICU units

52. AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/safety-hai-prevention/index.html
    January 01, 2025 - evidence-based infection prevention toolkits designed to measurably decrease HAIs in hospital intensive care units … About the Program Reduce units' HAI rates Free 9-month program with three rolling cohorts for CLABSI,

53. Team Roster (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/team-roster.docx
    April 01, 2022 - members necessary to drive successful implementation of the AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Safety Program … Meet regularly with the team to review data/progress. · Engage physicians, bedside nurses, and other units … Nurse Educator · Works across units · Subject matter expert · Problem solver · Collaborative · Meet … and engage physicians and bedside nurses, and spread CLABSI/CAUTI prevention best practices to other units

54. Spreadnotes (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spreadnotes.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Initially, the organization should spread the new process to similar patient populations, shifts, units … Selecting similar units or areas in which to spread the process is often a successful strategy. … to determine which units can first put the new process in place without altering it too much. … Units that are outliers—those units that will need to alter the steps of the process significantly—should … , consideration of variability across units, and identification of units that can easily adopt the process

55. Toolbox Contents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/toolcon/index.html
    June 01, 2020 - Availability Users Comparisons and Trends Benchmarking and Databases Service Delivery and Units … Child Indicators Included Availability Users Comparisons and Trends Service Delivery and Units … Measures Included Users Comparisons and Trends Benchmarking and Databases Service Delivery and Units … Measures Included Users Comparisons and Trends Benchmarking and Databases Service Delivery and Units … Measures Included Users Comparisons and Trends Benchmarking and Databases Service Delivery and Units

56. AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Items and Dimensions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops-items-composites.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - There is good cooperation among hospital units that need to work together. F10. … Hospital units work well together to provide the best care for patients. F2. … Hospital units do not coordinate well with each other. (negatively worded) F6. … It is often unpleasant to work with staff from other hospital units. (negatively worded) 10. … Problems often occur in the exchange of information across hospital units.

57. Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Methods: A prospective, cluster randomized trial in 12 nursing units. … all new admissions to those units. … These 12 units were randomly assigned to intervention or control. … each day; thus, the decision was made to make all units intervention units for year 2 in order to test … Standard Decolonization Regimen (Intervention Units).

58. Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/index.html
    July 01, 2023 - for Perinatal Care (SPPC) in order to improve the patient safety culture of labor and delivery (L&D) units … The toolkit helps L&D units improve patient safety, team communication, and quality of care for mothers … Safety Perinatal Safety Strategies In Situ Simulation Success Stories of Five Labor and Delivery Units … Perinatal Care: Experiences From the Frontline" describes the implementation experiences of five L&D units … toolkit was developed as part of a national implementation project to improve patient safety in L&D units

59. Moderating Factors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5.html
    January 01, 2013 - than 25; n=3 units). … Finally, units were categorized as having a baseline rate of zero (n=293 units) or a baseline rate greater … than zero (n=681 units), and the final model was restricted to only units with a baseline rate greater … Characteristics of included units can be found in Table 15 . Figure 17. … system had a higher rate than units in hospitals associated with a system.

60. Appendix E. Moderating Factors Flowchart | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompape.html
    January 01, 2013 - Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units … Readiness Assessment Moderating Factors Flowchart Note : Units with rates greater