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41. Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method to Protect Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201524.html
    August 01, 2015 - eastern Wisconsin reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in intensive care units … "We had such success with CUSP in the intensive care units, that, starting in 2013, we expanded our efforts … to reduce CLABSI across all units.

42. 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
    April 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.

43. MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/index.html
    December 01, 2024 - year national project aimed at implementing improvements in 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

44. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/index.html
    August 01, 2017 - Ventilated Patients helps hospitals make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units … This project was developed to help staff in intensive care units use CUSP principles to reduce complications

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/939.html
    November 01, 2024 - Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Issue Number 939 … Today's Headlines: Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units . … Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Antibiotics are often … given to preterm and vulnerable newborns before infections are confirmed in neonatal intensive care units

49. Slide 1 (ppt file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/org_embrace-slides/Organizational-Embrace-of-CUSP-to-Improve-Patient-Safety-Mar-20-2012-508.ppt
    January 01, 2012 - SICU and ICU/CCU Lower perception of safety scores Pharmacy, Gen Surg, OR, Medicine, PCU, ER Paired Units … IMC/CIC and HRP/L&D Recent significant events Interventional Radiology Inpatient units without CUSP … a System” video at orientation and on HCH intranet * CUSP Teams 11 CUSP Teams representing 14 units … per month “secret shopper” from each patient safety leader for three months CLABSI — Critical care units … CAUTI — Med/surg units CLABSI/VAP/CAUTI defects tool — ICUs * Protected Time for PSL Budgeted

50. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201906.html
    November 01, 2019 - 300 sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey—is improving the culture of safety in its obstetrics (OB) units … Luke’s Allentown and Bethlehem Hospitals, both of which have OB units, participated in bimonthly meetings … As a result of the positive experience in the OB units, St.

51. Illinois Hospitals Use AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0804.html
    October 01, 2014 - The tool—the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture —was used in the labor and delivery units at … In addition, the survey allows hospitals and hospital units to compare their performance in creating … Courses in teamwork were given to staff in labor and delivery units over a two-week period at two of

52. 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

53. Sustaining Zero CLABSIs (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/zero-clabsi.html
    April 01, 2013 - have problems are pediatric units, ICUs, oncology units, pediatric oncology, pediatric ICU, general … oncology units, and very large metro units where there are various different groups of physicians working … And another issue was units not knowing how to use the Team Checkup Tool. … Sharing the findings, I think our units do a better job with this. … Nursing buy in, nursing has a lot of turnover in many of these units.

54. Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/program-implementation.html
    December 01, 2024 - Non-ICU Settings was originally designed as part of an AHRQ Safety Program to guide participating units … This page offers tools and resources to assist facilities and units interested in broad implementation

55. 7-Implementation-Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/7-implementation-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - Inpatient units ISCR team leader with other specialty champions, as appropriate Frontline Provider … Inpatient units ISCR team leader with other specialty champions, as appropriate Engaging Frontline … Inpatient units ISCR team leader with other specialty champions, as appropriate Engaging Frontline … Inpatient units ISCR team leader with other specialty champions, as appropriate Engaging Frontline … Inpatient units ISCR team leader with other specialty champions, as appropriate Engaging Frontline

56. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim5.html
    July 01, 2013 - Although data submission has been challenging, interventions are in place to assist struggling units … Additional interventions are in development for units not reaching the stated project goals. … Return to Contents Increase Data Submission Of the 1,195 registered and active units in the data … Although more units have submitted at least one outcome data point, efforts are ongoing to ensure data … Additional training and support is also provided to units that have been identified in the following

57. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim3.html
    July 01, 2013 - During each of these periods, registered hospital units provide the number of catheter and patient days … Units that have formally withdrawn from the project are removed from these analyses. … Nineteen units from cohort 2 opted to start over. … Number of registered units. Table 2. … Number of registered units.

58. Implementation Steps and Timeline - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-impsteps.pdf
    April 02, 2025 - They then expand use to all units once the process to use the report is confirmed and effects on daily … Step 13: Develop Plan and Implement New Strategies in All Units The training and implementation planning … Implementing on all units is likely to add another 3 months. … The facility needs to establish a permanent champion for this QI effort and champions on units. … Develop Plan and Implement New Strategies in All Units 4th month–6th month 14.

59. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-refs.html
    September 01, 2013 - 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. 4. … Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units … International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units. … incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection among intensive care units

60. Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202001.html
    April 01, 2020 - Our goal was to improve handoffs and transitions from the ED to inpatient units, which affects patient … to increase scores on two survey composite measures: "Handoffs and Transitions” and “Teamwork Across Units … departments involved in admissions to the hospital from the ED, which included staff from ED, inpatient units … easy checklist and trained staff on a new process to reduce that time and increase teamwork across the units … Survey results on "Teamwork Across Units" validated this: the hospital’s scores rose 7 percent.