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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34070/psn-pdf
    February 18, 2011 - Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units. … Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-reducing-interns-work-hours-serious-medical-errors-intensive-care-units … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-reducing-interns-work-hours-serious-medical-errors-intensive-care-units

  2. HANDS Care Plan Tool Seeks to Improve Nurse Communication at Handoff in AHRQ-Funded Study | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Nurses can create patient plans from their local units and either view them on their computer screens … Participating units include medical, intensive care, surgical (cardiovascular and neurosurgical), and … Half of the units began the implementation at start up; the other four joined a year later. … One of the participating study units isdownsizing; nurses in the new cardiovascular subunit wanted to … Keenan's team is working with nurses in two other study units to train them to use the HANDS reports

  3. Important change to heparin container labels to clearly state the total drug strength. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/important-change-heparin-container-labels-clearly-state-total-drug-strength
    December 16, 2020 - May 15, 2013 Heparin sodium injection 10,000 units/mL, and HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units/mL medication … February 16, 2011 Heparin sodium injection 10,000 units/mL, and HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units

  4. Reducing iatrogenic risks: ICU–acquired delirium and weakness—crossing the quality chasm. | PSNet

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    November 30, 2022 - Interprofessional team collaboration and work environment health in 68 US intensive care units … July 3, 2014 Measuring and comparing safety climate in intensive care units. … February 1, 2012 The ability of intensive care units to maintain zero central line–associated … March 4, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

  5. Intensive care unit readmissions in U.S. hospitals: patient characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes. | PSNet

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    August 04, 2021 - quality improvement programme to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units … April 17, 2013 A multifaceted program for improving quality of care in intensive care units … Competence and certification of registered nurses and safety of patients in intensive care units … May 1, 2004 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

  6. Methodology Report #2: Sample Design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component

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    January 01, 2002 - Each year, approximately 5,000 reporting units will continue from the previous year. … Examples of discrete reporting units follow. … Analysis is planned using both the individual and the family as units. … A round-specific response rate of 95 percent among reporting units at Round 2. … A round-specific response rate among reporting units of 98 percent at Round 6.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 26, 2017 - decision support systems (CDSSs) on medication errors, length of stay, and mortality in intensive care units … decision support systems (CDSSs) on medication errors, length of stay, and mortality in intensive care units … potential to improve patient safety, less is known about the impact of such systems in intensive care units … an 85% decrease in prescribing errors and a 12% reduction in ICU mortality rates in critical care units

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39917/psn-pdf
    October 13, 2010 - Prevalence of adverse events in pediatric intensive care units in the United States. … Prevalence of adverse events in pediatric intensive care units in the United States. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-adverse-events-pediatric-intensive-care-units-united-states … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-adverse-events-pediatric-intensive-care-units-united-states https

  9. Toward understanding errors in inpatient psychiatry: a qualitative inquiry. | PSNet

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    December 21, 2018 - the Same Author(s) How well do incident reporting systems work on inpatient psychiatric units … 2018 Comparing rates of adverse events and medical errors on inpatient psychiatric units … Predictors of adverse events and medical errors among adult inpatients of psychiatric units … January 30, 2019 Adverse events in Veterans Affairs inpatient psychiatric units: staff … October 31, 2018 Inpatient suicide on mental health units in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals

  10. Nurse workload and inexperienced medical staff members are associated with seasonal peaks in severe adverse events in the adult medical intensive care unit: a seven-year prospective study. | PSNet

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    June 28, 2013 - March 20, 2015 Clinically significant medication errors in surgical units detected by … Supervision, interprofessional collaboration, and patient safety in intensive care units … 2021 Nurses' perceptions and demands regarding COVID-19 care delivery in critical care units … May 30, 2012 Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational … May 21, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

  11. Understanding medical errors and adverse events in ICU patients. | PSNet

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    March 20, 2015 - April 12, 2011 A multifaceted program for improving quality of care in intensive care units … September 30, 2010 Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units … Related Resources Learning from non-routine events and teamwork in intensive care units … June 13, 2012 A multifaceted program for improving quality of care in intensive care units … August 26, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

  12. Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015430-gurwitz-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - units. … Intervention Units Appropriate Orders No. … Intervention Units Appropriate Orders % Control Units Alerts No. … Control Units Appropriate Orders No. … : 26.3% - 34.7%) on dementia care units.

  13. Appendix15Bdformatcopyofsummarysheet (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/Appendix15BDformatCopyofSummarySheet.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - count X X X X X plus: Troponin T, plus: Manual PLT CNT Manual PLT CNT and WBC Manual Count SI Units … CCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn: ALT ALT (former SGPT),Serum IU/L ALT ALT (SGPT) Units … CCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn: AP Alkaline Phosphatase,Serum IU/L ALKP ALK PHOS Units … CCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn: AST AST (former SGOT),Serum IU/L AST AST (SGOT) Units … /L ALP 4024158 Alkaline Phos IU/L 315848 Alk Phos IU/L 55548697 Aspartate Aminotransferase units/L AST

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45207/psn-pdf
    August 17, 2016 - reporting systems might provide better insight into how patient safety incidents vary across hospital units … While similar safety issues and root causes were identified across all units and services, medication … safety issues were more common on internal medicine and surgical units. … On the other hand, collaboration issues were more frequent in emergency medicine units.

  15. HIT Support for Safe Nursing Care (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015054-keenan-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - and at 12 months for our four Y2 units. … Eighteen nurses were observed for entire shifts (10 on our 2 year units and 8 on our 1 year units) to … (4); and at 12 months for the Y2 units (4). … The culture scores for each of the units revealed that the units had positive cultures at the onset … While three units did not change significantly, three units reduced the percentage of patients discharged

  16. Using root cause analysis to reduce falls with injury in the psychiatric unit. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-root-cause-analysis-reduce-falls-injury-psychiatric-unit
    September 18, 2019 - September 5, 2018 How well do incident reporting systems work on inpatient psychiatric units … August 11, 2021 Inpatient suicide on mental health units in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals … 2021 Comparing rates of adverse events and medical errors on inpatient psychiatric units … June 21, 2017 Suicide attempts and completions on medical-surgical and intensive care units

  17. Systems-level factors affecting registered nurses during care of women in labor experiencing clinical deterioration. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-level-factors-affecting-registered-nurses-during-care-women-labor-experiencing
    November 10, 2021 - in plain sight: inconvenient facts for patient safety in non-24/7 theatre on-site staffed obstetric units … July 26, 2023 Three missed critical nursing care processes on labor and delivery units … 2023 Linking patient safety climate with missed nursing care in labor and delivery units … January 19, 2022 Seven features of safety in maternity units: a framework based on multisite

  18. The impact of safety culture, quality of care, missed care and nurse staffing on patient falls: a multisource association study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-safety-culture-quality-care-missed-care-and-nurse-staffing-patient-falls-multisource
    August 16, 2023 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units … October 27, 2021 Exploring safety culture within inpatient mental health units: the results … How does the environment influence consumers' perceptions of safety in acute mental health units … 27, 2021 Nurses' influence on consumers' experience of safety in acute mental health units

  19. Use of a daily goals checklist for morning ICU rounds: a mixed-methods study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-daily-goals-checklist-morning-icu-rounds-mixed-methods-study
    November 21, 2021 - overnight physician staffing: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian adult and pediatric intensive care units … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units … checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units … July 1, 2003 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

  20. Exploring organizational context and structure as predictors of medication errors and patient falls. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-organizational-context-and-structure-predictors-medication-errors-and-patient-falls
    January 22, 2020 - January 26, 2022 Quality and strength of patient safety climate on medical–surgical units … association between organizational safety climate, failure to rescue, and mortality in inpatient surgical units … Use of temporary nurses and nurse and patient safety outcomes in acute care hospital units … An examination of technical efficiency, quality, and patient safety in acute care nursing units
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