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61. 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

62. Relationship between job burnout, psychosocial factors and health care–associated infections in critical care units. | PSNet
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    January 12, 2022 - Relationship between job burnout, psychosocial factors and health care–associated infections in critical care units … Relationship between job burnout, psychosocial factors and health care-associated infections in critical care units … Supervision, interprofessional collaboration, and patient safety in intensive care units … October 21, 2015 Costs of adverse events in intensive care units. … June 23, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

63. 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

64. Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method to Protect Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

65. Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units of 2 integrated health care systems. | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units … Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units

66. AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI: Final Report. | PSNet
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    April 06, 2022 - Book/Report AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI … Citation Text: AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI: Final Report … Cite Citation Citation Text: AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units … checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units … May 25, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

67. 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.

68. Comparing NICU teamwork and safety climate across two commonly used survey instruments. | PSNet
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    November 20, 2019 - Investigators assessed safety culture and teamwork in 44 neonatal intensive care units using two different … February 6, 2019 Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in neonatal intensive care units is … June 12, 2013 Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a … June 16, 2011 Risk management, or just a different risk: a national survey of newborn units … August 10, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

69. Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective observational NURSIng during critical carE (NURSIE) study. | PSNet
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    March 05, 2025 - Study Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath … Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective … Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective … 2020 Clinical predictors for unsafe direct discharge home patients from intensive care units … 2010 View More See More About The Topic Researchers Intensive Care Units

70. 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

71. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

72. Explaining Matching Michigan: an ethnographic study of a patient safety program. | PSNet
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    August 20, 2018 - Keystone ICU study at preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units … was unsuccessful in that infection rates declined at similar rates in both intervention and control units … ) A qualitative study of speaking out about patient safety concerns in intensive care units … August 25, 2010 Intensive care units, communication between nurses and physicians, and … March 18, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

73. Culture Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

74. Toolbox Contents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

75. 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

76. Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists. | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - The near-elimination of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in adult intensive care units … In this study conducted at all 18 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in New York State, use of checklists … checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units … May 25, 2011 The ability of intensive care units to maintain zero central line–associated … October 13, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units

77. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

78. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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    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

79. 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.

80. Illinois Hospitals Use AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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