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Nursing homes can conduct observational audits to support increased compliance with infection prevention practices, including hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment. Observational ...

A minimum of 5 supervised successful procedures in both the chest and femoral sites is required (10 total). If a physician successfully performs 5 supervised lines in one site, he or she is ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care ...

Take part in a national study to evaluate the impact of resources intended to help prevent diagnostic safety events. Diagnostic safety events are common and pervasive across all healthcare settings, ...

Final estimates for 2013 show a further 9 percent decline in the rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) from 2012 to 2013, and a 17 percent decline, from 145 to 121 HACs per 1,000 discharges, ...

The AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI was developed and refined over a 3-year period through a national quality improvement collaborative designed to reduce CAUTIs and enhance LTC ...

After the Institute of Medicine released its sentinel report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with its Federal ...

When evaluating patients for infection, it is essential to first consider potential sources of infection. Many clinical sites (sputum, urine, wounds, or ulcers) are not sterile. Isolating an organism ...

This report is based on research conducted by Abt Associates in partnership with the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and Bailit Health Purchasing, Cambridge, MA, under contract to the Agency ...

In 2016, AHRQ awarded a contract to develop methods and estimate the incremental inpatient financial costs and additional inpatient mortality associated with 10 selected hospital-acquired conditions ...

Review the following list of meetings in which falls risk and prevention is potentially discussed by the interdisciplinary team. For every meeting that occurs at your facility, indicate the type of ...