Patient Safety

CAUTI

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

• SUR Calculator (HSAG)
• CAUTI Audit Tool (HSAG)
• Toolkit for Reducing CAUTIs in Hospital Units (AHRQ)

CDI

Clostridioides difficile Infection

• CDI Stool Collection Algorithm (HSAG)
• Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits (AHRQ)

CLABSI

Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection

• SUR Calculator (HSAG)
• CLABSI Audit Tool (HSAG)
• Toolkit for Reducing CLABSIs (AHRQ)

MRSA

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Practical Tips and Strategies for the Isolated Infection Preventionist (APIC)

SSI

Surgical Site Infection

• Toolkit to Promote Safe Surgery (AHRQ)

General Tools and Resources

• Comprehensive Unity-Based Safety Program (CUSP) (AHRQ)
• Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits (AHRQ)

AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | APIC = Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology | HSAG = Health Services Advisory Group

• Coordinated Care Plan to Prevent Older Adult Falls (STEADI) (CDC)
• Addressing SDOH: Examples of Successful Evidenced-Based Strategies and Current Efforts (ASPE)
• Preventing Falls: A Guide to Implementing Effective Community-Based Fall Prevention Programs (CDC)
• Step Safely: Strategies for Preventing and Managing Falls Across the Life-Course (WHO)

ASPE = Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy | CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | SDOH = Social Determinants of Health | STEADI = Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries | WHO = World Health Organization

• Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals (AHRQ)

AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Safe use of Opioids (eCQM)

• Medications at Transition and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation (AHRQ)
• Medication Reconciliation for Quality Improvement and Safety (MARQUIS) Implementation Manual-A Guide for Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement (SMH)
• Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) (AHRQ)
• Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (STEPPS) 3.0 (AHRQ)

Adverse Drug Events/General Resources

• See Behavioral Health Page (HSAG)

Emergency Department Throughput (OP-18)

• See Behavioral Health Page (HSAG)

AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | HSAG = Health Services Advisory Group | SHM = Society of Hospital Medicine

• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Survival Guide (HSAG)
• Infection Preventionist Orientation Checklist (HSAG)
• Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) (AHRQ)
• Team STEPPS: Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance & Patient Safety (AHRQ)

VTE

Venous Thromboembolism

• Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (AHRQ)

AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | HSAG = Health Services Advisory Group