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id="block-ahrq-landingpage-top" class="block block-ahrq first odd"> <h1>Quality and Patient Safety</h1><img class="banner-image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054146im_/http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/styles/landing_page/public/landing_page/quality-and-patient-safety-landing_1.jpg?itok=8KMaOVLJ" width="" height="" alt=""/><div class="catch-all"><p>Sign up: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054146/https://subscriptions.ahrq.gov/accounts/USAHRQ/subscriber/new?topic_id=USAHRQ_102"><img alt="mail-updates-icon" height="13" src="/web/20150905054146im_/http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/resources/img/mail-updates-icon.png" width="16"/> Patient Safety Email updates</a></p> <p>Sign up: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054146/https://subscriptions.ahrq.gov/accounts/USAHRQ/subscriber/new?topic_id=USAHRQ_103"><img alt="mail-updates-icon" height="13" 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</div> </div> </div> <hr class="landing-page-separator"> <div class="field field-name-ahrq-landing-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="sections-2-col"> <section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/index.html">AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program</a></h2> <div> <ul> </ul> </div> <p></section></p> <p><section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/index.html">Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)</a></h2> <div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/index.html">CUSP Toolkit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/cauti-interim/index.html">Eliminating CAUTI, Interim Report</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/onthecusprpt/index.html">Progress Report 1: Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/clabsi-update/index.html">Progress Report 2: Areas for Continued Improvement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/clabsi-final/index.html">Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/index.html">Eliminating CLABSI, Companion Guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/index.html">Eliminating CLABSI, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention</a></li> <li><a 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Engagement</a></h2> <div> <p>Whether you see patients at a hospital, primary care office, or other setting, time is often limited and patients and family members who have prioritized their questions or concerns will experience the most meaningful, efficient visits. To help you and your patients get the most out of your time together, AHRQ offers these free resources that you can use with your team and share with your patients.</p> <ul> </ul> </div> <p></section></p> <p><section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/index.html">Patient Safety Measure Tools & Resources</a></h2> <div> <p>Information about AHRQ efforts to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/index.html">Tools and Resources</a></li> </ul> </div> <p></section></p> <p><section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pharmhealthlit/index.html">Pharmacy Health Literacy Center</a></h2> <div> <p>This site provides pharmacists with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).</p> <ul> </ul> </div> <p></section></p> <p><section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/index.html">Surveys on Patient Safety Culture</a></h2> <div> <p>As part of its goal to support a culture of patient safety and quality improvement in the Nation's health care system, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsored the development of patient safety culture assessment tools for hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory outpatient medical offices, community pharmacies, and ambulatory surgery centers.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/index.html">Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/index.html">Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/index.html">Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/pharmacy/index.html">Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/resources/index.html">Patient Safety Culture Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/index.html">Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture</a></li> </ul> </div> <p></section></p> <p><section></p> <h2><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/index.html">Quality Measure Tools & Resources</a></h2> <div> <p>Quality improvement measurement, tools, and information, including AHRQ Quality Indicators Hospital Toolkit, ambulatory clinical performance measures, the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, and Talking Quality.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/meetings/index.html">Conferences & Meetings</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/consumers/index.html">Consumer Information</a></li> <li>Research in Action</li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/index.html">Tools & Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150905054146/http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/value/index.html">Value</a></li> </ul> </div> <p></section> </div> </div></div></div><div id="block-ahrq-citation" class="block block-ahrq first odd"> Internet Citation: Quality and Patient Safety. 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