Report highlights 47 patient safety practices

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued a report reviewing 47 practices targeting patient safety. These include practices such as the use of rapid-response teams and special hygiene and disinfection interventions to prevent health care-associated infections. The practices are categorized under topics such as medication management and procedural events. The report’s authors call for more research into the successful implementation of patient safety interventions. They point out the challenge is not knowing what to do, but understanding how to successfully implement improvements in a particular setting. (AHRQ news release, 3/10/20)