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DETERIORATING PATIENT

Last 12 Months Only

hospital rapid response team[majr] OR (deteriorat*[ti] AND patient[ti]) OR clinical deterioration[ti] OR critical deterioration[ti] OR acute deterioration[ti] OR clinical worsening[ti] OR rapid response team[ti] OR rapid response system[ti] OR early warning score[ti] OR early warning system[ti] OR escalating care[ti] OR "escalation of care"[ti] OR medical emergency team[ti] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw] OR outpatient*[ti]) AND “last 12 months”[dp]

Broad Search

hospital rapid response team[mh] OR (deteriorat*[tiab] AND patient[tiab]) OR clinical deterioration[tiab] OR critical deterioration[tiab] OR acute deterioration[tiab] OR clinical worsening[tiab] OR rapid response team[tiab] OR rapid response system[tiab] OR early warning score[tiab] OR early warning system[tiab] OR escalating care[tiab] OR "escalation of care"[tiab] OR medical emergency team[tiab] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

Australian Context

hospital rapid response team[majr] OR (deteriorat*[ti] AND patient[ti]) OR clinical deterioration[ti] OR critical deterioration[ti] OR acute deterioration[ti] OR clinical worsening[ti] OR rapid response team[ti] OR rapid response system[ti] OR early warning score[ti] OR early warning system[ti] OR escalating care[ti] OR "escalation of care"[ti] OR medical emergency team[ti] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (Australia[mh] OR Australia[pl] OR australia*[tiab] OR australia*[ot] OR aust.*[TA] OR ((au[ad] OR australia[ad] OR australian[ad] OR australia[tiab] OR australian[tiab] OR australia[ot] OR northern territory[tiab] OR northern territory[ad] OR tasmania[tiab] OR tasmania[ad] OR new south wales[tiab] OR new south wales[ad] OR victoria[tiab] OR victoria[ad] OR queensland[tiab] OR queensland[ad]) NOT medline[sb]))

Guidelines

hospital rapid response team[majr] OR (deteriorat*[ti] AND patient[ti]) OR clinical deterioration[ti] OR critical deterioration[ti] OR acute deterioration[ti] OR clinical worsening[ti] OR rapid response team[ti] OR rapid response system[ti] OR early warning score[ti] OR early warning system[ti] OR escalating care[ti] OR "escalation of care"[ti] OR medical emergency team[ti] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (Clinical pathway[mh] OR Clinical protocol[mh] OR Consensus[mh] OR Consensus development conferences as topic[mh] OR Critical pathways[mh] OR Guidelines as topic [Mesh:NoExp] OR Practice guidelines as topic[mh] OR Health planning guidelines[mh] OR guideline[pt] OR practice guideline[pt] OR consensus development conference[pt] OR consensus development conference, NIH[pt] OR position statement*[tiab] OR policy statement*[tiab] OR practice parameter*[tiab] OR best practice*[tiab] OR standards[ti] OR guideline[ti] OR guidelines[ti] OR ((practice[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab]) AND guideline*[tiab]) OR CPG[tiab] OR CPGs[tiab] OR consensus*[tiab] OR ((critical[tiab] OR clinical[tiab] OR practice[tiab]) AND (path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR protocol*[tiab])) OR recommendat*[ti] OR (care[tiab] AND (standard[tiab] OR path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR map[tiab] OR maps[tiab] OR plan[tiab] OR plans[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (screening[tiab] OR examination[tiab] OR test[tiab] OR tested[tiab] OR testing[tiab] OR assessment*[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR diagnosing[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (pharmacotherap*[tiab] OR chemotherap*[tiab] OR chemotreatment*[tiab] OR therap*[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab] OR intervention*[tiab])))

Quality Improvement

hospital rapid response team[majr] OR (deteriorat*[ti] AND patient[ti]) OR clinical deterioration[ti] OR critical deterioration[ti] OR acute deterioration[ti] OR clinical worsening[ti] OR rapid response team[ti] OR rapid response system[ti] OR early warning score[ti] OR early warning system[ti] OR escalating care[ti] OR "escalation of care"[ti] OR medical emergency team[ti] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (Quality of Health Care[mh] OR Quality Assurance, Health Care[mh] OR Health Services Research[mh:noexp] OR Public Health Systems Research[mh] OR evaluation studies[pt] OR United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality[mh] OR (quality[ti] NOT medline[sb]))

Reviews

hospital rapid response team[majr] OR (deteriorat*[ti] AND patient[ti]) OR clinical deterioration[ti] OR critical deterioration[ti] OR acute deterioration[ti] OR clinical worsening[ti] OR rapid response team[ti] OR rapid response system[ti] OR early warning score[ti] OR early warning system[ti] OR escalating care[ti] OR "escalation of care"[ti] OR medical emergency team[ti] AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND systematic[sb]

FALLS PREVENTION

Base Search

(("Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[majr] OR ((Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw] OR ((fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti]) AND (risk[ti] OR prevent*[ti] OR safety[ti])) NOT medline[sb])) AND eng[la] AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw] OR outpatient*[tw]) AND “last 5 years”[dp])) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

Last 12 Months Only

(("Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[majr] OR ((Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw] OR ((fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti]) AND (risk[ti] OR prevent*[ti] OR safety[ti])) NOT medline[sb])) AND eng[la] AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw] OR outpatient*[tw]) AND “last 12 months”[dp])) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

Broad Search

"Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[mh] OR "Accidental Falls/statistics and numerical data"[mh] OR ((Accidental falls[mh] OR fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti] OR Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw]) AND (Accident prevention[mh] OR Risk[mh] OR Risk management[mh] OR risk[ti] OR prevention[ti] OR ((risk[tw] OR safety[tw] OR prevent*[tw]) NOT medline[sb]))) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

Australian Context

"Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[mh] OR "Accidental Falls/statistics and numerical data"[mh] OR ((Accidental falls[mh] OR fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti] OR Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw]) AND (Accident prevention[mh] OR Risk[mh] OR Risk management[mh] OR risk[ti] OR prevention[ti] OR ((risk[tw] OR safety[tw] OR prevent*[tw]) NOT medline[sb]))) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (Australia[mh] OR australia*[tiab] OR australia[pl] OR australia*[ot] OR aust.*[TA] OR ((au[ad] OR australia[ad] OR australian[ad] OR australia[tiab] OR australian[tiab] OR australia[ot] OR northern territory[tiab] OR northern territory[ad] OR tasmania[tiab] OR tasmania[ad] OR new south wales[tiab] OR new south wales[ad] OR victoria[tiab] OR victoria[ad] OR queensland[tiab] OR queensland[ad]) NOT medline[sb])) AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw] OR outpatient*[tw])

Guidelines

"Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[majr] OR ((Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw] OR ((fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti]) AND (risk[ti] OR prevent*[ti] OR safety[ti])) NOT medline[sb])) AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (Clinical pathway[mh] OR Clinical protocol[mh] OR Consensus[mh] OR Consensus development conferences as topic[mh] OR Critical pathways[mh] OR Guidelines as topic [Mesh:NoExp] OR Practice guidelines as topic[mh] OR Health planning guidelines[mh] OR guideline[pt] OR practice guideline[pt] OR consensus development conference[pt] OR consensus development conference, NIH[pt] OR position statement*[tiab] OR policy statement*[tiab] OR practice parameter*[tiab] OR best practice*[tiab] OR standards[ti] OR guideline[ti] OR guidelines[ti] OR ((practice[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab]) AND guideline*[tiab]) OR CPG[tiab] OR CPGs[tiab] OR consensus*[tiab] OR ((critical[tiab] OR clinical[tiab] OR practice[tiab]) AND (path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR protocol*[tiab])) OR recommendat*[ti] OR (care[tiab] AND (standard[tiab] OR path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR map[tiab] OR maps[tiab] OR plan[tiab] OR plans[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (screening[tiab] OR examination[tiab] OR test[tiab] OR tested[tiab] OR testing[tiab] OR assessment*[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR diagnosing[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (pharmacotherap*[tiab] OR chemotherap*[tiab] OR chemotreatment*[tiab] OR therap*[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab] OR intervention*[tiab])))

Quality Improvement

"Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[majr] OR ((Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw] OR ((fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti]) AND (risk[ti] OR prevent*[ti] OR safety[ti])) NOT medline[sb])) AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND (Quality of Health Care[mh] OR Quality Assurance, Health Care[mh] OR Health Services Research[mh:noexp] OR Public Health Systems Research[mh] OR evaluation studies[pt] OR United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality[mh] OR (quality[ti] NOT medline[sb]))

Reviews

"Accidental Falls/prevention and control"[majr] OR ((Fall prevention[tw] OR fall risk[tw] OR Falls prevention[tw] OR Falls risk[tw] OR ((fall[ti] OR Falls[ti] OR Falling[ti] OR Fallers[ti]) AND (risk[ti] OR prevent*[ti] OR safety[ti])) NOT medline[sb])) AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND systematic[sb]

INFECTION PREVENTION

Broad Search

infection control[mh] OR patient isolation[mh] OR infection control practitioners[mh] OR Cross Infection/prevention and control[mh] OR Sepsis/prevention and control[mh] OR Catheter-Related Infections/prevention and control[mh] OR Hand Hygiene/standards[mh] OR Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation and purification[mh] OR Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/prevention and control[mh] OR Staphylococcal Infections/prevention and control[mh] OR Surgical Wound Infection/prevention and control[mh] OR Bacterial Infections/prevention and control[mh] OR Disinfection/methods[mh] OR "Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol"[Journal] OR "Am J Infect Control"[Journal] OR "J Hosp Infect"[Journal] OR (health care associated infection*[tiab] OR infection control*[tiab] OR infection prevention*[tiab] OR antimicrobial stewardship[tiab] NOT medline[sb]) AND eng[la] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

PRESSURE INJURIES

Base Search

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw]) AND “last 5 years”[dp]

Last 12 Months Only

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (health services administration[mh] OR hospital[mh] OR hospital*[tw] OR inpatient*[tw]) AND “last 12 months”[dp]

Broad Search

"Pressure Ulcer"[Mesh] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure sore*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR ((pressure sore*[tiab] OR pressure wound*[tiab] OR pressure injur*[tiab] OR bedsore*[tiab] OR bed sore*[tiab] OR decubitus ulcer*[tiab]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])

Australian Context

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (Australia[mh] OR australia*[tiab] OR australia[pl] OR australia*[ot] OR aust.*[TA] OR ((au[ad] OR australia[ad] OR australia[pl] OR australian[ad] OR australia[tiab] OR australian[tiab] OR australia[ot] OR northern territory[tiab] OR northern territory[ad] OR tasmania[tiab] OR tasmania[ad] OR new south wales[tiab] OR new south wales[ad] OR victoria[tiab] OR victoria[ad] OR queensland[tiab] OR queensland[ad]) NOT medline[sb]))

Guidelines

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (Clinical pathway[mh] OR Clinical protocol[mh] OR Consensus[mh] OR Consensus development conferences as topic[mh] OR Critical pathways[mh] OR Guidelines as topic [Mesh:NoExp] OR Practice guidelines as topic[mh] OR Health planning guidelines[mh] OR guideline[pt] OR practice guideline[pt] OR consensus development conference[pt] OR consensus development conference, NIH[pt] OR position statement*[tiab] OR policy statement*[tiab] OR practice parameter*[tiab] OR best practice*[tiab] OR standards[ti] OR guideline[ti] OR guidelines[ti] OR ((practice[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab]) AND guideline*[tiab]) OR CPG[tiab] OR CPGs[tiab] OR consensus*[tiab] OR ((critical[tiab] OR clinical[tiab] OR practice[tiab]) AND (path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR protocol*[tiab])) OR recommendat*[ti] OR (care[tiab] AND (standard[tiab] OR path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR map[tiab] OR maps[tiab] OR plan[tiab] OR plans[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (screening[tiab] OR examination[tiab] OR test[tiab] OR tested[tiab] OR testing[tiab] OR assessment*[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR diagnosing[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (pharmacotherap*[tiab] OR chemotherap*[tiab] OR chemotreatment*[tiab] OR therap*[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab] OR intervention*[tiab])))

Quality Improvement

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND (Quality of Health Care[mh] OR Quality Assurance, Health Care[mh] OR Health Services Research[mh:noexp] OR Public Health Systems Research[mh] OR evaluation studies[pt] OR United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality[mh] OR (quality[ti] NOT medline[sb]))

Reviews

"Pressure Ulcer"[Majr] OR ((pressure sore*[ti] OR decubitus ulcer*[ti] OR bedsore*[ti] OR bed sore*[ti] OR pressure wound*[ti] OR pressure injur*[ti]) NOT medline[sb]) NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) AND eng[la] AND systematic[sb]

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