Quality improvement case study: warfarin sodium interactions.

Dangerous Interactions Involving Antibiotic Use In Warfarin-Treated Nursing Facility Residents FACTS OF THE INCIDENT: All names, places and dates and some details have been changed to protect the confidentiality of this actual event.

Quality care indicators and staffing levels in a nursing facility subacute unit.

Objective: To determine whether admissions to a subacute unit in a university-affiliated nursing facility received equivalent care on weekdays as opposed to on weekends with regard to certified nursing assistant (CNA) and licensed nurse staffing levels.

Design/setting: A 6-month prospective analytical study conducted from January to July 2000. All subacute unit residents admitted to this unit were monitored for the presence of specific outcome measures that were correlated to CNA and licensed nurse staffing levels during the day shift.