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81. Vaccination and Testing series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/vaccination-testing.html
    December 01, 2022 - This brief video will teach you when it is appropriate to test residents for COVID-19.

82. Nursing Intervention to Remove Non-necessary Urinary Catheters
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-040814.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - approved indications for catheter use Understand how to implement and sustain a process to evaluate appropriate … project to unit staff and management team CAUTI reduction: Ensure staff education about CAUTI and appropriate … The Physician Champion Expectations/Tasks: Responsible for the education of medical staff about the appropriate … infection prevention strategies Communicate the project goals and progress as appropriate in infection … physician ownership of the work to make care safer for patients 19 Indications for Catheter Use Appropriate

83. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4k_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - ○ Determines appropriate facility resources for effective and permanent adoption of practices. … glove use, along with appropriate line care may help decrease the incidence of neonatal BSIs.3, 4 …  Educate the patient, if appropriate, and caregivers about CLABSIs.13  Ensure that the person … ○ Follow appropriate dressing assessment and replacement according to best practices specific to … ○ Assign responsibility for appropriate placement of standing orders on units (decisions based on

84. Staff Contacts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2025 - For general program information or technical assistance on proposed projects, please contact the appropriate

85. 147-Cusp-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
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    April 02, 2025 - . · Advocates for appropriate use of CUSP tools and standards. · Attends CUSP kickoff meetings, as time … need of performance improvement by administering the staff safety assessment before kick-off and when appropriate … . · Creating subgroups, when appropriate. · Gather feedback from staff on an ongoing basis to ensure … defects within systems and leads change efforts such as safety and quality improvement projects as appropriate … . · Act as a project leader when appropriate, in collaboration with other CUSP team members, and with

86. ICU Assessment (doc file)
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    April 01, 2022 - For each question below, select the appropriate response. … O O O Do staff use ultrasound scanners to guide internal jugular vein line placement as appropriate … Please describe other central line maintenance procedures audited: Please select the appropriate response … Policy or Standardized Procedure Yes No Don't Know Inserting catheters only for appropriate indications … Yes No Don’t know *Nursing staff feel comfortable questioning colleagues who are not following appropriate

87. Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2024 - communicated at the right time to the right people, and that this information is used to provide safe, appropriate … the right time to the right people, and that this information is used to guide the delivery of safe, appropriate

88. Infographic Poster: Did you know...Patient safety issues in primary care are real. (pdf file)
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    April 02, 2025 - Bookmarks Passed Bookmarks are present in large documents Color contrast Needs manual check Document has appropriate … Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI Headings Rule Name Status Description Appropriate … nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top

89. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4k_combo_psi14-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - herniation.2,3 • Proper identification of patients at risk, prevention of surgical site infections, and appropriate … Administer timely and appropriate antibiotics preoperatively and postoperatively.1,2 Postoperative … Consider chlorihexidine bathing preoperatively.8 • If removing hair prior to surgery, use the following appropriate … based guidelines1,2,9 • Reduce the amount of staff traffic in and out of the operating room • Use appropriate … Required • Surgeons • Perioperative and postoperative nursing Equipment • Dressing supplies • Appropriate

90. Frequently Asked Questions About the Use of and Care for Leg Bags in the Long-Term Care Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/leg-bags-faqs.html
    July 01, 2017 - The assessment should be documented and approved by the appropriate facility committee(s), such as a … Also, appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn to prevent a splashing injury. … Appropriate aseptic steps to take to clean the interior of the leg bag include: Don appropriate … After the soaking time, don appropriate PPE and carefully empty the contents into the toilet; avoid potential … Nozzle : Use appropriate hand hygiene and don gloves.

91. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - ○ Determines appropriate facility resources for effective and permanent adoption of practices. … glove use, along with appropriate line care may help decrease the incidence of neonatal BSIs.3, 4 …  Educate the patient, if appropriate, and caregivers about CLABSIs.13  Ensure that the person … ○ Follow appropriate dressing assessment and replacement according to best practices specific to … ○ Assign responsibility for appropriate placement of standing orders on units (decisions based on

92. Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/cultural-competence/index.html
    August 01, 2019 - health care, two guides offer approaches to defining cultural needs in managed care and developing appropriate … that addresses either clinical health care disparities or provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate … Planning Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services .

93. AHRQ Tips for Grant Applicants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2025 - Do the investigators have appropriate experience and training?   … Are the leadership approach, governance, and organizational structure appropriate for the project? … Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific … subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data and safety monitoring, as appropriate … Proposed methods not appropriate to answer research questions.

94. Examples of Urinary Incontinence Intervention Sustainability Menus (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/empower-sustainability-menus.pdf
    April 02, 2025 - Bookmarks Passed Bookmarks are present in large documents Color contrast Passed manually Document has appropriate … Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI Headings Rule Name Status Description Appropriate … nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top

95. PURSUIT Flyer (Birmingham) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/mui-flyer-sample.pdf
    April 02, 2025 - Bookmarks Passed Bookmarks are present in large documents Color contrast Passed manually Document has appropriate … Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI Headings Rule Name Status Description Appropriate … nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top

96. Tools & Resources for Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.html
    October 01, 2024 - is sometimes appropriate for use in non-ICU units, such as step-down units and medical, surgical or other … MRSA risk due to the presence of central lines, midline catheters, PICC lines, or lumbar drains. is appropriate … infection due to having devices such as central lines, midline catheters, PICC lines, or lumbar drains. is appropriate

97. Chapter 5. Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - In some computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, after a VTE risk level is determined, the appropriate … entered on the first screen trigger the appearance of a second screen that contains only the choices appropriate … Order set implementation in medicine inpatient populations resulted in an increase in risk-appropriate … Importantly, the addition of risk score points is performed behind the scenes, with options appropriate … Risk-appropriate prophylaxis options were presented on declaration of VTE risk level, with dosing guidance

98. Introducing electronic screening tools for developmental delay and autism into pediatric primary care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/pa-specialinnovation.html
    August 01, 2018 - pediatricians’ offices are an important tool for early identification, intervention, and referral to appropriate … screening tools by hand, and enter the results into EHRs, developmental screenings may not occur at all appropriate … decision-support tools (such as automated referral letters to Early Intervention Program resources and age-appropriate … family handouts) for the provider to access as appropriate. … of referral resources in the system’s clinical decision-support tools should lead to higher use of appropriate

99. Part One: Traditional Practice and Recommendations for Change (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part1a.html
    October 01, 2015 - patient comes to the unit with a catheter in place, the inpatient nurse might assume that it was an appropriate … Slide 63 Assumptions questioned Initial catheter placement and continued catheter use is appropriate … discuss indication for catheter placement in report to inpatient RN Guidelines for algorithms for appropriate … for presence of physician’s order for placement 52.20%, Chart review for presence of documentation of appropriate … Is there an appropriate indication for insertion?

100. Pediatric Quality Measures Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2016 - Appropriate ED blood testing. Accepted by NQMC .     … Appropriate ED fever management. Accepted by NQMC .     … Appropriate ED pain assessment. Accepted by NQMC .     … Appropriate ED pain management. Accepted by NQMC .     … Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for children with sickle cell disease.