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41. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7a.html
    August 01, 2017 - the following areas: Impaired mobility: Bed Chair Incontinence: Urine Stool … Use: Mean scores on this test are usually analyzed. Analyze the test results. … at risk for pressure injury/ulcers should be nutritionally assessed (i.e., weight, nutrition intake, blood … Deep tissue injury is a localized area of purple or maroon discolored intact skin or a blood-filled blister … at risk for pressure injury/ulcers should be nutritionally assessed (i.e., weight, nutrition intake, blood

42. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 2 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - stool test in the past year, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years and blood stool test in the past 3 years … 100,000 women age 20 and over Worse Narrowing Men age 75+ without prostate cancer who had a PSA test … Blood Pressure Measurement  Importance: Early detection and treatment of high blood pressure can prevent … Because high blood pressure typically causes no symptoms, screening is essential. … Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood

43. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/nicupacket.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - ■ Parent test instruments have excellent psychometric properties and are comparable to screening … ■ Screening tests requiring direct examination of the infant: – Denver-II Screening Test. … ■ Obtain stool sample for culture. ■ Ask dietician to review feed and rate. … ■ Check stool for reducing substances. ■ Consider continuous feedings. … ■ No ■ Yes Date: _____________________________ Car Seat Test?

44. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - ■ Parent test instruments have excellent psychometric properties and are comparable to screening … ■ Screening tests requiring direct examination of the infant: – Denver-II Screening Test. … ■ Obtain stool sample for culture. ■ Ask dietician to review feed and rate. … ■ Check stool for reducing substances. ■ Consider continuous feedings. … ■ No ■ Yes Date: _____________________________ Car Seat Test?

45. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/nicupacket.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - ■ Parent test instruments have excellent psychometric properties and are comparable to screening … ■ Liquid stool pooling around stoma and degrading barrier is common in ileostomies and jejunostomies … ■ Obtain stool sample for culture. ■ Ask dietician to review feed and rate. … ■ Check stool for reducing substances. ■ Consider continuous feedings. … ■ No ■ Yes Date: _____________________________ Car Seat Test?

46. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/guide-infection-prevention.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - ▪ All staff should wear PPE any time there is a chance of contact with blood and body fluids. … ▪ Whenever possible, do not share blood glucose meters. … ▪ Contain any urine, stool, or wound drainage. … ▪ An LTC facility must have negative pressure rooms and a respiratory fit-test program in order to … BASIC BACKGROUND Airborne precautions are safeguards, including special isolation rooms and fit-test

47. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=339
    January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Stroke, Outcomes … The objective was to test for significant differences in subjective and objective pretest probabilities … Keywords: Blood Thinners, Obesity, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Risk, Adverse Events … The effectiveness of stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contingent on colonoscopy completion … in patients with an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT).

48. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=341
    January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Blood Thinners, Heart Disease and Health, Medication, Healthcare Costs, Medicare, Hospitalization … The effectiveness of stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contingent on colonoscopy completion … in patients with an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT). … A simple and robust method for multivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. … Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Nutrition, Cardiovascular Conditions, Blood Pressure, Policy Viswanathan

49. Prescribers-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/prescribers-facilitator-guide.docx
    June 01, 2021 - The fact that a nurse has to call to inform someone about the result of a laboratory test because of … The CBC indicated a white blood cell count of 9,200 and the urinalysis showed 67 WBC per high-powered … The stool is sent to the laboratory to evaluate for Clostridioides difficile infection. … A: Urinalysis with 67 white blood cells per high powered field. … Also, his white blood cell count was normal. You may remember his chest x ray is unchanged.

50. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/33-hip-fracture-surgery-patient.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - These inflate like balloons to keep blood moving. … ■ To prevent blood clots, we’ll show you how to keep blood moving in your legs. … Blood Thinner Medication Safety It’s important to prevent blood clots. … Find out if you should get anything like: ■ A shower stool, so you can sit down in the shower. … This gets blood flowing, which helps you heal.

51. Episiotomy (Overuse): Report (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-0083-fullreport.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - Mediolateral episiotomy is associated with difficulty of repair, greater blood loss, and possibly, increased … • The likelihood of leaking stool or gas. • Pain with intercourse. … The prospective studies examined did not identify improvements in continence for urine or stool or in … episiotomy for the purpose of preventing pelvic floor defects, urinary incontinence, or incontinence of stool … A “feasible data element” is one that can be captured by the test site EHR system.

52. Episiotomy (Overuse) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0083episiotomy.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - Mediolateral episiotomy is associated with difficulty of repair, greater blood loss, and possibly, increased … • The likelihood of leaking stool or gas. • Pain with intercourse. … The prospective studies examined did not identify improvements in continence for urine or stool or in … episiotomy for the purpose of preventing pelvic floor defects, urinary incontinence, or incontinence of stool … A “feasible data element” is one that can be captured by the test site EHR system.

53. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-fracture-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - These inflate like balloons to keep blood moving. … ■ To prevent blood clots, we’ll show you how to keep blood moving in your legs. … Blood Thinner Medication Safety It’s important to prevent blood clots. … Find out if you should get anything like: ■ A shower stool, so you can sit down in the shower. … This gets blood flowing, which helps you heal.

54. Preparing for and Recovering After Gynecologic Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/35-gynecologic-surgery-patient.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - Gynecologic Surgery Patient Education Guide 11 Find out if you should get anything like: ■ A shower stool … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … These inflate like balloons to keep blood moving. … ■ You may get a shot of blood thinner medication to help prevent blood clots. … ■ Some of your diabetes, blood pressure, or blood thinner medications may be stopped while you’re

55. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=337
    January 01, 2024 - In this paper, the authors discuss the term the ‘panculture’ – microbiological culture of blood, urine … , sputum or stool in search of an offending pathogen- as well as the pros and cons of the practice. … Keywords: Blood Pressure, Emergency Department, Provider: Physician, Shared Decision Making

56. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - have grab bars and a handheld shower hose installed in the bathroom, and they may also get a shower stool … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … ■ You may get a shot of blood thinner medication to help prevent blood clots. … ■ Some of your diabetes, blood pressure, or blood thinner medications may be stopped while you’re … ■ To prevent blood clots, we’ll show you how to keep blood moving in your legs.

57. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/31-hip-knee-surgery-patient.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - have grab bars and a handheld shower hose installed in the bathroom, and they may also get a shower stool … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … ■ You may get a shot of blood thinner medication to help prevent blood clots. … ■ Some of your diabetes, blood pressure, or blood thinner medications may be stopped while you’re … ■ To prevent blood clots, we’ll show you how to keep blood moving in your legs.

58. Preparing for and Recovering After Gynecologic Surgery (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/gynecologic-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - Gynecologic Surgery Patient Education Guide 11 Find out if you should get anything like: ■ A shower stool … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … These inflate like balloons to keep blood moving. … ■ You may get a shot of blood thinner medication to help prevent blood clots. … ■ Some of your diabetes, blood pressure, or blood thinner medications may be stopped while you’re

59. Final Progress Report: Investigating Failures of Notification and Monitoring in Outpatient Care: the Safety Promotion Action Research and Knowledge Network (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/sarkar2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - significant (greater than 6-month) delay in obtaining recommended colonoscopy for a positive Fecal Occult Blood … Test (FOBT). … (The INR measures how well a blood thinner is working; blood that is too thin or not thin enough can … Warfarin is a blood thinner medication, and guidelines advise assessing its efficacy by measuring the … Timely diagnosis: For follow up of an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT, a stool-based test

60. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=85
    January 01, 2024 - They conducted a multicenter test of the tool and assessed its performance. … Multicenter test of an emergency department trigger tool for detecting adverse events. … Stool samples were collected before and after a 90-day FMT trial. … measure of the pathophysiologic derangement in DKA as compared with the nonspecific measurements of blood … Given the rise in genomic testing, we sought to understand patients' knowledge of their genetic test