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1541. Index of CUSP Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical … Checkup Tool (DOCX, 472 KB) A progress tool to collect information on staff actions and adherence to guidelines

1542. Final Progress Report: Patient Safety and the Primary Care Testing Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/elder-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - when physicians and/or staff note in the medical record that the result has been reviewed, note the clinical … Development of self-assessment tool: An extensive literature review was done, searching for applicable guidelines … Journal of clinical engineering. 2002 Spring 2002:110-5. 20. … Research Synthesis: The practice of cognitive interviewing. … Clinical research. A multimethod typology and qualitative roadmap.

1543. 021-Ss-Mrsa-Surveillance-Fg (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - Poor clinical outcomes are associated with SSIs. … Another passive surveillance method is to monitor the results of all clinical cultures collected from … A process to evaluate the effects of new or modified interventions may already exist in local practice … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by healthcare practitioners in accordance … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as guidelines

1544. Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/thyrser.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or a basis for reimbursement and coverage … Director Acting Director, Center for Practice and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … American Thyroid Association guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction. … Clinical practice. Subclinical hypothyroidism. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:260- 265. 77. … Clinical practice. Subclinical hyperthyroidism. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:512-516. 86.

1545. Low Tidal Volume (Lung Protective) Ventilation Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2017 - The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines highlight the use of low tidal volume strategy … Existing evidence favors the practice of low V t and that normal (low) V t ventilation is "safe and … Clinical review. … Existing evidence favors the practice of V t and that the use of protective V t ventilation is "safe … Authors asserted that existing evidence favors the practice of V t and that the use of protective V

1546. Final Progress Report: Society for Pediatric Sedation Consensus Meeting: Great Expectations— Defining Quality in Pediatric Sedation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/connors-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Hence, we are left with wide variation in pediatric practice. … What clinical processes are in place and are they patient/family centered? 3. … sedation efficiency (along with the other elements of quality) over the past 20 years, including better guidelines … sedation of children undergoing CT and MR imaging: Safety as judged by American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines … Deborah LaViolette, RN Clinical Manager, Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC 16.

1547. Anticipatory Guidance Regarding Hydroxyurea Treatment for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-213-fullreport.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - With support from both the NHLBI guidelines (2002) and an NIH Consensus Development Conference statement … Its use is currently approved only in adults, though NHLBI guidelines issued in 2002 support the off‐label … For the purpose of this section, please refer to the definitions for provider, practice site, medical … Provider Level Practice, group, or facility:** Can compare: (i) practice sites; (ii) medical or other … Clinical guidelines suggest that while the evidence for efficacy of hydroxyurea treatment for children

1548. 013-Ss-Cleaning-Fg (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/013-ss-cleaning-fg.docx
      April 01, 2025 - Monitoring the quality of cleaning is a key facet of environmental cleaning and necessary to ensure best clinical … practice. … This requires added time commitments from clinical staff and microbiology lab technicians. … The team decided to work with senior staff to establish guidelines to preferentially schedule elective … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as guidelines

1549. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2013 - practice. … What guidelines or evidence-based practice is your policy and procedure based on? … Practice Guidelines for Transitions of Care in Long Term Care Continuum  None of the above  Other … practice. … implementation steps for carrying out the program and the likely timeline to make the reports part of daily practice

1550. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/overviewmaterialspacket.pdf
      November 30, 2013 - practice. … What guidelines or evidence-based practice is your policy and procedure based on? … Practice Guidelines for Transitions of Care in Long Term Care Continuum  None of the above  Other … practice. … implementation steps for carrying out the program and the likely timeline to make the reports part of daily practice

1551. Tk3 T5 Minimum Criteria Nursing Staff Training (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK3_T5_Minimum_Criteria_Nursing_Staff_Training.docx
      October 01, 2016 - The SBAR forms are based on criteria developed by an expert consensus panel and modified clinical practice … guidelines for infections in older adults in nursing homes. … Slide 10 Guidelines for Antibiotic Use SAY: These criteria were developed by a group of experts brought … conditions are present for a suspected infection and whether or not those signs and symptoms meet the guidelines

1552. Availability of Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine and Specialty Care for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-fullreport.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - That is, recognizing that practice extends well beyond the research base, we designed this method to … We carefully operationalized the panel’s clinical recommendations by fine tuning AHRQ’s Clinical Classification … Provider Level 27 Practice, group, or facility:** Can compare: (i) practice sites; (ii) medical … practice. … Alcohol use and pregnancy consensus clinical guidelines.

1553. Final report: To Quantify the Impact of the Existing vs. Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance during Pretreatment QA Tasks (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mosaly-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Finally, a grand score is computed using the guidelines described by McAtamney and Corlett4 via a score … Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology. … practice. 3. … In addition, the American College of Radiology for radiation oncology practice accreditation (ACR 2017 … Conclusions: The study findings will not only provide guidelines to design workflows, workspaces, and

1554. Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Clinical ramifications? … The clinical impact and preventability of ventilator-associated conditions in critically ill patients … Do we follow evidence-based guidelines? Are we consistent with our practices? … The clinical impact and preventability of ventilator-associated conditions in critically ill patients

1555. 099-Cusp-Guide-Why-Choose-Cusp-Approach (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/099-cusp-guide-why-choose-cusp-approach.docx
      October 01, 2024 - In CUSP, a “defect” is defined as “any clinical or operational event or situation that you do not want … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by healthcare practitioners in accordance … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as guidelines

1556. AHRQ Final report: Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Institute (FGI) Guidelines for Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities. … one person from the Healthcare Guidelines Revision Committee (HGRC) of the Facilities Guidelines Institute … Facility Guidelines Institute (2010). … Guidelines for design and construction of health care facilities. … Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical medicine.

1557. Tool 3 Continued | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Visit AHRQ's  Guidelines and Measures microsite . … Summary to the Postdischarge Clinician Another important component of the RED is to ensure that the clinical … When the clinical information is not properly transmitted, the "receiving clinician" is unaware of important … clinical information and proper ongoing care of active medical issues is in jeopardy. … This is a significant patient safety and clinical quality issue.

1558. Tool 3 Continued | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool3a.html
      March 01, 2025 - Visit AHRQ's  Guidelines and Measures microsite . … Summary to the Postdischarge Clinician Another important component of the RED is to ensure that the clinical … When the clinical information is not properly transmitted, the "receiving clinician" is unaware of important … clinical information and proper ongoing care of active medical issues is in jeopardy. … This is a significant patient safety and clinical quality issue.

1559. Why is Self-Management Support important? (Video Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2016 - Among the patients, the nurses, the front desk staff, the clinical team as well as patient to provider … People think it's going to take more time to practice self management and the reality is that it takes

1560. Module 1. Detecting Change in a Resident's Condition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2018 - You will find it useful to practice speaking with them. 5. … Role Play This technique has participants take on roles in a clinical interaction. … Then go over some guidelines: Anything that comes up is confidential. This is a safe place. … Consider with the group how to apply the role play to real life clinical situations. … Practice Improvement: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals.