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81. 038-What-Mrsa-Info-Sheet (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Patient Handout: What Is MRSA? ICU & Non-ICU What Is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)? Staphylococcus aureus is a germ that lives on skin that can sometimes cause infections. Most strains of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are easily treated using regular antibi…

82. Collecting Bacterial Cultures (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Collecting Bacterial Cultures AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029 June 2021 • Only collect bacterial cultures from residents with signs or symptoms suggesting bacterial infection. • Bacteria growing in urine or sputum i…

83. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Keller V Variable case detection and many unreported cases of surgical-site infection following colon … This study assesses hospital surgical-site infection (SSI) identification and reporting following colon … Variable case detection and many unreported cases of surgical-site infection following colon surgery

84. 093-Universal-Targeted-Decolonization-One-Pager (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - Comparison of Decolonization Strategies This document defines the types of decolonization strategies and what is needed to implement either approach. Mid- to high-level administrative managers and clinical leaders who are interested in implementing decolonization programs at their site may use this document to compare …

85. Toolkit for the System Approach to Tracking and Increasing Screening for Public Health Improvement of Colorectal Cancer Intervention (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2010 - Colon cancer is the nation’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. … El cáncer del colon es la segunda causa principal de muertes por cáncer en la nación. … Colon cancer is the nation’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. … El cáncer del colon es la segunda causa principal de muerte por cáncer en la nación. … Why hasn’t this patient been screened for colon cancer? An Iowa research network study.

86. Toolkit for the System Approach to Tracking and Increasing Screening for Public Health Improvement of Colorectal Cancer Intervention (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2010 - Colon cancer is the nation’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. … El cáncer del colon es la segunda causa principal de muertes por cáncer en la nación. … Colon cancer is the nation’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. … El cáncer del colon es la segunda causa principal de muerte por cáncer en la nación. … Why hasn’t this patient been screened for colon cancer? An Iowa research network study.

87. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 01, 2019 - Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 18 Fecal Microbiota Transplantation19-23 Colon … almost 100% for recurrent CDI Highest success rates associated with instillation of feces via the colon

88. One-Pager-Aspiration-Pneumonia (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - DiagnosisAspiration Pneumonitis and Aspiration Pneumonia · Aspiration pneumonitis is an abrupt chemical injury caused by inhalation of sterile gastric contents. It generally causes fever, increased oxygen requirements, and an elevated white blood cell count, and this typically resolves…

89. Slide Presentation: Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention
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    October 01, 2024 - Slide Presentation: Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention ICU & Non-ICU AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0007 October 2024 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Contact Precautions 1 | 2 Discuss the purpose behind using contact pr…

90. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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    April 01, 2022 - Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes CAUTI Module: Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Guide Slide Number and Image This module, titled “Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting” is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program …

91. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Association of open approach vs laparoscopic approach with risk of surgical site infection after colon … The authors assessed whether laparoscopic colon surgery is associated with a lower surgical site infection … and resources for laparoscopy, especially at low-adoption hospitals, may be associated with reduced colon … educational policies to help achieve improvement in patient outcomes and decreased health care use in colon … Association of open approach vs laparoscopic approach with risk of surgical site infection after colon

92. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2023 - Your Body Stomach Small intestine Large intestine (Colon) Rectum Anus Appendix Food is broken … Next, it moves into your colon (large intestine). … The colon absorbs water, and the leftover waste becomes feces (poop). … At the beginning of the colon is a little finger-shaped pouch called the appendix [uh-PEN-diks]. … At the end of the colon is the rectum [REK-tuhm].

93. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
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    September 26, 2024 - Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) hospital? AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) ICU & Non-ICU Please answer the following questions related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure…

94. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2023 - Your Body Stomach Small intestine Large intestine (Colon) Rectum Anus Appendix Food is broken … Next, it moves into your colon (large intestine). … The colon absorbs water, and the leftover waste becomes feces (poop). … At the beginning of the colon is a little finger-shaped pouch called the appendix [uh-PEN-diks]. … At the end of the colon is the rectum [REK-tuhm].

95. 048-Key-Evidence-Decolonization (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, et al. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Cleanse Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: The Effectiveness of Source Control to Reduce the Bioburden of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Purpose: To evaluate impact of daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bath…

96. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI Slide Presentation Slide 1 Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control St. John Hospital and Medical Center Professor of Medicine Wayne St…

97. Written Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Colon Cancer Screening : This study shows how easy-to-read brochures can increase participation in colon

98. Both Hysterectomies and Myomectomies for Fibroid Removal Improve Quality of Life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2019 - July 16, 2019 AHRQ Stats: Colon Cancer Screenings Among women ages 50–64, 61.2 … percent received colon cancer screening in 2015, compared with only 56.2 percent of men in the same age

99. A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2014 - For example, a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer can cause bleeding or even a tear of the intestine

100. Preparación y recuperación después de una cirugía colorrectal (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - De ahí pasan al colon (intestino grueso). El colon absorbe el agua de los desechos. … Cerca del inicio del colon hay un pequeño saco conocido como apéndice. … Al final del colon está el recto. … La cirugía de colon o recto puede hacerse para tratar condiciones tales como el cáncer de colon, o condiciones … Podrá darse cuenta cuando el colon está vacío porque ya no expulsa ningún desecho y es mayormente un