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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/038-what-mrsa-info-sheet.docx
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…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/norman.pdf
January 06, 2017 - So now I'm gonna run you through a large project we did called Testing to
Prevent Colon Cancer in rural … And it aimed
to increase the screening rates for colon cancer in our community. … I actually wrote them
down because Jack would be upset if he knew I forgot them: colon cancer is the … second leading cause of cancer death, colon cancer is preventable, testing is
worth it, and talk … The
palm cards said, hand this card to somebody and ask them about colon cancer.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/norman.pdf
January 06, 2017 - So now I'm gonna run you through a large project we did called Testing to
Prevent Colon Cancer in rural … And it aimed
to increase the screening rates for colon cancer in our community. … I actually wrote them
down because Jack would be upset if he knew I forgot them: colon cancer is the … second leading cause of cancer death, colon cancer is preventable, testing is
worth it, and talk … The
palm cards said, hand this card to somebody and ask them about colon cancer.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/diets
August 14, 2013 - Strategies To Prevent Weight Gain in Adults: Future Research Needs
Systematic Review
Archived
August 14, 2013
Strategies To Prevent Weight Gain Among Adults
Systematic Review
Archived
March 25, 2013
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Maternal and Child Health: An Updated Systematic Re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/easily-forgotten-tube
June 01, 2016 - spinal lesion can start autonomic dysreflexia; Safaz and colleagues ( 11 ) report that irritation of the colon … Dis Colon Rectum. 1998;41:1226-1229. [go to PubMed]
4. … Dis Colon Rectum. 2008;51:1427-1429. … April 1, 2013
WebM&M Cases
Wrong Turn through Colon
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49818/psn-pdf
January 01, 2018 - cancer screening, the primary care provider ordered a fecal
immunochemical test (FIT) to screen for colon … Because the colonoscopy represented the second step in the colon cancer screening process after a
positive … The
colonoscopy demonstrated colon cancer; the diagnosis was made more than 6 months after the positive … www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24131175
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23835949
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-promotion-behavioral-counseling-1996
January 01, 1996 - Diverticular disease of the colon. In: Trowell H, Burkitt D, Heaton K, eds. … Fibre and cancer of the colon. Br J Cancer. 1973;28:462–463. [ PMC free article ] [ PubMed ] 93. … Dietary factors in colon cancer: international relationships. … Low-fiber intake as an etiologic factor in cancer of the colon. … Diet and cancer of the colon and rectum: a case-control study.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/colorectal-cancer-screening3
January 03, 2019 - distribution of colorectal lesions (colorectal cancer, advanced adenomas, or small adenomatous polyps) in the colon … or size ≥10 mm) and/or adenomatous polyps by size (i.e., ≤5 mm, 6 to 9 mm, ≥10 mm) or by location in colon
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/RuralHealth.pdf
March 01, 2016 - High Plains Research Network (HPRN
Use of colon cancer testing in rural Colorado primary care practices … Testing to prevent colon cancer: how rural community members took on a community-based intervention: … and spent 6 months developing a locally relevant
intervention-Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer. … Testing to prevent colon cancer: how rural community members took on a
community-based intervention. … Use of colon cancer testing in rural Colorado primary care practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolkit.pdf
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.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/crctoolkit.pdf
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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838222/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - The community had an understanding
that testing to prevent colon cancer was important. … You notice that I changed the language there from
“colorectal cancer” to “colon cancer.” … When we actually worked with a group of community members, they said “colon cancer”
screening. … We don’t use the word “rectal” at the dinner table, so can we just call it colon cancer? … People were coming in saying, “I’m here to get tested to prevent
colon cancer.”
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/prevention-infection-mdro/rapid-research
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-slides.pptx
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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-bacterial-cultures.pdf
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…
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nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/National/trend/table/Setting_of_Care/Hospital
February 17, 2021 - event with IV heparin in adult hospital patients who received an anticoagulant -13.6
Patients with colon … cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/appendectomy-booklet.pdf
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].
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2002
June 13, 2002 - polyps per 1,000 examinations. 13 Although sigmoidoscopy can only visualize the lower half of the colon … , 14 it has been estimated to identify 80% of all patients with significant findings in the colon, because … findings on sigmoidoscopy will trigger examination of the entire colon. … A single case-control study suggests that colonoscopy is associated with lower incidence of colon cancer … Iatrogenic perforation of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum. 1982;25:305-308.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=194
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