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  1. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreenref.html
    October 01, 2018 - Why hasn't this patient been screened for colon cancer? An Iowa Research Network study.

  2. In Conversation With... Jack Westfall, MD, MPH | PSNet

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    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.”

  3. Fire in the Hole!—An OR Fire | PSNet

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    August 03, 2017 - The Case A patient was taken to the operating room (OR) to undergo a planned laparoscopic subtotal colon … After resecting the segment of the colon where the tumor was located, the surgeon realized that he had

  4. 077-Contact-Precautions-One-Pager (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/077-contact-precautions-one-pager.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission Pathways MRSA can spread through either direct contact (from person to person) or indirect contact (by touching something in the environment that was previously contaminated by someone else). The use of transmission-based precautions, specifically contact …

  5. Chartbook on Black Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/qdr-blackhealth-slides.html
    November 01, 2020 - Slide 38 Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon. … of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined improved overall (55.4% … In 2012, the percentage of patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer … Importance: Colon and rectal procedures are ranked among the most harmful procedures, with high rates

  6. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - Mandel JS, Bond JH, Church TR, et al; Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study. … Dis Colon Rectum . 2016;59(7):677-687. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000000603 184. … Risk of colon perforation during colonoscopy at Baylor University Medical Center. … Dis Colon Rectum . 2014;57(1):110-114. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000000002 214. … Dis Colon Rectum . 2007;50(1):56-63. doi:10.1007/s10350-006-0806-9 224.

  7. Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/allergies-slides.pptx
    September 01, 2022 - Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Best Practices in the Management of Patients With Antibiotic Allergies Ambulatory Care AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0030 September 2022 Antibiotic Allergies AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Us…

  8. Dependence vs. Pain | PSNet

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    October 30, 2019 - aggressive intravenous fluids, and his abdominal computed tomography scan (CT) revealed a perforated colon … April 1, 2015 WebM&M Cases Wrong Turn through Colon

  9. Safety of patients isolated for infection control. | PSNet

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    January 15, 2020 - Study Classic Safety of patients isolated for infection control. Citation Text: Stelfox HT, Bates DW, Redelmeier DA. Safety of patients isolated for infection control. JAMA. 2003;290(14):1899-1905. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibT…

  10. Promoting Use of an Integrated Personal Health Record for Prevention - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/promoting-use-integrated-personal-health-record-prevention/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - services by more than 5 percent, and by more than 10 percent for some specific individual services (colon

  11. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions between Care Settings - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-health-care-quality-primary-care-va/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - The project observed statistically and clinically greater increases in colon and cervical cancer and

  12. Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-and-physician-attire-possible-source-nosocomial-infections
    July 01, 2016 - Study Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. Citation Text: Wiener-Well Y, Galuty M, Rudensky B, et al. Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39(7):555-9. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.016. …

  13. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.179_slideshow.ppt
    July 01, 2008 - An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a perforated colon, likely from diverticulitis.

  14. IV. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolkit4.html
    April 01, 2018 - Why hasn't this patient been screened for colon cancer? An Iowa research network study.

  15. Diagnostic Error Measures: For Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Research (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/adelman-summit2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Lung Cancer Prostate Cancer Colon Cancer Trigger Chest x-ray or CT scan flagged by radiologist

  16. 117-Decolonization-Agent-One-Pager (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/117-decolonization-agent-one-pager.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Products Used for S. aureus Nasal Decolonization Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Why Focus on Nasal Decolonization To Prevent Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)? Staphylococcus aureus is a frequently a commensal organism known to colonize skin and mucosal areas. …

  17. 065-Ssi-Prevention-Periop-Roadmap-Checklist (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/065-ssi-prevention-periop-roadmap-checklist.docx
    April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Date: ______________________________________ Patient Label (or name, MRN and surgeon) Perioperative Roadmap Tool Surgical ServicesSSI Prevention Phases For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Adapt the checklist below to your ho…

  18. Quality Measures for Colonoscopy (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Logan_QMforColonoscopy_Narrative_v4.pdf
    December 12, 2008 - • History of colon resection is identified from the History screen when, under "Surgical History" … Procedures removed from this denominator include those in which there is a history of colon resection … • History of colon resection is identified from the History screen when, under Past Surgical History

  19. Scientific Rationale (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/scientific-rationale.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - Scientific Rationale Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 4 – Scientific Rationale The Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been recognized as a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In 1999, the Ins…

  20. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Executive Summary (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - The three measures that improved most reflected better care for people with colon cancer and HIV and …  From 2000 to 2018, the rate of colon cancer deaths decreased 36%, from 20.8 to 13.4 deaths per
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