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81. Appendix B23: Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Drugs and falls in older people: a systematic review and metaanalysis: II. … Cardiac and analgesic drugs. J Am Geriat Soc 1999;47(1):40-50.

82. Appendix, MATCH Resources for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm296593.htm—Includes tips you can use to find out … protecting the public's health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs

83. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration
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    May 01, 2017 - unit to consider as it establishes its processes for ensuring safe medication administration of these drugs … Admin. 3 High-Alert Medications1 High-alert medications are “drugs that bear a heightened risk of … Although mistakes are not necessarily more common with these drugs, the consequences of errors are more … safeguards to reduce the risk of errors, such as the following: Improving access to information about these drugs

84. Medical Injury Identification Using Hospital Discharge Data (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2003 - Medical injuries were classified into four broad categories: (1) drugs; (2) procedures; (3) devices, … E-codes identified 98.5 percent of the medical injuries due to drugs and 78.9 percent of those due … Conversely, N-codes identified only 22.1 percent of medical injuries due to drugs and 53.9 percent of … 538 1.0 N/A† Specific reaction to unknown drug 1,316 2.4 1.43*** Misc. comp due to unspecified drugs … Our screening criteria identified a higher proportion of patient safety problems due to drugs than in

85. Appendix I. Initial Risk Factors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Hospitalizations in Prior 12 Months   N Y     Surgical Site   N Y     Anesthetic Drugs … Aureus Colonization   Y Y     Preoperative Shower   Y Y     Immunosuppressive Drugs

86. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2020 - There was also a larger reduction in the number of drugs prescribed in the intervention group (p<0.046 … When two STOPP criteria, the prescription of benzodiazepines or of neuroleptic drugs to patients who … According to the STOPP criteria, 70 drugs were inappropriately prescribed before the intervention, and … 20 drugs after 6 months. … The median number of inappropriately prescribed drugs according to the STOPP criteria before education

87. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2004 - Early in his recovery, when the patient asked for his prescriptions to be renewed, all drugs that were … Pharmacists are more familiar than physicians with the concentrations of various drugs. … The cardiovascular drugs were refilled most often (21 percent), at a rate well above the second category … Percent of drug categories for Keflavik Pharmacy Refill Clinic Cardiovascular drugs include angiotensin … clinical pharmacist is empowered in this revised practice model to facilitate the work they know best—drugs

88. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2017 - have the time to explore alternatives (e.g., maternity care, elective surgeries); and prescription drugs … Payment data, which summarizes utilization and payments for procedures, services, and prescription drugs … costs for the procedure, where total cost includes physician services, facility fees, anesthesia, drugs

89. 3 Tk1 T5-Draft Policies And Procedures For The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - stewardship program intervention] DATE: [Date] Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals … Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in long-term care settings, yet reports indicate

90. The “Never Antibiotic” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - Drugs for cough. Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2018 Dec 17;60(1562):206-8.

91. Timely Antiobiotics for Children With Severe Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - defined as a mean heart rate > 2 SD above normal for age in the absence of external stimulus, chronic drugs … as a mean heart rate <10th percentile for age in the absence of external vagal stimulus, β-blocker drugs

92. Section 2, Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    June 15, 2018 - defined as a mean heart rate > 2 SD above normal for age in the absence of external stimulus, chronic drugs … as a mean heart rate <10th percentile for age in the absence of external vagal stimulus, β-blocker drugs

93. AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - The technicians interview these patients to learn what drugs, vitamins, and supplements they take, as … "Many times, we see patients taking multiple drugs for the same condition, which may or may not be

94. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs but can have harmful side effects.

95. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - If your family member takes other medications, sometimes the antibiotic might interact with certain drugs … previous antibiotics (and which ones if possible) · Previous antibiotic-resistant infections · Other drugs … Food and Drug Administration at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely

96. Adolescents who present to the ED with psychotic symptoms should receive the laboratory tests | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Psychosis PQMP COE:  COE4CCN Associated NQF # and Name:  2806, Adolescent Psychosis: Screening for Drugs

97. Falls Reduction Training Program
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    October 01, 2008 - urgency Lower-extremity weakness Gait and balance deficits Use of tranquilizers, sedative-hypnotic drugs … , or antihypertensive drugs Use of four or more prescription drugs Postural or orthostatic hypotension

98. Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - in JAMA Network Open , researchers analyzed data from 2017 to 2021 and found that 13.7 percent of drugs … Researchers said that injectable drugs, generics and essential World Health Organization medicines had

99. Analysis of Patient Safety: Converting Complex Pediatric Chemotherapy Ordering Processes from Paper to Electronic Systems (pdf file)
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    March 30, 2008 - Drugs received from the pharmacy are compared against the orders and electronic medication administration … These intermittent orders (IV fluids, multiple IV drugs admixed in the same admixture bag, or single … IV drugs) include an infusion rate, an amount of time over which to infuse each dose, and the frequency … Elimination of the use of acronyms, brand names, or abbreviations of chemotherapy drugs. 5. … Distinct labeling and packaging of chemotherapy drugs. 9.

100. Appendix B5: Falls Assessment Cue Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Falls Engineer Instructions Text Description  Medications Review the resident's drugs … Consider all drugs in each of the classes listed below when completing the medications section of the