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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram
What is an antibiogram?
· Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics for suspected bacterial infections. These tools utilize microbiologic data from resident specimens from a nursing facility to estima…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram
What is an antibiogram?
• Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/appendix-a.html
April 01, 2020 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Appendix A: Guide to Online Resources Successfully Used by Hospitals to Improve Patient Flow
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-key.html
September 01, 2015 - Chartbook on Women's Health Care
Key Findings of the 2014 QDR
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Table of Contents
Chartbook on Women's Health Care
Acknowledgments
Women's Health Care
Key Findings of the 2014 QDR
2014 Chartbooks
Access to Health Care
Affordability
Communication and Care Coordin…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/surgecapacitytool.html
May 01, 2020 - Northeastern University Hospital Surge Capacity Planning Model: Bed, Ventilator, and PPE 1-30 Day Demand
Note: AHRQ has not evaluated or validated this resource. In the overview, the developer describes the testing that has been conducted to date .
The COVID pandemic is placing enormous surge demand and…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/cli-checklist/index.html
February 01, 2024 - Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
This checklist provides sequential critical steps that have shown to reduce central line-associated infections.
Clinicians can take steps to prevent central line-associated infections. This checklist from Johns Hopkins Medicine provides critical steps that have been …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/alcohol/index.html
October 01, 2024 - EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Problem Unhealthy alcohol use is one of the Nation’s leading causes of preventable death, affecting almost a third of adults. It is associated with adverse effects on physical and mental health. In addition, unhealthy alcohol use has detrimental socioeconomic consequ…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/06-outpt-mhs-webcast-closing.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey Webcast - CLOSING
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/long-covid/faqs-long-covid.pdf
April 02, 2025 - If applicants do not have
specific data on any required element, they must present best estimates (indicating … that they are
estimates) and describe their ability and plan to collect these elements if funded.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/index.html
September 01, 2013 - Content Calls for the Nationwide Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
These webinars occurred during first national CUSP implementation project where hospital teams pioneered the use of CUSP. That project focused on reducing central line-associated blood stream infections, Becaus…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-safety-chg-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Iodophor
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-7 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Safety and Side Effects of
Chlorhexidine and Iodophor
This hospital will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-safety-chg-mupirocin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-6 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Safety and Side Effects of
Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin
This hospital will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/intro-welcome.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Introduction and Welcome
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 1 – Introduction and Welcome
This toolkit will provide hospital infection prevention programs with instructions for
implementing targeted decolonization in adult patients with medical devices in hospital units
outside of int…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-1.html
September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science
Introduction
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The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childb…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses1.html
August 01, 2022 - Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
Introduction
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Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
Introduction
The Theory of Distributed Cognition
Nu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/2022-mosops-database-report-part-I.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Estimates based on this self-selected group may produce biased estimates of the population and
it is … not possible to compute estimates of precision from such a self-selected group. … Census Bureau Economic Surveys, Office of Physicians estimates. We calculated the 2019 U.S.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202202.html
February 01, 2022 - Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections
Search All Impact Case Studies
February 2022
Using AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program ( CUSP ), Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/smoking.html
March 01, 2021 - Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources
About 42 million people in the United States (nearly 18 percent of the population) currently smoke. Tobacco use is a leading cause of illness, disability, and death in the United States. Cigarette smoking accounts for one out of every five deaths and is estimated to incr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The hospital
estimates that higher nursing staff retention has led to a
savings of $3 million over
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6d.pdf
July 07, 2017 - A Harris Poll in 2011 estimates that three-quarters of
all adults have looked for health information