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  1. Health and economic outcomes of newborn screening for infantile-onset Pompe disease (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/priority-populations/richardson-et-al-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Ambulatory Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. 4Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … New Jersey, New York, Michigan, and Missouri newborn screening programs. eSee Table S3b for details. fAll … a threshold range of $150,000 to $450,000/QALY), screening for infantile-onset Pompe disease would fall … were reduced by 80%, the cost- effectiveness ratio for NBS for infantile-onset Pompe disease would fall … authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  2. Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressuer Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
    April 10, 2017 - important to Medicaid and/or CHIP because the medically complex patients who are treated in the PICU often fall … Multiple logistic regression was used to determine which prevention strategies were associated with … Pediatric skin care: Guidelines for assessment, prevention, and treatment. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set. Version 1.0. … Guideline for prevention and management of pressure ulcers.

  3. An Ambulatory Care Curriculum for Advancing Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Mottur.pdf
    June 01, 2005 - The four training sessions at College headquarters in Philadelphia fall under the exemplary demonstration … Therefore, in the fall of 2003 we surveyed the Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 4 318 48 presenters … later date we contacted nonresponders again while including presenters who had been added since the fall

  4. In Conversation With... José A, Morfín, MD, FASN | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jose-morfin-md-fasn
    April 28, 2021 - Open Communication between the Clinic and Patient Clear communication provides a critical role in the prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Reviewed March 11, 2019. Accessed February 13, 2020. … May 8, 2024 The challenge of risk prevention in home healthcare-an interview study with

  5. Spotlight

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/spotlight_case_csf_leak_after_elective_spine_surgery_slides_-_final.pptx
    January 01, 2024 - minimize CSF leak, mimic the compliance of dura, and be biologically inert.48 Currently, the options fall … suture repair. 26 26 Intraoperative Management – Sealants (2) Commercially available sealants fall … Closed continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid via a lumbar subarachnoid catheter for treatment or prevention

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2020 - A "Reflexive" Diagnosis in Primary Care April 1, 2014 Betjemann J, Josephson AS. A "Reflexive" Diagnosis in Primary Care. PSNet [internet]. 2014. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reflexive-diagnosis-primary-care Case Objectives Appreciate that primary care doctors may be caring for an increasing number of patients wi…

  7. Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Indwelling Urinary Catheters Facilitator Notes (doc file)

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    April 01, 2022 - Sustaining improvements in CAUTI prevention requires monitoring and feedback of catheter use and CAUTI

  8. In Conversation with...Sorrel King | PSNet

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    March 01, 2007 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.

  9. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)

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    October 05, 2021 - diabetes is made when 2 or more glucose values fall at or above the specified glucose thresholds.27 … A diagnosis of gestational diabetes is made when 1 or more glucose values fall at or above the specified … The USPSTF has several recommendations related to pregnancy and the prevention of gestational diabetes … Related USPSTF Recommendations The USPSTF has several recommendations related to pregnancy and the prevention

  10. In Conversation With… Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-ashish-k-jha-md-mph
    May 01, 2013 - measures, it's pretty hard to measure diagnostic errors for example, and some of the other issues that fall … from Medicare's Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, including process measures focused on the prevention … In 2014, the program will expand to include the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention.

  11. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/NASHPDisparitiesReport.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - , “Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black … In New Jersey, mental health programming and data fall outside the purview of the Department of Health … examines the state on the county level and grades each county in a number of different categories that fall … • Other states fall somewhere along a continuum. … The state hosted a chronic disease summit in the fall of 2010, which focused on building partnerships

  12. Feasibility of a Touch Screen Computer Based Breastfeeding Educational Support - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021321-joshi-final-report-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Current breast-feeding rates fall short of these goals. … Currently, 75% of babies born in the U.S. are initially breastfed, but rates fall to 43% at 6 months … Current breast-feeding rates fall short of these goals. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Breastfeeding report card: United States 2010.

  13. Sustaining Zero CLABSIs (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/zero-clabsi.html
    April 01, 2013 - One nurse noted that patients who needed wheelchairs would try unassisted and fall.

  14. Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/addressing-workplace-violence-and-creating-safer-workplace
    October 31, 2023 - suggested actions for mitigating violence. 5 The Joint Commission released new workplace violence prevention … When reviewing the effectiveness of violence prevention training for nurses, research has found that … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2002. Accessed October 3, 2023. … Workplace Violence Prevention Standards . R3 Report: Requirement, Rationale, Reference. 2021. … Congress has introduced a bill called the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service

  15. Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
    January 29, 2008 - This latter prevention-focused definition best fits the application of OBM. … Although this is a useful classification system, prevention requires a specification of actions leading … compensation was discontinued, though, CPOE use declined to 42 percent after several months but did not fall … The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention. … AIDS prevention: Improving nurses’ compliance with glove wearing through performance feedback.

  16. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention … resistant organisms (MDROs). 3 Overview of the PSP Several major categories of MDRO infection prevention … Transmission-based precautions” and was meant to include masks, gowns, decontamination, etc. for the prevention … However, a preliminary search of COVID-19 infection prevention studies yielded >13,000 titles, far … Global Strategy on Infection Prevention and Control.

  17. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2015 - Mechanical complications include urethral trauma, hematuria, immobility, and fall risk. … Infection prevention plays a consulting and facilitating role to support the effort. … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009. … Guideline for prevention of catheter‐associated urinary tract infections 2009.

  18. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - Mechanical complications include urethral trauma, hematuria, immobility, and fall risk. … Infection prevention plays a consulting and facilitating role to support the effort. … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009. … Guideline for prevention of catheter‐associated urinary tract infections 2009.

  19. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - Mechanical complications include urethral trauma, hematuria, immobility, and fall risk. … Infection prevention plays a consulting and facilitating role to support the effort. … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009. … Guideline for prevention of catheter‐associated urinary tract infections 2009.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837658/psn-pdf
    July 08, 2022 - In these situations, decisions for the unrepresented patient fall to the medical provider.
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