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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43345/psn-pdf
July 16, 2014 - avoiding-potential-harm-improving-appropriateness-urinary-catheter-use-18-
emergency
This pre-post study found that implementation of institutional guidelines … The authors
recommend establishing guidelines for placement, engaging clinician champions, conducting
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48166/psn-pdf
August 28, 2019 - analysis of surgical pain management practice changes
used in 43 hospitals in response to prescription guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safemedicationcom
July 10, 2019 - July 10, 2019
Policy Positions and Guidelines. … May 13, 2021
ECRI Guidelines Trust.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-safety-initiative-toolkit
January 01, 2023 - January 27, 2021
Guidelines for opioid prescribing in children and adolescents after … See More About The Topic
Ordering/Prescribing Errors
Opiates/Narcotics
Practice Guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49544/psn-pdf
September 01, 2007 - Professional societies have developed evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment
of patients … 1,3) To facilitate the measurement of and improvement in quality of care in HF,
components of these guidelines … Joint
Commission/CMS, as performance measures.(4,5) These performance measures are based on practice
guidelines … 3)
A well-documented treatment gap exists for patients with HF despite readily accessible national guidelines … (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for
the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42884/psn-pdf
February 06, 2014 - for behavior
change to hospital workers' real-time explanations for
noncompliance with hand hygiene guidelines … for behavior change to hospital
workers' real-time explanations for noncompliance with hand hygiene guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transparent-and-open-discussion-errors-does-not-increase-malpractice-risk-trauma-patients
October 19, 2022 - April 19, 2013
Evidence-based guidelines for fatigue risk management in EMS: formulating … August 3, 2017
Evidence-based guidelines for fatigue risk management in emergency medical … March 14, 2022
Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/managing-alarms-acute-care-across-life-span-electrocardiography-and-pulse-oximetry
April 01, 2019 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines
Managing Alarms in Acute Care Across the Life Span … June 8, 2016
Alarm management: promoting safety and establishing guidelines.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-02/final_spotlight_opat_powerpoint_01102020_tocme.pdf
January 01, 2020 - require a higher level of care may complete their
therapy in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).
10
Guidelines … 2018
– Additionally released an OPAT eHandbook
– https://www.idsociety.org/opat-ehandbook/
• IDSA Guidelines … • Vancomycin per IDSA OPAT Guidelines requires weekly therapeutic
drug monitoring in patients with … system after
discharge
26
Take-Home Points
• Laboratory monitoring is recommended in the OPAT guidelines … (5)
Background:
Settings
Guidelines:
OPAT Team Members:
Evaluating OPAT Cases:
Necessary Components
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49706/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - College of Gastroenterology, and European Society of
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines … (Table).(4,5) However, all three guidelines
advocate for vancomycin as first-line therapy for patients … Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in
adults: 2010 update by the Society … Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
Clostridium difficile infections. … Gastroenterology
Guidelines
European Society of Clinical
Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases Guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49643/psn-pdf
December 01, 2011 - Director of Case Management contacted the
neurologist to provide him with the 2010 evidence-based guidelines … There are evidence-based
guidelines for use of apheresis to facilitate high quality care of patients … desire to "do something" is so strong in medicine that the neurologist ignored the evidence-based
guidelines … Physicians often ignore guidelines with the best of intentions—our medical culture values doing something … unlikely that this young woman
knew she was getting more treatments than the professional society guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46313/psn-pdf
December 21, 2017 - Although recent opioid prescribing guidelines recommend reducing doses and limiting duration of therapy … ,
the impact of adherence to these guidelines on patient outcomes remains unknown.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/aspen-parenteral-nutrition-safety-consensus-recommendations
June 12, 2018 - March 6, 2019
Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … August 14, 2019
ASHP guidelines on preventing medication errors in hospitals. … Care Providers
Internal Medicine
Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events
Practice Guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44930/psn-pdf
June 01, 2016 - The results suggest that standardized reporting guidelines may improve peer-reviewed articles
about … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/squire-20-standards-quality-improvement-reporting-excellence-revised-publication-guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consumermedsafetyorg
April 12, 2019 - April 24, 2018
ISMP Guidelines for Safe Medication Use in Perioperative and Procedural … November 12, 2014
ISMP Guidelines for Sterile Compounding and the Safe Use of Sterile
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-culture-safety-opioid-prescribing-handbook-healthcare-executives
May 01, 2023 - April 17, 2019
Reduction in opioid prescribing through evidence-based prescribing guidelines … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Ordering/Prescribing Errors
Opiates/Narcotics
Practice Guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48006/psn-pdf
May 15, 2019 - limits-opioid-prescribing-leave-patients-chronic-pain-vulnerable
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/could-cdc-guidelines-be-driving-some-opioid-patients-suicide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49761/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - The most widely cited recommendation, the 2005 Fleischner
Society guidelines, stratified the surveillance … protocol based on the nodule size and patient risk profile.(7)
These guidelines are shown in the Table … These are summarized in the updated 2013 Fleischner and ACCP guidelines. … A second key distinction in
the 2013 Fleischner guidelines is that patients with history of smoking … Guidelines for management of small
pulmonary nodules detected on CT scans: a statement from the Fleischner
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49796/psn-pdf
June 01, 2017 - In the absence of consistent clinical guidelines on chest tube removal, it is not surprising to find … Factors contributing to the error in this case include lack of clear guidelines on chest tube removal … BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain. Thorax. 2003;58(suppl 2):ii53-ii59. … Guidelines Belgian Society of Pneumology. … Guidelines on the
management of spontaneous pneumothorax. Acta Chir Belg. 2005;105:265-267.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/wild-west-patient-safety-office-based-anesthesia
April 01, 2003 - Office-Based Anesthesia: State Statutes, Regulations and Guidelines. … Guidelines for Office-Based Anesthesia. … Guidelines for Ambulatory Anesthesia and Surgery. … Guidelines for Nonoperating Room Anesthetizing Locations. … March 15, 2023
Increased adherence to perioperative safety guidelines associated with