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November 27, 2018 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines
Patient Safety Systems Chapter. … June 1, 2016
Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications.
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June 13, 2018 - August 22, 2018
ISMP Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Subcutaneous Insulin Use in Adults … June 7, 2017
ISMP Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information
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January 10, 2018 - April 1, 2020
ASHP Guidelines on the Safe Use of Automated Compounding Devices for the … September 12, 2016
Obstetric practice guidelines: labor's love lost?
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March 13, 2013 - January 11, 2017
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The role of practice guidelines and evidence-based medicine in perioperative
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June 28, 2018 - This
website provides guidelines for use of opioid medications and information to raise awareness about
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December 08, 2015 - It develops new
guidelines related to patient safety issues (such as medication safety and prevention
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February 01, 2019 - Recognize that further research is needed to establish best practice guidelines with regard to the
interhospital … Thus, any existing protocols that the transfer center may have had (i.e., communication guidelines
that … These data can then be used to
create best practice guidelines for high-quality, safe interhospital … There are limited guidelines to direct best practices with regard to interhospital transfer, leading … More data is needed to direct the development of best practice guidelines with regard to interhospital
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June 17, 2010 - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines are available on the Web. … In fact, the AAP guidelines are internally inconsistent ( 6 ) and probably err on the side of recommending … Available guidelines for phototherapy and exchange transfusion are conservative; treating below guideline … Numbers needed to treat with phototherapy according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. … Universal bilirubin screening, guidelines, and evidence. Pediatrics. 2009;124:1199-1202.
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June 24, 2010 - This requires an effective system to incorporate evidence-based guidelines into the care of all patients … If health care organizations comply with guidelines to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections … To effectively ensure the safety of patients, we must adhere to evidence-based guidelines designed to … Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings … http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Isolation2007.pdf 17.
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September 22, 2010 - patterns, and feedback on prescribing practices, can change behavior.( 7 ) Hospitals can also develop guidelines … In some settings, these guidelines are maintained on a Web site for easy access by working physicians … These guidelines can be supplemented with informatics support including prescribing reminders, formulary … Implementing antibiotic practice guidelines through computer-assisted decision support: clinical and … Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
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September 01, 2015 - Efforts to improve the quality and safety of warfarin administration include publishing standardized guidelines … Although distributing evidence-based guidelines for anticoagulant medication administration resulted … Impact of prescribing guidelines for inpatient anticoagulation. … [go to PubMed] Table Guidelines for Warfarin Dosing Warfarin orders must be written daily … February 3, 2011
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of
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July 20, 2016 - In particular, such guidelines should address the requirement for proximal location of the IV, the hourly … Dellinger RP, Levy MM, Rhodes A, et al; Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee including The … Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, … Vasopressor and inotrope use in Canadian emergency departments: evidence based consensus guidelines. … European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 3.
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June 01, 2003 - patterns, and feedback on prescribing
practices, can change behavior.(7) Hospitals can also develop guidelines … In some
settings, these guidelines are maintained on a Web site for easy access by working physicians … These
guidelines can be supplemented with informatics support including prescribing reminders, formulary … Implementing antibiotic practice guidelines through
computer-assisted decision support: clinical and … Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-
related infections.
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March 11, 2011 - built on work by Pronovost and others demonstrating that systematic implementation of protocols and guidelines … management strategies, could result in major improvements in infection rates.( 5,6 ) Updated guidelines … Guidelines on the insertion and management of central venous access devices in adults. … Summary of recommendations: guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections … control measures [1A] Periodically assess knowledge of and adherence to guidelines
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January 01, 2019 - Adherence to guidelines and systematic approaches to improve drug administration
procedures can reduce
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October 10, 2012 - Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical
patient: a best practices guideline from the American
College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics
Society.
October 10, 2012
Chow WB, Rosenthal RA, Merkow RP, et al. Optimal preoperative assessment of the ge…
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January 08, 2016 - Interpretive diagnostic error reduction in surgical
pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of
American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality
Center and the Association of Directors of Anatomic and
Surgical Pathology.
January 8, 2016
Nakhleh RE, Nosé V, Colasacco C, et al. Interpretive Diagnost…
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April 25, 2016 - Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items.
April 25, 2016
Putnam K. Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items. AORN J. 2015;102(6):P11-P13.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guideline-prevention-retained-surgical-items
Retained surgical items are considered a sentinel event in perioperative care. Thi…
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August 27, 2018 - Guideline implementation: prevention of retained surgical
items.
August 27, 2018
Fencl JL. Guideline Implementation: Prevention of Retained Surgical Items. AORN J. 2016;104(1):37-48.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.05.005.
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Although i…
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May 31, 2017 - Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain.
May 31, 2017
Busse JW, Craigie S, Juurlink DN, et al. Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain. CMAJ.
2017;189(18):E659-E666. doi:10.1503/cmaj.170363.
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Opioid pain…