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401. 040-Mrsa-Surveillance-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/040-mrsa-surveillance-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Slide 21 Case Example: Increasing MRSA Rates SAY: Four years ago, ABC Hospital implemented universal … Why was the MRSA rate increasing? Slide 22 Case Example: What Is Happening?

402. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/035-importance-mrsa-prevention-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - antibiotic pressure can also induce the expression of antibiotic resistance genes in S. aureus, leading to increasing … MRSA infections include prolonging the length of hospitalization for both ICU and non-ICU patients and increasing

403. Final Progress Report: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing Among the US Dialysis Population? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thamer-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Despite the increasing evidence that ESA therapy has serious side effects and might be associated with … After increasing each year since 1992 (including growth of 11%-19% in 2002-2004) to reach nearly $2 … had a large increase in ESA dose level after the warnings (6,220 U/wk, p=.013), consistent with an increasing … Chain 3 patients experienced an increasing month-to-month trend before the warnings (94 U/wk, p=.041

404. Final Progress Report: Making Ambulatory Procedural Care Safer: STAMP-Based Risk Assessment and Redesign (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dierks-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - conversion to an open operation  ‘Sundown’ issues: shutdown of these units at a specific time, increasing … Use the simulation techniques to identify dominant contributors to risk and leading indicators of increasing … In Figure 4, there is a reinforcing loop, in which increasing risk tolerance or propensity increases … with implementation decrease confidence in the value and efficacy of the control, thus further increasing

405. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     August 01, 2009 - Cessation counseling delivered in pediatric settings has been shown to be effective in increasing … Weight gain Recommend starting or increasing physical activity. … Initial dosing should be 1-2 doses per hour, increasing as needed for symptom relief. … PO or 0.10 mg/day TTS, increasing by 0.10 mg/day per week if needed. … Treatments may be made more intense by increasing (a) the length of individual treatment sessions and

406. AHRQ Views: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/909.html
     April 01, 2024 - support appropriate and cautious dental antibiotic prescribing, with key broad targets that include increasing

407. Tools and Resources to Help Improve Urinary Incontinence Care for Women | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources.html
     August 01, 2025 - Steps for Increasing Urinary Incontinence Screening: A Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 4.2 MB

408. July 17 Webinar: Empower Patients Through Digital Healthcare Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/963.html
     June 01, 2025 - Steps for Increasing Urinary Incontinence Screening: A Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 4.6 MB

409. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Tracheostomies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-trache.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Indications: Oxygen desaturation, patient anxiety or restlessness, visible secretions in tube, or increasing

410. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - • PDI 07 RACHS-1 Pediatric Heart Surgery Volume: Increasing heart surgery volume is not a practice

411. Final Progress Report: Deployment of Enhanced Critical Imaging Result Notification (DECIRN) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/lacson2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - There was a significant, increasing trend in adherence to the policy for all critical results communicated … There was a significant, increasing trend in critical results communicated via ANCR (chi square for … There was a significant, increasing trend in adherence to the policy for all critical results communicated

412. The Mobile Mock Operating Room: Bringing Team Training to the Point of Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Paige_6.pdf
     January 24, 2008 - studies of simulation-based OR team training conducted near the point of care. 25, 32 Given the increasing … demands that OR personnel frequently face (e.g., time pressures, short staffing, increasing productivity … expectations) and the increasing costs and hassle of travel, individuals are becoming less interested … Such costs and increasing demands for productivity and accountability make it imperative to obtain convincing … participants’ very high ratings of effectiveness provide evidence that the MMOR has clear potential for increasing

413. Final Progress Report: Measuring and Mitigating Patient Safety Threats Due to Strains on ICU Capacity (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/halpern-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - improving the quality of care provided to the nation’s most seriously ill patients. 3 SCOPE Increasing … , and (3) what organizational characteristics of ICUs enable some to accommodate increasing strain better … In addition to this decrease in total hospital LOS, increasing all three strain variables from

414. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - Clindamycin resistance is increasing in beta-hemolytic streptococci in the United States. … Similarly, clindamycin resistance is also increasing in MSSA.

415. Implementing Hybrid CR To Expand Access and Capacity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/expanding-cardiac-rehab-capacity/index.html
     April 01, 2023 - (17:39) Browse the original TAKEheart training and webinars that explore innovative solutions to increasing

416. Sensemaking and Learn From Defects for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/learn-from-defects-slides.html
     July 01, 2023 - Acute Decompensation after Removing a Central Line: Practical Approaches to Increasing Safety in the

417. Case Scenarios: Handling Challenging Communications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide5/scenarios.html
     August 01, 2022 - When Adam returns for his 2-week post-operative check at the surgeon's office, he reports increasing

418. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/north-carolina.html
     March 01, 2021 - Carolina Cooperative shows that the EvidenceNOW program and the practice facilitators in the field are increasing

419. Chapter 3: Getting Patients Excited About Crossing the Bridge | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp3.html
     May 01, 2014 - Using the Five A's approach can support patient weight loss efforts in primary care (e.g., increasing … weight might be to use the services of a community-based organization dedicated to improving diet or increasing

420. Use of Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure5.html
     June 01, 2018 - implemented effectively, CDS has been shown to improve quality and can be particularly effective for increasing … implemented effectively, CDS has been shown to improve quality and can be particularly effective for increasing