Results

Total Results: 3,790 records

Showing results for "indications".
Users also searched for: quality indicators

121. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/029-hand-hygiene-webinar-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Hand Hygiene Promotion 5 Evidence-Based Practices Indications … ICU & Non-ICU Hand Hygiene Promotion 7 Start With Healthy Hands2,5,7 Healthy Hands Hand Hygiene Indications … Indications for Donning Gloves2,5,8,18 Before an aseptic procedure When anticipating contact with blood … When in contact with a patient or patient equipment/environment during contact isolation precautions Indications … The WHO and the CDC emphasize the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare and provide indications, techniques

122. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Facilitators-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-facilitators-guide.docx
     September 01, 2015 - After you listen to all the modules, you will be able to— · Describe the scope of CAUTI · State the indications … In other words, how often would the ICU’s urinary catheter use conform to HICPAC indications? … The following questions and indications may be helpful in guiding ICUs in developing protocols for urinary … Slide 20 Narration: We talked earlier about indications for insertion, so now let’s discuss other ways … Nurses and physicians can also work together to develop ICU-specific indications for catheter use.

123. Remember C.A.U.T.I. to Prevent CAUTI (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/infographic.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - T O P R E V E N T C A U T I Appropriate Indications for an Indwelling Urinary Catheter U Use Regular

124. Final Progress Report: Quality Improvement and Practice-Based Research in Neurology Using the EMR (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/maraganore-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The NorthShore site shared SCDS and CDS tools for 11 neurological indications (brain health, brain tumors … Research Network (Aim 1): The NorthShore site shared SCDS and CDS toolkits for 11 common neurological indications … alerts that prompted assignment to compared treatments at the point of care for three neurological indications … Each of the 11 EMR toolkits (SCDS and CDS tools for the evaluation and management of 11 neurological indications … published several papers in peer-reviewed journals describing our EMR toolkits for several neurological indications

125. Safemed Facguide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safemed_facguide.docx
     May 01, 2017 - of patient medication use by staff other than the ordering provider—an independent verification of indications … Considerations include— Indications for use (e.g., medical induction, labor augmentation). … to oxytocin use Having a process in place to review inductions that occur outside of policy-defined indications … Putting a process in place to review use of magnesium sulfate and oxytocin use outside of defined indications

126. Tracking Returned CAHPS Questionnaires and Assessing Their Completeness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/tracking-returned-questionnaires.html
     August 01, 2024 - For example, the result codes or disposition for each individual in the sample should include indications

127. Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department (March 3, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/reducing-unnecessary-urinary-catheter-use-ed-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - In this manner, indication for urinary catheter use has easy input to identify any indications beyond … After discussion, any new ED indications for UC placements can be mutually agreed upon and clearly identified

128. Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/reducing-urinary-catheter-use-ed-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - In this manner, indication for urinary catheter use has easy input to identify any indications beyond … After discussion, any new ED indications for UC placements can be mutually agreed upon and clearly identified

129. Hand Hygiene (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/hand-hygiene-checklist.pdf
     January 03, 2014 - Indications for Hand Hygiene Specific to Dialysis Centers: A.

130. Safe Medication Administration: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safe-medication-fac-guide.html
     July 01, 2023 - of patient medication use by staff other than the ordering provider—an independent verification of indications … Considerations include— Indications for use (e.g., medical induction, labor augmentation). … oxytocin use Having a process in place to review inductions that occur outside of policy-defined indications … Putting a process in place to review use of magnesium sulfate and oxytocin use outside of defined indications

131. Resident Physicians as Safety Champions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section5.html
     October 01, 2015 - Examples include appropriate indications for devices, proper placement techniques, maintenance, and regular … senior RP will trigger the questions during multidisciplinary rounds about whether there are appropriate indications … In that case, the RP should communicate with the attending about device use and indications before multidisciplinary

132. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/001-clabsi-prevention-webinar-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - ICU & Non-ICU Prevention of CLABSI 12 Central Line Appropriateness & Alternatives6,13 Clinical indications … placement of a device Inadequate/difficult peripheral access when ultrasound guidance has failed Diagnostic indications … with vein-finder technology Ultrasound-guided peripheral IVs Midline catheters For more on clinical indications … and alternative strategies, review AHRQ’s CLABSI/CAUTI Prevention Module on Central Venous Catheter Indications … Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness

133. Slide 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-040913.ppt
     June 02, 2025 - EVALUATE, Learning from Defects Improve utilization practices, evaluate improvement in compliance with indications … workers and patients and families about the appropriate management of urinary catheters, including indications

134. Medication Management: Common Barriers to Medication Adherence (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-common-barriers-card-4x6.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Use plain language indications on the prescription so plain language appears on the label; use teach-back

135. Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202402.html
     July 01, 2024 - The toolkit’s summary of indications for appropriate catheter use were particularly important for Sierra

136. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/clinical-faqs.docx
     March 01, 2017 - (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition, a CAUTI is identified if the following indications … What are the clinical indications for a urinary catheter? … should I do if a resident wants a urinary catheter due to dignity issues but there are no appropriate indications … Rather, it is suggested to change catheters and drainage bags based on clinical indications, such as

137. Appendix F. CAUTI Prevention in Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/clinical-faqs.html
     March 01, 2017 - (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition, a CAUTI is identified if the following indications … CAUTI Prevention What are the clinical indications for a urinary catheter? … should I do if a resident wants a urinary catheter due to dignity issues but there are no appropriate indications … Rather, it is suggested to change catheters and drainage bags based on clinical indications, such as

138. Final Progress Report: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kesselheim-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - particular indication, but once a drug enters the market, physicians can prescribe drugs for other indications … studied the 1,000 most common uses of prescription drugs and found that 31 were for non--FDA-approved indications … off-label drug use that categorizes the different ways prescription drugs are used beyond the specific indications … proliferation of poorly documented claims about the efficacy and safety of products for off-label indications—claims … behind gabapentin (Neurontin) use in epilepsy (see List of Publications and Products #3) and off-label indications

139. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/implementing-guide.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - Many of these catheters are placed without indications. … The guide’s section on clinical indications contains the appropriate and inappropriate indications for … Refinements of the HICPAC guidelines based on the Ann Arbor Criteria are listed.20 Appropriate indications … Regular walking rounds on the unit to review indications for an indwelling urinary catheter can provide … Per the NHSN definition, a CAUTI is identified if the following indications are met: (1) an indwelling

140. Kesselheim, Aaron | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumkess.html
     October 01, 2014 - off-label drug use that categorizes the different ways prescription drugs are used beyond the specific indications