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9381. Appendix K. CAUTI Case Review Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/review-form.html
      March 01, 2017 - Appendix K. CAUTI Case Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Purpose The CAUTI Case Review Form is a performance improvement look-back tool that assists long-term care (LTC) facilities with identifying possible resident care issues that might have contributed to a cathet…

9382. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
      June 01, 2021 - Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy Ask about the associated antibiotic, timing, and outcome of the reaction o What antibiotic was the resident taking when he or she had the reaction?_________________ o What year was it or how old was the resident when the reaction happened? ______________…

9383. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/composite-measures-english.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items In this document, the items in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to the safety culture composites the…

9384. Useful Online Tools for CAHPS Survey Users - YOUNT (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-tools-webcast-2022-yount.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - Useful Online Tools for CAHPS Survey Users - YOUNT INTRODUCTION TO THE CAHPS ANALYSIS PROGRAM Naomi Yount Westat User Network for CAHPS and SOPS Analysis of Survey Results • Calculation of survey composite measures • Case mix adjustment CAHPS Analysis Program 28 What is the CAHPS Analysis Program? • …

9385. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
      May 01, 2014 - Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nursing Home Infection Control Guidelines for C. Difficile When to Perform Toxin Assay on Stool: • Resident symptomatic with diarrhea ( >3 loose/watery stools a day). • Especially consider in residents who received…

9386. Acute Otitis Media (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/aom-one-pager.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Acute Otitis Media • Moderate to severe bulging of the tympanic membrane or new-onset ear drainage (otorrhea) with signs and symptoms of middle-ear inflammation (e.g., ear pain, fever) • Severe symptoms include ill appearance, moderate to severe otalgia, otalgia lasting at least 2 days, or temperature o…

9387. Influenza (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-one-pager.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Influenza Diagnosis • Influenza should be suspected during influenza season in patients with new fever, sore throat, cough, myalgias, or rhinorrhea.1 o The current prevalence of influenza can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health department websites. • If there is a high p…

9388. Acute Sinusitis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-one-pager.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Acute Sinusitis Diagnosis • The diagnosis of acute sinusitis is based on the clinical presentation: nasal discharge or congestion, facial pain or pressure, reduced or absent sense of taste or smell, headache, ear pain or pressure, dental pain, bad breath, fatigue, or low-grade fevers.1 • Most cases of acu…

9389. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold Diagnosis • Upper respiratory tract infections or “the common cold” are caused by viruses and present with symptoms such as rhinorrhea, sneezing, sinus congestion, sore throat, cough, low-grade fever, headache, and fatigue. • The common cold occurs…

9390. IV Therapy: Central Venous Access Device (VAD), Dressing Change Procedure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/central-venous-access-device-dressing-change-procedure.pdf
      December 01, 2006 - IV Therapy: Central Venous Access Device (VAD), Dressing Change Procedure Version 1.0 Policy Number GEN341 Effective Date 12/01/2006 The Johns Hopkins Hospital Nursing Practice and Organization Manual Vol II: Clinical Protocols and Procedures Approval Date N/A Page 1of 3Subject IV Therapy: Central Venous Acces…

9391. Maine Groups Improve Care for Patients with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2022 - Maine Groups Improve Care for Patients with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Search All Impact Case Studies January 2022 A partnership between the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) and two AHRQ-listed patient safety organizations (PSOs) is helping improve care for patients with intell…

9392. Measuring the Quality of Physician Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/physician/index.html
      September 01, 2019 - Measuring the Quality of Physician Care Consumers are very interested in information about the quality of physician care. 1 - 3 To meet that demand, researchers, medical societies, and health care experts have made a concerted effort to address the many issues encumbering physician quality measurement. As a re…

9393. Tool 7. Documenting the Conversation in Your Charts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool7.html
      May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Tool 7. Documenting the Conversation in Your Charts Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Acknowledgements Support Foreword …

9394. Talent-Release-Form (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/publications/pubcomguide/talent-release-form.docx
      July 01, 2024 - AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines Talent Release Form Instructions This Talent Release Form must be completed by people hired as narrators, actors, or extras for a scripted video or audio production or for a photo shoot. This definition includes paid and unpaid talent—anyone who will be recognizable in the…

9395. TransforMN Study (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-solberg.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - TransforMN Study TransforMN Study Principal Investigator: Leif Solberg, MD Institution: HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019161 Overview of Transformation Efforts In 2010 the Minnesota Department of Health began certifying primary care practices as Health Care…

9396. Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-donahue.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina Principal Investigator: Katrina E. Donahue, MD, MPH Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019131 Overview of Transformation Efforts The North Carolina Area…

9397. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - CAHPS Supplemental Items Supplemental items are optional questions that survey users can add to their standardized CAHPS instruments to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audiences. For example, a user of the Clinician & Group Survey may want to ask patients to comment on their experie…

9398. Interview with the IT2 Project Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/it2-interview.html
      November 01, 2024 - Interview with the IT2 Project Team Project Overview: The Identify, Teach and Treat (IT2) project is implementing screening for urinary incontinence at the time of pre-visit automated appointment confirmation in women presenting to primary care practice (PCP) annual visits. IT2 is being implemented in Northwes…

9399. Appropriate Assertion (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/assertion-slides/assertion-slides.html
      October 01, 2014 - Appropriate Assertion (Slide Presentation) On the CUSP: Stop BSI This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on December 14, 2010. Contents Slide 1. On the CUSP: Stop BSI Assertion Slide 2. Communication Styles Slide 3. Aggressive- The Goal is to Dominate and Win! Slide 4. Passivity- The Goal is …

9400. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Suspect a Urinary Tract Infection? How Taking Antibiotics When You Don’t Need Them Can Cause More Harm Than Good Did You Know That… »Up to 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed are not needed or are not prescribed appropriately? »Confusion or sudden behavior changes don’t necessarily indicate a urinary tra…