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9341. Meeting Minutes, November 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … and an R01 grant for Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … cancer, screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents, screening for latent tuberculosis infection … Topics addressed in draft recommendations were screening for genital herpes infection, screening for

9342. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 30, 2024 - often need but have trouble accessing, such as wound care, hepatitis C treatment, sexually transmitted infection … individuals with opioid and methamphetamine use disorders, who are often hospitalized for injection-related infections … They also reduce soft tissue skin infections and things like infective endocarditis, yet uptake and legality

9343. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap June 1, 2010 Cooper JB, Kamdar BB. Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap. PSNet [internet]. 2010. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/tacit-handover-overt-mishap The Case A 61-year-old man was admitted for management of an infected aortic stent, which had been placed 3 years earlier to treat an abdo…

9344. Diabetes-Foot-Ulcer-Amputation-Economics Research (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - Economic burden of diabetic foot ulcers and amputations Data Points #3Diabetic Foot Ulcers Beneficiaries with a diabetic foot ulcer are seen by their outpatient health care provider about 14 times per year and are hospitalized about 1.5 times per year. The cost of care for these beneficiaries is substantial, at…

9345. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 14, 2023 - developed fever and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/critical-echocardiogram-result-lost-follow overt infection

9346. Final Progress Report: Evaluating treatment options and patterns of care in early pregnancy failure (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - In this study, there were no transfusions and a low rate of infection (3%). … Surgical complications after suction D&Cs include incomplete evacuation (2-3%) and infection (0-10%) … These criteria included bleeding, infection, suspected ectopic pregnancy, significant cardiopulmonary … Complications included infection, retained products of conception/hematometria, hemorrhage (<500 cc) … Complications considered in this study include infection, retained products of conception, hemorrhage

9347. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - disorders  Dementia  Psychiatric disorders, specifically depression  Diabetes  Urinary tract infection

9348. Surgical Skin Preparation Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - Introduction Problem Statement Surgical skin preparation is an important strategy to prevent surgical site infection

9349. HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2023 - commonly described as signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after an initial COVID-19 infection

9350. Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2025 - Hospital-Acquired Infection. Medication. Pressure Injury. Surgery/Anesthesia.

9351. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 27, 2022 - discharged from hospitals to HHA care have accounted for 25% of hospital readmissions associated with infections … appropriate policies resulted in a 21% higher probability of hospital transfer due to urinary tract infections … patient preferences, as well as the known risks associated with hospitalization (e.g., nosocomial infections … Urinary catheter policies in home healthcare agencies and hospital transfers due to urinary tract infection

9352. Post-Acute Transitional Services: Safety in Home-Based Care Programs | PSNet
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      April 24, 2024 - discharged from hospitals to HHA care have accounted for 25% of hospital readmissions associated with infections … appropriate policies resulted in a 21% higher probability of hospital transfer due to urinary tract infections … , patient preferences, as well as the known risks associated with hospitalization (e.g., nosocomial infections … Urinary catheter policies in home healthcare agencies and hospital transfers due to urinary tract infection

9353. Project ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Disclaimer details Close Outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection … Outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection by primary care providers.

9354. The Lung Nodule That Refused To Grow | PSNet
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      March 01, 2004 - Based on these results, the nodule was felt to be benign and not an active malignancy or infection. … Although malignant cells are more metabolically active (and will therefore "light up" on a PET scan), infections … September 2, 2015 Hospital Differences in Adult Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections

9355. Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? | PSNet
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      January 17, 2018 - seen a patient with spinal cord injury who was transferred from an outside hospital for urinary tract infection … January 12, 2022 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … January 15, 2014 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide

9356. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/thromboembolism-update_research-protocol.pdf
      February 17, 2016 - prophylaxis with pharmacologic strategies also has risks including major bleeding, prosthetic joint infections … Major bleeding leading to readmission §   Surgical site / joint bleeding §   Bleeding leading to infection … §   As defined by authors o   Surgical site/wound-related infections o   Surgical site/wound complications … (other than bleeding, infection) o   Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia o   Adverse events due to mechanical … reoperation   o Resulting  in  readmission   o Surgical  site  /  joint  bleeding     § Surgical  /  joint  infection

9357. Meeting Minutes, July 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2020 - disease transmission by redesigning workflow and processes, conducting environmental cleaning, improving infection-control … It will develop and disseminate tools and training for infection prevention and control in nursing homes … Its efforts have contributed to reductions in healthcare-associated infections during the past decade … One example is dealing with infections in long-term care facilities. … The agency also could study the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on clinicians (infection, stresses, aspects

9358. Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Three patients had recurrent empyema, and four patients died due to infection. 4 The authors … Empyema accounted for 10% of all nosocomial infections in multiple trauma patients in the Shock … Of the remaining 25 patients, three (12%) developed empyema (an infection between the lung and chest … The lack of use of many standard techniques for infection control was identified on video review of … =64) Nu mb er o f co nta min atio ns 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fig. 3 Infection

9359. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 31, 2023 - Every long-term care facility also has an infection prevention advisor from our team assigned to them … Our advisors have decades of experience in patient safety and infection prevention and come from varied … amendment was made to the act that required long-term care facilities to report healthcare-acquired infections

9360. Facts and Figures 2005
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      January 01, 2005 - The most recent editions address issues of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections … dehydration or fluid overload) 468 555 574 1.4 1.4 1.5 13 13 14 Septicemia (blood infection … Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections moved from the twenty-fourth most frequent diagnosis in 1997 … Complications of medical device, skin and subcutaneous tissue infections, and back problems were common … medical device, implant or graft 5.3 8.4 8.9 3 3 3 6 7 7 Septicemia (blood infection