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1. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents Signs and Symptoms Associated With … purulent drainage or abscess • Fever, tachycardia present Causes of Noninfectious Skin … Findings • Venous stasis dermatitis: skin pigmentation, edema, serous drainage, itching, minimal … • Gout: redness and warmth associated with underlying joint inflammation • Deep venous thrombosis: skin … Signs and Symptoms Not Suggestive of Infection • Stable or mild increase in redness of chronic skin

2. Module 15: Preparing and Presenting Performance Data (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2015 - pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope,

3. Collecting Performance Data Using Chart Audits and Electronic Data Extraction (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2015 - pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope, … pain Skin: denies rashes, itching, lumps, sores, lesions, color change Neurologic: denies syncope,

4. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
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   June 29, 2017 - neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound and skin … Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic  Dehydration  Malnutrition  Uncontrolled diabetes Wound & Skin … injury  Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury  Major injury  Minor injury Musculoskeletal  Joint … pain/joint disorder  Weakness Other Changes in Condition, Not Specified Elsewhere:  Abnormal lab

5. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2023 - If you have sensitive skin, it may make your skin itch or turn red. … Use a clean towel to gently pat your skin dry. 7. Put on fresh, clean clothes. … skin off with water right away. … This can add new germs to your skin. … Shaving can cause infections because it creates tiny cuts in the skin.

6. Puh-Assessment (doc file)
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   April 08, 2016 - Raise the tip of the applicator so it may be seen or felt on the surface of the skin. … Skin Color Surrounding Wound: Assess tissues within 4 cm of wound edge. … Dark-skinned persons show the colors “bright red” and “dark red” as a deepening of normal ethnic skin … As healing occurs in dark-skinned persons, the new skin is pink and may never darken. … Nonpitting edema appears as skin that is shiny and taut.

7. Puh-Assessment (pdf file)
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   December 15, 2016 - Even with and/or elevated above skin surface (e.g., hyperplasia). 3 = Deep crater with or without … Raise the tip of the applicator so it may be seen or felt on the surface of the skin. … Skin Color Surrounding Wound: Assess tissues within 4 cm of wound edge. … As healing occurs in dark-skinned persons, the new skin is pink and may never darken. 10. … Nonpitting edema appears as skin that is shiny and taut.

8. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides (doc file)
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   September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides … Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin … Commentary Slide Number and Slide Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin … Welcome to the presentation titled, “Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin … and conditions in which antibiotics should be prescribed for skin abscesses.

9. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides
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   September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides … Clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated skin infections. … Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscess. … Tedizolid phosphate vs linezolid for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: … Tedizolid for 6 days versus linezolid for 10 days for acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections

10. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Best … Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Acute Care … Discuss the role of antibiotic therapy for skin abscesses. … Trimethoprim-sulfametozazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscess. … Tedizolid phosphate vs linezolid for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections:

11. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … -0028-EF November 2019 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin … Commentary Slide Number and Slide Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin … This presentation will address best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of cellulitis and skin …  Describe empiric treatment options for cellulitis  Discuss the role of antibiotic therapy for skin

12. Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
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    September 01, 2022 - complex deposition and complement activation Manifest as— Serum sickness Vasculitis Palpable purpura Joint … pain Urticaria Lymphadenopathy Fevers Most commonly occur after several days of antibiotics Uncommon … By 5 years, 50% of skin test-positive patients lose hypersensitivity By 10 years, 80% of skin test-positive … Skin Prick Testing for the Diagnosis of Allergic Disease. Figure 3.2. … Evaluating penicillin allergies without skin testing.

13. Best Practices in the Management of Patients With Antibiotic Allergies – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - They generally manifest as serum sickness or vasculitis and present with palpable purpura, joint pain … Penicillin is the only antibiotic with a commercially available skin test in the United States. … When done correctly, penicillin skin testing is highly predictive of serious anaphylactic reactions. … There is no skin testing available for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. … If someone reports a rash to a tetracycline, ask if it was only on sun-exposed parts of the skin.

14. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 30, 2013 - Injury Major injury Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury Major injury Minor injury Musculoskeletal Joint … pain/joint disorder Weakness Other Changes in Condition, Not Specified Elsewhere: Abnormal lab results … tract infection Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic Dehydration Malnutrition Uncontrolled diabetes Wound & Skin … Respiratory Mental/Psych/Neurological Gastrointestinal/Genitourinary Endocrine/Metabolic/Nutrition Wound & Skin … at Facility Congestive Heart Failure Pneumonia Urinary Tract Infection Sepsis or Fever or Infection Skin

15. Appendix A. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - Results of an audit on preoperative skin preparation in 41,188 patients in France. … Presurgical skin preparation with a novel 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloth reduces rates of surgical … Effects of preoperative skin preparation on postoperative wound infection rates: a prospective study … of 3 skin preparation protocols.

16. 3. What Are the Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Prevention that We Want to Use? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Patients who are identified as at risk may generate an automatic order for support surfaces and skin … Patient acuity and specific individual circumstances will require customization of the skin and pressure … Skin must be observed on admission, before and after surgery, and on admission to the recovery room. … Skin failure: a retrospective review of patients with hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. … assessment have been identified Approaches to document and report results of skin assessment have

17. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Process variables consisted of type of anesthesia, disinfection or sterilization techniques, skin preparation … Issues associated with procedures dealt with lack of standardization of skin preparation routines, limited … and clean at and around the incision site to remove gross contamination before performing antiseptic skin … personnel Obtain appropriate cultures from, and exclude from duty, surgical personnel who have draining skin … Superficial SSI involves only skin and subcutaneous tissue; deep SSI involves fascial and muscle layers

18. 6. How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Some teams have even posted "on the john" or "potty briefs" flyers in staff bathrooms detailing a skin … For example, does the electronic medical record now have a section on skin care assessment and treatment … Ensure that orientation for new clinical staff is modified to include a focus on skin care. … moisture and related skin changes. … had made an unannounced change to more rigid tubing that posed a greater danger of pressure-related skin

19. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - integrity in areas where skin breakdown already exists. … Urinary catheters should not be used as a substitute for the use of skin care, skin barriers, and other … methods to manage incontinence and limit skin breakdown. … Some potential solutions for the management of incontinence include use of skin barrier creams for skin … Skin Care in the Incontinent Patient Educate caregivers on how to prevent skin breakdown in incontinent

20. 43-Pathway-Worksheet (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - Intraoperative Skin Preparation Skin preparation should be done with an alcohol-based regimen (either … All ISCR Pathways Skin Preparation Recommended approach: Alcohol-based regimen (e.g., ChloraPrep™, … Duraprep™) Enter team decisions/notes here Tip: Train all operating room staff on standardized skin … preparation, including skin preparation for patients with ostomies. … Skin preparation Abbreviations: ISCR = Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Intraoperative Anesthesia