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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201527.html
September 01, 2015 - care from a primary care physician or specialist, helping patients anticipate and understand pending lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Guidelines for VRE
When to Culture:
• When enterococcus is cultured, check sensitivities or
ask lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/healthit-breakout-summit2016.pdf
September 28, 2016 - suggestions
Session Focus
• EHR systems
• Clinical decision
support
• Computerized
order entry
• Lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/manage-resident-UTI-slides.PPT
June 01, 2021 - Meropenem <=0.5 S
Nitrofurantoin <16 S
TMP-SMX <=0.5/9.5 S
Ciprofloxacin <=0.25 S
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Recent Lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/kupka-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - processes to
communicate salient information and report discrepancies or concerns such as abnormal lab … patient is a poor historian, limited English proficiency or little available
information, abnormal lab … to reviewing laboratory or diagnostic indices included forgetting to
verbally communicate abnormal lab … Do You Know Where Your Critical Lab Values Are? Communication Of Critical
Lab Results.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation-slides.html
July 01, 2023 - All disciplines participate, including support personnel (lab, pharmacy, etc.). … Lab and pharmacy staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=5
January 01, 2024 - 023750 Topic(s): Medication Safety Publication Date: March 2019
Transdisciplinary Learning Lab
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=20
January 01, 2024 - Topic(s): Care Coordination, Discharge Planning Publication Date: September 2004
Automated Lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_1-introduction-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Introduction to the SPPC‐II Teamwork Toolkit for Obstetric Hemorrhage
SPPC‐II
Toolkit
Hospital AIM
Team
Leads
SPPC II
Introduct…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm7.html
October 01, 2014 - alternatives ways to collect data on clinical indicator values such as through chart reviews or by obtaining lab … Lab results.
Self-reported data.
Ultimate purpose of care management programs. … Clinical Data
Medical records and lab results
Best source for outcome measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Lavelle_33.pdf
March 12, 2008 - Over
lunchtime, or occassionally dinner, staff (receptionists, nurses, assistants, pharmacists, lab … Notify lab that 12-lead ECG needed.
Check history, meds, allergies. … Less than an hour after
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walking through our door, he was in the cath lab having the blocked … have monitor/defibrillators in
urgent-care clinics and areas where patients
receive sedation
• Lab … • Leave code cart in hallway outside
exam room
• Crowd control: ancillary staff (pharmacist, lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - to be tested to identify a better antibiotic for you—a sample from your infection will be sent to a lab
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolA21.html
April 01, 2018 - Academic detailing
Chart audits
CDE performance feedback form
Coordination with the lab
Provider
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapu.pptx
September 18, 2011 - HHSA-290-2006-00020 ACTION task order #8
Data Issues
Missing values
Many lab values were missing: … 30%
Upon combining the data from each healthcare systems, we found a significant amount of missing lab … Probl Cancer 2005 Volume 29, Issue 6
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Handling Missing Values
Options
Remove records with missing lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/011-blood-culture-webinar-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - Central16,17
A systematic review of lab quality improvement best practices compared central venous catheter … Blood Culture Contamination: A Quality Tool for Clinical Laboratory Professionals. https://www.cdc.gov/lab-quality … Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997 May;121(5):503-7. PMID: 9167605.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/Case_Study_Specialty_Practice_Updated.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Worked with physicians to develop protocols for contacts with patients; for
example, whether to report lab … Patients were asked to come in “at the crack of dawn”
for lab work, having followed instructions to … Existing users of encounter
registration system; this lab
was designed to assess
current skills … • Added one-day Managed Care 101 refresher course for those who had low scores
on the assessment lab … Developed protocols and guidelines for the various sub-specialties; for example,
how to communicate lab
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/gdmodap2a.html
October 01, 2014 - Lab results.
Advance directive or code status.
Assessment:
Findings.
Severity.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/DiagnosticSafety-flier.pdf
November 01, 2024 - https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/index.html
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/curriculum/teamstepps-module-4-slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - workplace stress and burnout.
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6
Task Assistance Example
Mutual Support
Two staff of the GI Lab
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/153-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-staff.docx
October 01, 2024 - Engaging healthcare personnel, from physicians and nurses to ancillary staff such as lab technicians