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3301. Application of Safety-II Principles | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - A newly funded pediatric Patient Safety Learning Laboratory is exploring protocols for communication … Patient safety learning laboratory looks to enhance clinical communication. … https://www.research.chop.edu/cornerstone-blog/patient-safety-learning-laboratory-looks-to-enhance-clinical-communication

3302. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2022 - blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens and laboratory … examinations, diagnostics, and tests (ie, medical history, physical examination, chest radiograph, and other laboratory … single venous blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific M tuberculosis antigens and laboratory … processing require- ments for blood samples and ensure that venous blood samples are drawn and can reach the laboratory

3303. Final Progress Report: Short-term Clinical Deterioration After Acute Pulmonary Embolism (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/weekes-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - PE-provoked right ventricle (RV) abnormality is commonly assessed in two ways: 1) laboratory surrogates … prognostic prediction models utilize a limited set of candidate variables without pertinent imaging and laboratory … Incorporation of imaging and laboratory assessments for PE-provoked abnlRV have now been incorporated … Prognostic Performance of Laboratory Assessment of RV Abnormalities on the Development Database (unpublished

3304. Final Progress Report: An expert-guided machine-learning approach to estimate the incidence, risk, and harms associated with diagnostic delays for infectious diseases (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/polgren-miller-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Specifically, test-related errors included ordering the wrong laboratory test, laboratory delays (specialized … Acute Care Hospitals and Implications for Laboratory Process Optimization. … Laboratory turnaround time. Clin Biochem Rev. 2007;28(4):179-94. 37. Bourbeau PP, Ledeboer NA.

3305. Resource List - AHRQ Medical Office Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/medoffice-resourcelist.pdf
      April 01, 2023 - Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality … Patient Care Tracking/Followup, #2, Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process: A Step-by-Step Guide … information between various community stakeholders (e.g., providers, health departments, pharmacies, laboratories … Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Disparities Toolkit Improve Workflow and Remove Waste Improving Your Laboratory … Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality

3306. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-active-infection-rapid-response.pdf
      May 01, 2024 - the feasibility of implementing Candida auris surveillance, but a survey of Canadian hospitals and laboratories … There are two options for C. difficile and MDRO reporting in NHSN– Laboratory Identified (LabID) Events … . difficile in high-risk patients without diarrhea or other evidence of C. difficile disease.20,21 Laboratory … A third study surveyed Canadian hospitals and laboratories to assess their readiness to implement surveillance … Hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infections in Alberta: The validity of laboratory-identified

3307. Improving Consumer Health IT Application Development: Lessons From Other Industries Findings from Key Informant Interviews (pdf file)
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      July 10, 2012 - Testing is conducted in a variety of settings, from customer homes to usability laboratories. … including his or her home, workplace, and other environments in addition to usability testing in a laboratory … One participant noted that testing in the laboratory was not conducted to determine whether a product … Rather, participants noted that laboratory-based testing was conducted solely to ensure that customers … Testing is conducted in a variety of settings, from customer homes to usability laboratories.

3308. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - In my own experience when a laboratory moves from testing any sample to only testing loose stools the … by identification of a toxigenic isolate (ie, toxigenic culture), as performed by an experienced laboratory … One needs to realize that the laboratory cannot diagnose toxigenic CDI, all the laboratory can do is … Results KQ1 The section on diagnostic tests is a bit confusing, but that unfortunately is the nature of laboratory … General The section on diagnostic tests is a bit confusing, but that unfortunately is the nature of laboratory

3309. HIT for Medication Safety in Critical Access Hospitals - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2005 - vendors were also requested to the availability of standard interfaces with the existing financial, laboratory … are a barrier to upgrading equipment and systems and/or interfacing with other IT systems, such as laboratory … clinical and clinical support services are computerized (e.g., patient admissions, medical records, laboratory … Interface with laboratory: c. Interface with billing department: d. … module: clinical history profile; clinical screening and patient education nursing access; link to laboratory

3310. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2017 - No laboratory values were checked, and there were no urgent interventions. … Laboratory results were reviewed at 6:00 AM and showed her hemoglobin had dropped to 5.8 g/dL, and her

3311. Final Progress Report: Reducing Risks by Engineering Resilience Into HIT for EDs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/wears-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - System maintenance has lead to missing [20] or false laboratory information [21] and incorrect guidance … More on computer glitches and laboratory result reporting. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/23.64.html#

3312. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2022 - Insufficient teaching of laboratory medicine in U.S. medical schools . … Bringing the clinical laboratory into the strategy to advance diagnostic excellence .

3313. But See the Patient First | PSNet
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      September 27, 2023 - a patient in the ICU “should trigger a careful clinical assessment rather than automatic orders for laboratory … A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2013 recommendations

3314. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes
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      April 01, 2022 - New-onset or worsening sepsis without evidence of another source on history, physical examination, or laboratory … Fever or altered mental status without evidence of another source on history, physical examination, or laboratory

3315. Classics and Emerging Classics | PSNet
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      August 01, 2023 - (2) Logistical Approaches (79) Duty Hour Limitation (33) Laboratory … Clinical Psychology) (7) Neurology (3) Obstetrics (15) Pathology and Laboratory

3316. Triple Handoff | PSNet
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      March 01, 2004 - to populate the written signout by importing data from the EMR, such as administrative information, laboratory … *Note that laboratory findings and vital signs are imported from (and automatically updated by) the electronic

3317. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - that consistently overestimate or underestimate cholesterol values. 51 In a survey of 5,000 clinical laboratories … training and operating technique can introduce additional error when instruments are used outside clinical laboratories … range of expected values for an individual with HDL-C of 37 mg/dL is 29-45 mg/dL. 75 A survey of 250 laboratories … Laboratory Standardization Panel, National Cholesterol Education Program. … Evaluation of a laboratory system intended for use in physicians' offices. II.

3318. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_executive.pdf
      August 01, 2012 - The studies were all retrospective, were conducted in a hospital laboratory setting, and comprised … They used archived laboratory samples that had been obtained for SPEP or UPEP. … In several studies, study samples were obtained from large repositories in laboratories, populations … Selection bias could occur if study samples from large laboratory repositories are selected on the basis … African-American patients with MGUS have been found to have different laboratory findings than Caucasians

3319. Timely Fluid Bolus for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-fullreport.pdf
      May 01, 2018 - The ONC’s Health IT Standards explicitly address the receipt of laboratory results and other diagnostic … Incorporate clinical laboratory test results into EHR as structured data: 1. … Electronically receive clinical laboratory test results in a structured format and display such results … Electronically display in human readable format any clinical laboratory tests that have been received … Enable a user to electronically update a patient's record based upon received laboratory test results

3320. Documentation of Heart Rate During Fluid Resuscitation for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2018 - Resolution of severe sepsis or septic shock is defined in Table 3; age-specific vital signs and laboratory … The ONC’s Health IT Standards explicitly address the receipt of laboratory results and other diagnostic … Incorporate clinical laboratory test results into EHR as structured data: 1. … Electronically display in human readable format any clinical laboratory tests that have been received … Enable a user to electronically update a patient's record based upon received laboratory test results