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1. 48-Prep-Colorectal-Facilitator (doc file)
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   June 01, 2023 - bowel prep in the absence of intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis. … regimen with a flawed oral preoperative regimen and saw a significant difference favoring intravenous prophylaxis … all patients getting intravenous prophylaxis and none getting oral antibiotics, and these trials, once … antibiotic prophylaxis before incision. … and intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis before incision is associated with the lowest risk of surgical

2. PowerPoint Presentation
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   June 01, 2023 - 2 Oral Antibiotics and Mechanical Bowel Prep 3 1980s 1970s Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep … Comparison between systemic and oral antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. … Use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for major surgery: baseline results from the National Surgical Infection … Antimicrobial prophylaxis for colorectal surgery. … Antibiotic prophylaxis for colorectal surgery.

3. Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2016 - mechanical agent: Does the patient have a documented contraindication for mechanical prophylaxis? … A review could quickly identify whether a patient is on an anticoagulant, mechanical prophylaxis, both … In its simplest version, the proactive review ends if either anticoagulant or mechanical prophylaxis … see if there is justification for the lack of prophylaxis (e.g., low risk, bleeding, mechanical prophylaxis … A more indepth review could also be performed for patients on mechanical prophylaxis alone to determine

4. Appendix A: Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2018 - (e.g., the percentage of patients with mechanical prophylaxis who actually have the mechanical device … Can we use mechanical prophylaxis as a sole agent for prophylaxis? … mechanical prophylaxis should not be relied on unless there are extenuating circumstances regarding … In surgical patients, some moderate-risk patients can have either mechanical or pharmaco-prophylaxis, … with the caveat that it is difficult to administer mechanical prophylaxis reliably and that pharmaco-prophylaxis

5. Chapter 4. Choose the Model To Assess VTE and Bleeding Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Provide decision support regarding those who would benefit from combination mechanical and anticoagulant … Patients are targeted for interventions to prevent VTE (anticoagulant or mechanical prophylaxis and efforts … service focused on total hip replacement might have default orders for their preferred anticoagulant and mechanical … of the spectrum, patients with major, high-risk surgeries qualify for combination anticoagulant and mechanical … prophylaxis.

6. Chapter 5. Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - There are at times several acceptable options for prophylaxis, and there are often multiple choices for … Surveying existing order sets impacting VTE prophylaxis as part of the initial needs assessment, and … If nurses were to focus on patients who were not already on prophylaxis, for example, and to use the … same protocol that physicians were using, their redundant check of VTE prophylaxis could be efficient … contraindications and default choices for mechanical prophylaxis.

7. Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2016 - Relying on order sets alone will not reach desired levels of appropriate VTE prophylaxis. … They can be particularly valuable when assessing adherence to mechanical prophylaxis and developing educational … materials around the subset of patients who may require extended duration prophylaxis. … Key metrics include the prevalence of appropriate VTE prophylaxis and the incidence of HA-VTE. … Even the best order set, however, will fail to achieve near-perfect appropriate prophylaxis.

8. Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for children with sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - Pediatric Quality Measures Program PQMP Measures Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis … Implementation & Quality Improvement PQMP Grantees Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis … Sub-Domain:  Sickle Cell Treatment PQMP COE:  Q-METRIC Associated NQF # and Name:  3166, Antibiotic Prophylaxis … 2021 Page originally created August 2021 Internet Citation: Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis

9. Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection: Findings of a Systematic Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - Home Data & Analytics Data Visualizations Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis … Go to Data Visualizations Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis … pooled estimates of meta-analysis results and individual study estimates of trials of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis … Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: A Systematic Review for the U.S. … Page originally created October 2023 Internet Citation: Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

10. Appendix K. Final Risk Factors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - 30 Days 4 3 0 Duration of Surgery (min) 6 5 0 Tourniquet Time 2 2 0 Post-Op Mechanical … Peri-Op Insulin Administration 2 2 0 Peri-Op Proton Pump Inhibitor 1 1 0 Peri-Op VTE Prophylaxis … 2 0 Periop allogeneic blood transfusion 3 3 0 Interop vasopressor 3 3 0 preop mechanical

11. Timeliness of antibiotic prophylaxis for children with sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Pediatric Quality Measures Program PQMP Measures Timeliness of antibiotic prophylaxis … Implementation & Quality Improvement PQMP Grantees Timeliness of antibiotic prophylaxis … 2021 Page originally created August 2021 Internet Citation: Timeliness of antibiotic prophylaxis

12. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2017 - Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease Timeliness of Antibiotic … Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Disease Section 1. … Measure Name Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Disease 1.B. … There are no existing quality measures for antibiotic prophylaxis in children with SCD. 1.D. … Compliance with penicillin prophylaxis in patients with sickle cell disease.

13. Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0138-fullreport.pdf
    April 01, 2018 - Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease 1 Appropriate Antibiotic … Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Disease Section 1. … Measure Name Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Disease 1.B. … Discontinuing penicillin prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anemia. … Compliance with penicillin prophylaxis in patients with sickle cell disease.

14. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - and mortality in US hospitals Significant impact on patients' health, experience, follow-up, cost Prophylaxis … Looking Back and Looking Forward Retrospective Reviews Appropriate Risk Assessment Chemical Prophylaxis … drug timing, selection, dosing Mechanical Prophylaxis when chemical contraindicated Prospective … Decision Support for physicians Communication of held or missing chemical doses Utilization of mechanical … prophylaxis Useful Tools Improvement Methods (D.1) Best Practices (D.4) Gap Analysis (D.5)

15. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Surgery related factors: Type of surgery (surgical procedure) Surgical factors (e.g., antibiotic prophylaxis … rates were lowest with a combination of ultraclean air, an exhaust ventilated suite, and antibiotic prophylaxis … Appropriate surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. … metronidazole and ciprofloxacin; antibiotics were re-dosed intraoperatively as needed; antimicrobial prophylaxis … Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation with Phosphosoda (Fleet) and enemas for colorectal surgery

16. Appendix M. Master Risk Factor List with Final Bolded | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Manual 0     Post-Op Mechanical Ventilation   N   Y   1   chart review D …     1 intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record D Electronic 1     Peri-Op VTE Prophylaxis … paper anesthesia record D Manual 1     Preop mechanical ventilation          

17. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - ; and 1.6/1000 and 10/1000 for arthroscopies performed without antibiotic prophylaxis (Table 2). … The percentage of infections was 0.11% (1 in 933) in the group given antibiotic prophylaxis and 0.16% … (3 in 1847) in the group not given no such prophylaxis. … The authors concluded that although most orthopedic surgeons routinely give antibiotic prophylaxis before … Cefazolin was the most commonly prescribed surgical prophylaxis followed by methicillin.

18. 50-Multimodal-Analgesia-Facilitator (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - control, providers must be aware of the concurrent use of anticoagulation (even venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

19. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - The length of hospital stay, preoperative length of stay, antibiotic prophylaxis, drainage, ASA score … just before the operation; 5 minimizing the duration of surgery' 6 appropriate use of antimicrobial prophylaxis … Prophylaxis qualification, rules and type of antibiotics employed were the following: i.v. cefazolina … Correct prophylaxis in a global percentage was of 60% and in the last year this percentage raised to … The variables that presented association with infection were: incorrect prophylaxis, wrong scaring, more

20. Catheter Care Do's and Don'ts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Don't administer routine antimicrobial prophylaxis .