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  1. Research on the Clinical Effectiveness and Long-term Outcomes of Cardiac Implants for Aortic Valve Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 01, 2017 - Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Mechanical versus Biologic Aortic Valve Prostheses in Older Patients … Protocol ARCHIVED Aug 06, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis

  2. Presentation: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle.pptx
    December 01, 2017 - defects Emerging evidence Antibiotics redosing and weight-based dosing Maintenance of normoglycemia Mechanical … including antibiotic redosing and weight-based dosing, maintenance of normoglycemia, the use of selected mechanical … Also, the guidelines advocate the use of mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics for colon … Cefoxitin is a SCIP-approved antibiotic for colon prophylaxis. … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.

  3. Head of Bed Elevation or Semirecumbent Positioning Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-lit-review.html
    January 01, 2017 - Patients must have required mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. … Study focused on medical and respiratory patients who required mechanical ventilation in the intensive … Crossover Trial (Torres, 1992) 11 PRO: Crossover trial focused on patients requiring mechanical … Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents in patients receiving mechanical ventilation: The effect of … supportive evidence were semirecumbent positioning, sucralfate instead of H2-antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis

  4. Health IT-Supported Process for Preventing and Managing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) - Final Report (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2019 - of prophylaxis, and (6) role and responsibilities in the prophylaxis process. … RESULTS 3.1 VTE Prophylaxis for Hospitalized patients 3.1.1 Role Network Analysis of VTE Prophylaxis … Results of the VTE Prophylaxis Survey 3.1.2.1 Perceptions of VTE Prophylaxis 10 … In-person AND electronic communication Consider use of chemical and/or mechanical prophylaxis. … , ensuring placement of VTE prophylaxis order and ensuring adherence of VTE prophylaxis treatment.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Health Facilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 15, 2011 - Antipsychotic Medications Research Report Archived March 18, 2009 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis … Care: A Systematic Review Research Protocol May 31, 2017 Pharmacologic and Mechanical … Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations Systematic Review Archived

  8. Presentation: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle.pptx
    December 01, 2017 - defects Emerging evidence Antibiotics redosing and weight-based dosing Maintenance of normoglycemia Mechanical … including antibiotic redosing and weight-based dosing, maintenance of normoglycemia, the use of selected mechanical … Also, the guidelines advocate the use of mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics for colon … Cefoxitin is a SCIP-approved antibiotic for colon prophylaxis. … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.

  9. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2024 - HT , Haut ER Use of provider-level dashboards and pay-for-performance in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … Use of provider-level dashboards and pay-for-performance in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … N , Goldfeld What happens to patients with COPD with long-term oxygen treatment who receive mechanical … long-term oxygen treatment who are admitted to an ICU for respiratory failure and receive invasive mechanical … What happens to patients with COPD with long-term oxygen treatment who receive mechanical ventilation

  10. References (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-litreview.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Guidelines support the use of subglottic suctioning and drainage for patients dependent on mechanical … Retrospective Chart Review (Juneja, 2011)9 PRO: Data for 311 patients requiring mechanical ventilation … RCT (Mahul, 1992)19 PRO: RCT focused on patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 3 … Study evaluated 896 patients who required mechanical ventilation from five RCTs. … drainage and stress ulcer prophylaxis.

  11. Health Facilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    June 01, 2013 - Care (EBC) Challenge Systematic Review Archived May 29, 2013 Pharmacologic and Mechanical … Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations Systematic Review Archived

  12. Implementation of an Evidence-based Protocol for Surgical Infection Prophylaxis (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Savino.pdf
    July 01, 2003 - Implementation of an Evidence-based Protocol for Surgical Infection Prophylaxis 265 Implementation … of an Evidence-based Protocol for Surgical Infection Prophylaxis John A. … Risucci Abstract Objective: An evidence-based surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) protocol was … Antibiotics for dirty operations represent treatment and not prophylaxis. … ASHP therapeutic guidelines on antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2007 - Postoperatively, she was started on clindamycin for surgical site infection prophylaxis. … The benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing surgical wound infection after major, clean-contaminated … What measures can improve the proper administration of antibiotic prophylaxis? … Obstacles to proper timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis include the perception that timing of … ASHP Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery.

  14. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet

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    June 19, 2024 - to patients and how to administer VTE prophylaxis. … Understand barriers to VTE prophylaxis at the institution. … clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. … Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (eCQM). Accessed March 14, 2022. … clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma.

  15. Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    February 17, 2016 - Research Protocol Archived February 17, 2016 Systematic Review Update of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis … Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Systematic Review Archived April 30, 2014 Oral Mechanical

  16. Health Occupations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    March 26, 2013 - healthoccupations.html Products Research Protocol Archived March 26, 2013 Oral Mechanical … Presentation) Systematic Review Archived March 13, 2012 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

  17. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/vascular-diseases?page=2
    March 05, 2012 - Research Protocol Archived January 12, 2012 Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Mechanical … Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations Systematic Review Archived

  18. Personal Health Records | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/personal-health-records?page=1
    May 23, 2013 - Research Protocol Archived January 12, 2012 Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Mechanical … Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations Research Protocol Archived

  19. Heart Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    January 31, 2012 - Research Protocol Archived January 12, 2012 Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Mechanical … Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations Systematic Review Archived

  20. References (doc file)

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-litreview.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Guidelines support the use of subglottic suctioning and drainage for patients dependent on mechanical … Retrospective Chart Review (Juneja, 2011)9 PRO: Data for 311 patients requiring mechanical ventilation … RCT (Mahul, 1992)19 PRO: RCT focused on patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 3 … Study evaluated 896 patients who required mechanical ventilation from five RCTs. … drainage and stress ulcer prophylaxis.
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