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221. New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - As a result, prevalence of appropriate VTE prophylaxis increased from 55 to 100 percent for surgical … prophylaxis and 100 percent for patients admitted to the hospitalist service between March and August … As a result of these interventions, appropriate VTE prophylaxis increased from 0 to 100 percent, and … The dashboard appears in green if the patient is on pharmacological prophylaxis, in yellow if the patient … is on sequential compression devices or if a contraindication is documented, and in red if VTE prophylaxis

222. Health Information Technology-Supported Process for Preventing and Managing Venous Thromboembolism | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - research were as follows: Evaluate the cognitive and team work involved in VTE prevention (i.e., prophylaxis … For the first aim, focused on understanding the VTE prophylaxis process in the hospital, the investigators … The study team developed two lists of design requirements for VTE prophylaxis and VTE diagnosis, and … Interview Population: Physician Team adaptation to complex clinical situations: The case of VTE prophylaxis … Team adaptation to complex clinical situations: The case of VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized patients.

223. Antibiotic Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Was cefotetan used as antibiotic prophylaxis? … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.  … Was clindamycin or cefotetan used as antibiotic prophylaxis? … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.  … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery. 

224. 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 …     1 intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record D Electronic 1     Peri-Op VTE Prophylaxis … paper anesthesia record D Manual 1     Preop mechanical ventilation        

225. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2021 - 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). … clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma.

226. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - While VTE sometimes occurs despite the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities … to optimize prophylaxis and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital. … and discomfort associated with prophylactic methods; for some inpatients, the risk of anticoagulant prophylaxis … Teams may wish to assess the adequacy of VTE prophylaxis not only on admission or transfer to the ICU … rates, and other parameters (e.g., adherence to prescribed prophylaxis).

227. Facilitator Guide: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - 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 … Slide 23 Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery SAY: This is the table, and it indicates whether weight-based … For example, previous guidelines recommended redosing cefotetan as routine prophylaxis for colon surgery … Cefoxitin is a SCIP-approved antibiotic for colon prophylaxis.

228. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, and mild dementia presented to the emergency department after a mechanical … remained on metoprolol and simvastatin in addition to enoxaparin for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis … In a prospective regional study of 580 patients, no patient who received venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … in the latter category: the patient was appropriately risk stratified prior to surgery, she received prophylaxis … For instance, a technical problem with surgery or failure to administer thromboembolism prophylaxis

229. 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)

230. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
     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)

231. Evaluation of the SCALED (SCaling AcceptabLE cDs) Approach for the Implementation of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2024 - researchers plan to scale and evaluate the implementation of a CDS tool for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis … The researchers plan to widely disseminate this new VTE prophylaxis in TBI tool with U.S. trauma societies … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … The researchers plan to widely disseminate this new VTE prophylaxis CDS tool for TBI patients to U.S.

232. transforming-guidelines-action-slides-06152023 (pdf file)
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     June 15, 2023 - IMPROVE-DD tool for VTE risk assessment was used on discharge Proportion of admitted patients with mechanical … VTE prophylaxis Proportion of admitted patients with pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis Proctor … Order Set Open the VTE Prophylaxis (Medical) order set. 45 IMPROVE-DD VTE CDS … Workflow #1: VTE Prophylaxis Order Set (Cont’d) Click the checkbox to launch the IMPROVE-DD … Order Set IMPROVE-DD VTE CDS Workflow #1: VTE Prophylaxis Order Set (Cont’d) IMPROVE-DD VTE CDS

233. Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic Procedures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - ASHP Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery. … Quality standard for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical procedures. … Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery. The Medical Letter 2009;7(82):47-99. 29. … Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. A national clinical guideline. Edinburgh; Jul 2008. … WHO SSI prophylaxis guideline. Section II.

234. Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic Procedures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article3.html
     June 01, 2014 - ASHP Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery. … Quality standard for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical procedures. … Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery. The Medical Letter 2009;7(82):47-99. 29. … Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. A national clinical guideline. Edinburgh; Jul 2008. … WHO SSI prophylaxis guideline. Section II.

235. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.

236. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.

237. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.

238. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.

239. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.

240. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     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.