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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.pdf
May 01, 2014 - home, but experience shows that such development can be accomplished by a nursing home using existing … The antibiogram development group should include, at a minimum, a program champion, the
nursing home … ISBN Number: 1-56238-692-1
Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Agreement … For sensitivity guidelines, see the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute at http://www. … , the antibiogram draft should be modified to address the nursing home’s specific needs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.doc
February 05, 2009 - Developing an antibiogram can appear initially to be a complex task beyond the scope of the average nursing … home, but experience shows that such development can be accomplished by a nursing home using existing … Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Nursing Home/Clinical Laboratory Agreement on Request for Specific Laboratory … For sensitivity guidelines, see the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute at http://www.clsi.org … be modified to address the nursing home’s specific needs.
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit1-suspected-uti-sbar.html
October 01, 2016 - Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Toolkit Effectiveness
A study in 12 nursing homes in Texas found … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most commonly diagnosed infections in nursing homes. 2 … The Suspected UTI SBAR toolkit helps nursing home staff and prescribing clinicians communicate about … become familiar with the Suspected UTI SBAR form and its value, they will be more inclined to follow the guidelines … Tool 4 provides sample training modules that can be used to introduce nursing staff to the Suspected
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/workplace-safety-resources.pdf
May 01, 2023 - /sites/default/files/publications/osha3148.pdf
This publication provides updates to OSHA’s guidelines … Employers should use these guidelines to develop
appropriate workplace violence prevention programs, … Healthy Work Environments
https://www.aacn.org/nursing-excellence/healthy-work-environments
This American … HNHN seeks to connect
and engage nurses, nursing students, and partner organizations through an online … Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=220
January 01, 2024 - and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Screening, Prevention, Evidence-Based Practice, Case Study, Guidelines … diabetic and heart disease patients in FQHCs: a comparison of the ATPIII and 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines … Panel (ATP) III and 2013 American College of Cardiology (ACC/American Heart Association) cholesterol guidelines … The study also wanted to determine adherence to those guidelines based on the 2013 recommendations. … diabetic and heart disease patients in FQHCs: a comparison of the ATPIII and 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1 … As needed, the antimicrobial
stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or … A statement of the nursing home’s commitment to quality care
2. … Required documentation signed by nursing home management authorized to approve the
intervention
7. … home]
Documentation
[List and attach any documents that will be used, including clinical guidelines
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part1a.html
October 01, 2015 - Journal of Emergency Nursing . Advance online publication. 2014. … Journal of Emergency Nursing . Advance online publication. 2014. … Journal of Emergency Nursing . Advance online publication. 2014. … catheter placement
Prompt to discuss indication for catheter placement in report to inpatient RN
Guidelines … There are still health care facilities that have no CAUTI reduction initiatives or guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/753.html
March 01, 2021 - AHRQ Views Blog: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter … Today's Headlines:
AHRQ Views Blog: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis . … AHRQ Views Blog: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis
AHRQ’s role in helping more than … : prior approval, review and feedback of antibiotic prescriptions; availability of local antibiotic guidelines … Omissions of care in nursing homes: a uniform definition for research and quality improvement.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=292
January 01, 2024 - organizational processes to adapt, adopt, disseminate, and incentivize adherence to preventive services guidelines … Nearly all have a formal process for reviewing and refining guidelines, developing clinician support, … and disseminating the approved guidelines. … Keywords: Primary Care, Guidelines, Evidence-Based Practice, Prevention, Implementation, Healthcare … team used to prevent falls in short-stay nursing home patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=83
January 01, 2024 - The investigators concluded that consensus based guidelines produced more recommendations violating the … evidence based medicine principles than evidence based guidelines. … Discordant and inappropriate discordant recommendations in consensus and evidence based guidelines: empirical … Keywords: Guidelines, Evidence-Based Practice, Research Methodologies
Hsueh L , Huang J , … Does public reporting of staffing ratios and Nursing Home Compare ratings matter?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-implementation-handouts.docx
July 01, 2016 - The newest guidelines suggest that if the surface area doesn’t decline over a 2-week period that is a … What guidelines are used in your facility protocol regarding evaluating pressure ulcer healing? … AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Pressure Ulcer Guidelines
b. … Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Pressure Ulcer Guidelines
d. … The criteria that put a resident on this report come from recognized guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess2.html
October 01, 2014 - the attending professional (whether a licensed nurse, nurse practitioner, or doctor) according to the guidelines … for notification that are the policy of your nursing center.
2. … prevention across the nursing center. … Falls: Nursing Standard of Practice Protocol: Fall Prevention. … New York, NY: New York University College of Nursing, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing; 2008.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/709.html
April 01, 2020 - New PSNet Primer Outlines Challenges of Protecting Nursing Home Residents From COVID-19 . … in nursing homes or residential care facilities use common dining and activity spaces and may share … The primer identifies federal guidelines and resources for healthcare provider teams related to COVID … the National Interoperability Collaborative, will feature AHRQ speakers who will present practical guidelines … evidence syntheses on what works to manage pain and opioid use disorder and tools to integrate the latest guidelines
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/873.html
July 01, 2023 - Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection
Issue Number
873
AHRQ … Today's Headlines:
Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection . … Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection
Nonadherence to the Society … Project, but the STS guidelines have received less attention, the authors said. … Data science and precision oncology nursing: creating an analytic ecosystem to support personalized supportive
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather_a_Team_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - home, such as charge
nurses, the director of nursing, the assistant director of nursing, the medical … CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes
b. … An interest in playing a leadership role in the nursing home
c. … Infectious Diseases Society of America and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines … Antibiotic use in
nursing homes. 2014 Oct. Publication P-00886.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/handouts.html
December 01, 2017 - The newest guidelines suggest that if the surface area doesn’t decline over a 2-week period that is a … We need to pay attention to the new guidelines and be able to make care changes as soon as we have an … What guidelines are used in your facility protocol regarding evaluating pressure ulcer healing? … .
|___| AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine's Pressure Ulcer Guidelines … The criteria that put a resident on this report come from recognized guidelines.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=334
January 01, 2024 - Armstrong MJ , Rueda JD , Gronseth GS Framework for enhancing clinical practice guidelines … Framework for enhancing clinical practice guidelines through continuous patient engagement. … Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Outcomes … Inappropriate fentanyl prescribing among nursing home residents in the United States. … Keywords: Elderly, Guidelines, Nursing Homes, Pneumonia, Vaccination
Bensley KM , Harris AH
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-section-5-table-3.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Department
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines … Surviving Sepsis Campaign:
International guidelines for
management of severe sepsis and
septic shock … protocol intended to facilitate
recognition of septic shock and
adherence to national treatment
guidelines … To facilitate
timely delivery of interventions,
additional nursing, respiratory therapy,
and pharmacy … In this study,
physicians were aware of the
ACCM/PALS guidelines, but nurses
were less so.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-transcript.doc
September 10, 2013 - This was after we had an intervention to have institutional guidelines and, you know, clear guidelines … So the first thing is, you know, having clear guidelines on when to use a catheter. … What is your nursing culture? What is your physician culture? … A good place to start is the CDC/HICPAC guidelines. … Are these CDC/HICPAC guidelines on the CDC website, or…
Dr.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4f_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - recommendation should be selected based on individual patient risk factors and
current evidence-based guidelines … • Provide feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary
staff … knowledge/Pages/Tools/AnticoagulantToolkitReducingADEs.aspx
Policies/Protocols
• Recommended Curriculum Guidelines … Required
• Physicians and other providers (pediatricians, neonatologists, pediatric surgeons)
• Nursing … and nursing assistants
• Respiratory therapists
• Transfusion medicine service
Communication
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