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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/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/hai/patient-safety-resources/cdiff-toolkit/cdiffl2tools4b.html
September 01, 2012 - for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship
Ø 4B TOOL: UTI Guidelines … References
Tools and Resources
Purpose: Urinary tract infection (UTI) treatment guidelines … Modify therapy according to BLHC UTI guidelines. … bacteriuria is not appropriate for: women (premenopausal, nonpregnant), diabetics, elderly people, nursing … Nicolle LE, Bradley S, Colgan R, et al Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/conclusion.html
October 01, 2015 - Decision-making based on sound evidence, best practice, and established guidelines can foster positive … Decision making:
Sound evidence
Best practice
Established guidelines
Nurse-driven change
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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
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January 01, 2024 - a prior hospitalization followed by discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). … found that most patients undergoing otolaryngology procedures are at low risk of VTE, indicating that guidelines … plan for generating interoperable nursing data. … Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Guidelines, Prevention, Vaccination
Krist AH , Bibbins-Domingo … Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Prevention, Primary Care, U.S.
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June 01, 2022 - AHRQ Releases Learning Modules for Nursing Homes on COVID-19 Identification and Prevention . … released a series of three new video learning modules for nursing homes on COVID-19. … Vaccinated individuals are those who have completed the vaccine series prior to age 21 per guidelines … that the increased risk of a false-positive result for vaccinated individuals may warrant screening guidelines … Instruments for measuring patient safety competencies in nursing: a scoping review .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Clair.pdf
January 01, 2004 - To
address these issues, the Nursing Performance Improvement and Nursing
Research Departments entered … Cochrane Collaboration, Medscape®, the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) practice guidelines … procedure, and develop an evidence-based nursing
procedure. … (CINAHL®), MEDLINE®,
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) practice guidelines, the … by the
Department of Nursing.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/Translation-Guidelines-SOPS-090222.pdf
September 02, 2022 - Translation Guidelines for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®)
Guidelines for Translating … Safety Culture.™”
Spanish translations for all five core SOPS surveys (i.e., Hospital, Medical Office, Nursing … Translation
• Pretest the draft translation with target population members (i.e., hospital, medical office, nursing … • Conduct a pilot test of the survey with a selected group of hospitals, nursing homes, medical
offices … o Recruit providers and staff (hospital, medical office, nursing home,
community pharmacy, and ambulatory
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T3-Antibiogram_Specifications_Phase_2.pdf
May 01, 2014 - The nursing home program champion or his/her designee should share this
document with the affiliated … The specifications are based on the guidelines of the Clinical and
Laboratory Standards Institute ( … Some patients receive multiple microbiological cultures during their stay in a nursing home. … Therefore, we do not recommend adding these details to a standard nursing-home antibiogram. … Note nursing home name and unit location.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T3-Antibiogram_specifications_Phase_2.doc
May 14, 2014 - The nursing home program champion or his/her designee should share this document with the affiliated … The specifications are based on the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI … Some patients receive multiple microbiological cultures during their stay in a nursing home. … FORMCHECKBOX
FORMCHECKBOX
Note nursing home name and unit location. … � CLSI recommendations that nursing homes may choose not to follow.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=269
January 01, 2024 - Can sepsis be detected in the nursing home prior to the need for hospital transfer? … Differences in primary cardiovascular disease prevention between the 2013 and 2016 cholesterol guidelines … Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Heart Disease and Health, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, … Caregiver and expecting caregiver support for early peanut introduction guidelines. … Keywords: Caregiving, Children/Adolescents, Guidelines, Newborns/Infants, Patient-Centered Outcomes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-bacterial-pneumonia.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Utility
of pulse oximetry in diagnosing pneumonia in
nursing home residents. … Predictors of viral
pneumonia: the need for viral testing in all
patients hospitalized for nursing … Pneumonia in the nursing
home. J Am Med Dir Assoc. Sep-Oct
2005;6(5):342-50. … Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious
Diseases Society of America: 2018 update on
diagnosis … Management of adults with hospital-acquired and
ventilator-associated pneumonia: 2016 Clinical
Practice Guidelines
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/index.html
August 01, 2024 - results from recent SOPS Database reports: SOPS Hospital Database SOPS Medical Office Database SOPS Nursing … participate in the SOPS Databases will have to submit specific data elements and comply with database guidelines … Supplemental Items Workplace Safety Supplemental Items Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items June 3-21 Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article9.html
June 01, 2014 - Example of nursing home antibiogram
a WHONET Software, World Health Organization. … the antibiograms based on our 6-month chart review period was much less than recommended by the CLSI guidelines … CLSI guidelines recommend including a pathogen on an antibiogram if 30 or more isolates are available … Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for antibiograms
CLSI guidelines suggest … Nursing homes do not culture to this extent.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article9.html
June 01, 2014 - Example of nursing home antibiogram
a WHONET Software, World Health Organization. … the antibiograms based on our 6-month chart review period was much less than recommended by the CLSI guidelines … CLSI guidelines recommend including a pathogen on an antibiogram if 30 or more isolates are available … Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for antibiograms
CLSI guidelines suggest … Nursing homes do not culture to this extent.
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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/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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December 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated … Respiratory Infections
Amy Vogelsmeier, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor at Sinclair School of Nursing … University of Missouri–Columbia, is working to develop knowledge and recommendations to improve U.S. nursing … Articles featured this week include:
The relationship between nursing home staffing and resident
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January 01, 2024 - Minorities, Urban Health
Simpson KR , Lyndon A , Spetz J Adherence to the AWHONN staffing guidelines … their units adhere to Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) staffing guidelines … Most nurses did report that staffing guidelines were adhered to. … Adherence to the AWHONN staffing guidelines as perceived by labor nurses. … Keywords: Care Management, Guidelines, Labor and Delivery, Maternal Care, Patient Safety, Pregnancy,