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4101. Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Table 2 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-table2.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Table 2 Table 2: Evidence for Hypertension Screening for Children Who are Overweight or Obese Type of Evidence Key Findings Level of Evidence (USPSTF Ranking*) Citations Expert recommendation Hypertension is a risk factor for car…

4102. How to Use This Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/toolkitchecklist/surgetkit4.html
      July 01, 2018 - How to Use This Checklist Public Health Emergency Preparedness All staff responsible for preparing and operating an emergency surge expansion facility at a previously closed or partially closed hospital should inspect any candidate facility now. The Facility Checklist is intended to help with this inspection,…

4103. Optimizing Environmental Cleaning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/environmental-cleaning.html
      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization Nasal Decolo…

4104. Nasal Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI Nasal Decolonization Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization Nasal Decolonization Us…

4105. Index of Clinical Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI Index of Clinical Topics Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization Nasal Decolonization …

4106. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/index.html
      March 01, 2024 - Advancing Heart Health An AHRQ Initiative The Problem The Nation's primary care practices have been challenged in recent decades by fragmentation of the healthcare system, a lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement (QI). As a result, m…

4107. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2016 - Choosing the Right Toolkit The Guide is intended to allow nursing homes to pick and choose among toolkits, and even choose among individual tools. Each nursing home will have different needs and resources resulting in different choices. To help decide which tools may be most appropriate for a particular nursing…

4108. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/VAP-one-page.docx
      November 01, 2019 - Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diagnosis · Defined as pneumonia occurring more than 48 hours after endotracheal intubation · Clinical symptoms include purulent tracheal secretions, new infiltrate on chest imaging, worsening oxygenation (usually in association with leukocytos…

4109. TransforMN Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/solberg.html
      April 01, 2015 - TransforMN Study Principal Investigator: Leif Solberg, MD Institution: HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019161 Number and Type of Practices This project included 132 certified HCHs. Seventy-five percent of the HCHs were part of large med…

4110. 3 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet Final (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Toolkit 2. Monitor and Sustain Stewardship Tool 2. Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet [11x17 format] Month: Resident Name/Identifier Room # Admit Date Admit From Onset Date U rin ar y Tr ac t I nf ec tio n R es pi ra to ry Sk in /S of t T is su…

4111. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2023 - Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 AHRQ, together with our colleagues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Services Resources Administration, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , and other dedicated patient safety advocates, are observing Patient Safety Awareness Week. …

4112. Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/index.html
      July 01, 2025 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 Next Page Table of Contents Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 Acknowledgments and Authors Message from the Acting Director of AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research About This Report 1. Backgrou…

4113. 117-Decolonization-Agent-One-Pager (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - Products Used for S. aureus Nasal Decolonization Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Why Focus on Nasal Decolonization To Prevent Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)? Staphylococcus aureus is a frequently a commensal organism known to colonize skin and mucosal areas. …

4114. Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention The Importance of MRSA Prevention Decolonization Tools & Resources fo…

4115. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/educate-and-engage/index.html
      October 01, 2016 - Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use This Toolkit? The Resident and Family Member Education toolkit helps the nursing home (1) encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing clinicians and residents and the…

4116. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/intro.html
      February 01, 2017 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report Introduction Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report Introduction Methods Model State Enhanc…

4117. Final Progress Report: Medication Reconciliation: Bridging Communications Across the Continuum of Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/muller-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Deborah Ross, RN, Jennifer Thornburgh, RN, Karen Waske, RN, Tamara White, RN, Ray Willey, Ester Wyatt Organization … The difficulty of implementing change and the competing demands that are present in a large organization … Significance: This project illustrated the complexity of implementing large-scale system change in an organization … Because of the complexity of the process, the ability of an organization to implement this process can

4118. Ps-Privacy-Factsheet (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-privacy-factSheet.pdf
      October 01, 2021 - Quality Improvement Activities Before you begin, check with the appropriate point of contact in your organization … ■ To protect patient privacy, healthcare organizations are likely to have policies and procedures … Individual personnel and/or the organization might want the information the activity will generate to … Policies regarding how such information might be shared and used within the organization and for what … Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Defense, Indian health programs, and urban Indian organizations

4119. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/advisorycouncil/advisorycouncil.pdf
      April 01, 2008 - • Becoming advocates for their organization. … , which may not be what the organization selects … a safety concern from data and metrics available in the organization … organizations, such as Kiwanis, Rotary Club, Lions, Elks … • Review literature and examples from other organizations that undertook similar councils.

4120. PowerPoint Presentation
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      August 21, 2015 - event. 4 Disclosure Communication and Transparency2,3 Meets patient expectations of health care organizations … First, health care organizations have a commitment to meet patient expectations for safe, quality care … Patients expect their providers and health care organizations to be truthful and to provide accurate, … Quality’s Guide to Patient and Family Engagement referenced in a previous slide includes a tool to help organizations … Effective communication among staff, patients, and families is the key to ensuring that health care organizations