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Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors
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October 01, 2016 - Tool 3. Readiness Assessment
This tool can be used to assess readiness for an antimicrobial stewardship program in general as well as to assess readiness for specific interventions.
Use this tool to—
· Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff
· Determine whether the nursing home has the necessary resource…
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October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 3. Readiness Assessment
This tool can be used to assess readiness for an antimicrobial stewardship program in general as
well as to assess readiness for specific…
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March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
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December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
Appendix A: Family Information Packet
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A Resource Toolkit
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
Family Information Packet Cover Sheet
Coaching in the Hospital
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October 01, 2014 - Improving the Quality of Asthma Care
New Tools for States
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and its companion workbook, Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action. These materials were design…
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December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
Appendix A: Family Information Packet
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September 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
Introduction
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January 01, 2025 - Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for the National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted the HHS Convening to Advance Patient Safety in November 2022 as a voluntary learning community to advance patient and workforce safety. …
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March 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
We Must Not Underestimate the Impacts of Gun Violence on Healthcare Workers
DEC
5
2022
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
The recent shootings in a Colorado nightclub and a Virginia store are …
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July 01, 2025 - Diagnostic Safety Issue Briefs
Starting in 2019, AHRQ supported the development of a series of papers on different diagnostic safety topics. The purpose of the papers was to develop, based on research conducted to date, more resources to improve diagnostic safety and quality, during a time when research to impr…
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May 01, 2025 - NCEPCR Recent Activities
New PBRN Learning Series NCEPCR launched a new learning series ( PDF , 146 KB) designed to support and promote the work of Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs). The series includes two webinars featuring experienced leaders actively working in PBRNs who share guidance about mana…
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March 01, 2022 - Staff Training Documents and Video Links
This toolkit provides several training documents and videos for educating staff about the decolonization protocol. These include just-in-time training documents for rapid training of staff providing temporary coverage, and computer-based training modules for more formali…
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April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibit 7. Algorithm to identify deep and organ-space surgical site infections
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Exhibit 21. No. of total knee arthroplasties at principal hospitals in 2008 compared to the HCUP estimates for different hospital types
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Exhibit 20. Estimates of the total number of SSI cases in the United States, based on the rates used
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Exhibit 4. Evolution of C-reactive protein values among individuals who NEVER develop an SSI
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April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibit 50. Model for continuous quality improvement in reducing surgical site infections
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Exhibit 16. The rpart algorithm alone—sensitivity by surgical procedure type
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Exhibit 17. Sensitivity and positive predictive values of algorithms alone
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