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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/005-ss-preop-chlorhexidine-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - controlled trials that have evaluated the use of CHG for 5 days leading up to surgery, in combination … The first study, by Bode et al., was a randomized and masked study evaluating the effect of decolonization … Patients were randomized to receive either 5 days of intranasal mupirocin and CHG bathing or 5 days of … study, all patients received CHG wipes to use the night before and morning of surgery, and then were randomized … The studies where this strategy was used were large, multisite, and either randomized or pragmatic trials
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - All practices received performance reports on CQMs throughout the 18-month group-
randomized trial. … Twenty-three PPRNet practices were randomized, using a modified constrained randomization
process: … incorporated into reports and
disseminated to all participating practices during the 18-month group-randomized … trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/cap-ed-setting-slides.html
January 01, 2018 - Level I evidence (high)—Evidence from well conducted, randomized controlled trials.
d.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/patient-safety.html
August 01, 2025 - The mixed-methods study includes controlled cohort studies to develop patient categories by antibiotic … A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ferguson2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Khoury worked with the clinical team
to design a randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the … The pilot study was a randomized controlled study of 50
patient surveys administered over a 9-month … result, the company loaned
the partnership three videoconferencing units for 4 months in order to trial-test … • Technical Barriers:
1) Disparities among partners’ technical expertise: Experience during trial … Though the modified survey has not yet been
trial-tested for this project, an advantage of this approach
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/cap-pc-setting-slides.html
January 01, 2018 - Level I evidence (high)—Evidence from well conducted, randomized controlled trials.
d.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/field2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - appeared to be effective in the overall analysis, a subanalysis
limiting studies to those using a randomized … trial design found no benefit. … A recent, well-designed randomized trial
of a pharmacist intervention directed at lowering the number … A randomized controlled trial of a pharmacist
consultation program for family physicians and their elderly
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/robins-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Methods:
A randomized, controlled, post-test design was used to examine the qualitative and
quantitative … and physicians and patients gave written informed consent.
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Methods
Study Design1
We used a randomized … , controlled post-test design to examine the qualitative and
quantitative outcomes of EF training. … learn–work–learn components,
combined with direct observation and feedback based on successes reported in randomized … Improving communication skills--a
randomized controlled behaviorally oriented intervention study for
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/LomotanDougherty2013.pdf
April 01, 2013 - An absence of pediatric
randomized controlled trials in general medical journals,
1985–2004. … Child vs adult randomized
controlled trials in specialist journals: a citation analysis of trends, … Randomized
clinical trial of parent training and medication: one-year follow-
up.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool_obhemorrhage.docx
May 01, 2017 - typically include6-10—
· use of a uterotonic drug soon after birth (oxytocin or ergot-derived agents),
· controlled … differences between administration before or after placental expulsion.14
· Evidence suggests that controlled … Active management of the third stage of labor with and without controlled cord traction: a systematic … review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. … a collector bag for measurement of postpartum blood loss after vaginal delivery: cluster randomised trial
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Schillinger.pdf
January 01, 2004 - A structured teaching and self-
management program for patients receiving oral
anticoagulation: a randomized … controlled trial. … Anticoagulation
therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: how
well do randomized trials … Use of a
low-literacy patient education tool to enhance
pneumococcal vaccination rates: a randomized … controlled trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - At least
four meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
have shown use of vancomycin versus linezolid … In a double-blind clinical trial
conducted in 51 French intensive care units or ICUs,
patients were … randomized to 8 or 15 days of antibiotic
therapy.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/finkelstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Topics included cluster randomized trials, stepped wedge designs, interrupted time
series analysis, … Biostatistical Methods and QI
Research
Terri Byczkowski, PhD, MBA
Jon Finkelstein, MD, MPH
7) Cluster Randomized … Controlled Trials Michelle Garrison, PhD
8) Stepped Wedge Designs James Hughes, PhD
9) Survey of Quality-Improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/UTI-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - Prospective randomized comparison of therapy and no therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized … Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-RTI-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - onset to reduce influenza illness duration and virus shedding in an urban setting in Bangladesh: a randomized … placebo-controlled trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/taekman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Subjects were randomized to mannequin-based simulation (MBS), virtual
environment (VE), or video-taped … The study was an experimental trial using a randomized between-
subject study design. … Thirty-nine residents and advanced practice nurses
participated in the trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/heritage-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - METHODS: Randomized controlled trial of two interventions, with videotaping of office visits,
and pre … METHODS
The study was a group randomized trial of two communication interventions, with videotaping … Clustering of patients
within doctors was controlled for in all regression analyses. … Contested evidence in a courtroom cross-examination: the case of a trial for rape, in
Talk at Work: … Reducing Patients’ Unmet Concerns
in Primary Care: A Trial of Two Question Designs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/implementing-stewardship-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: a randomized … clinical trial. … Personalized prescription feedback using routinely collected data to reduce antibiotic use in primary care: a randomized … clinical trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/chlorhexidine-bathing.pdf
April 01, 2022 - with bathing and after each incontinence
episode was part of the bathing protocol for the cluster randomized … surface decolonization on bacteriuria
and candiduria in intensive care units: an analysis of a cluster-randomized … trial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Riley_58.pdf
April 02, 2008 - informed about the in situ simulation ahead of time and agreed voluntarily to participate in a
simulation trial … Specifically,
we selected videotapes from each of the six study sites without prior knowledge of the trial … The only individual present at each stage in every simulation trial was the mother. … Effects of
teamwork training on adverse outcomes and process
of care in labor and delivery: A randomized … controlled
trial.