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61. 2022 Updated Results for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - effective procedures to protect providers and staff from exposure to hazardous materials, contagious diseases … effective procedures to protect providers and staff from exposure to hazardous materials, contagious diseases … effective procedures to protect providers and staff from exposure to hazardous materials, contagious diseases … effective procedures to protect providers and staff from exposure to hazardous materials, contagious diseases … effective procedures to protect providers and staff from exposure to hazardous materials, contagious diseases

62. Tool: STEP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Community or facility disease outbreaks. Equipment status. … Status: The respiratory therapist notes that a ventilated patient is showing a marked increase in respiratory … Environment: It is a shift change, and everyone is busy, so the respiratory therapist checks the medication … Progress: The respiratory therapist notifies the oncoming nurse of their concern. 

63. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - diseases Cerebrovascular diseases Unintentional injuries Diabetes mellitus Homicide … , and nephrosis Pneumonia and influenza Chronic lower respiratory diseases Diabetes mellitus … Homicide Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Septicemia Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome … , and nephrosis Alzheimer's disease A 2002 South Carolina University report indicated that … These include cancer; cardiovascular disease and stroke; chemical dependency (measured by deaths due

64. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - management of infections common among long-term care residents, including C. difficile , urinary and respiratory … The specific infectious disease syndromes covered in the presentations and narrated presentations are … a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection   Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory

65. Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Finally, those patients with respiratory failure may require support through mechanical ventilation. … bacteremia in the presence of phlebitis and signs of sepsis is consistent with septic thrombophlebitis, a disease … Ventilators Endotracheal tubes are used to intubate patients with respiratory failure to provide mechanical

66. 4 Tk3 T1-Sample Policy Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - antibiotics are most frequently prescribed in nursing homes: (1) urinary tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory … Thromboembolic disease should be considered when a resident presents with an erythematous or swollen … has a fever of >102°F (38.9°C), initiate antibiotics if one of the following criteria are met: • Respiratory … confusion, disorientation, dramatic change in mental status), or – Rigors (shaking chills), or – Respiratory … met: • New or increased cough with purulent sputum production AND at least 1 of the following: – Respiratory

67. Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare2.html
    October 01, 2024 - disparities in health outcomes for patients in rural areas are vast. 4 Data from a 2017 Centers for Disease … vs. 15% urban). 33 Further, despite national efforts to reduce preventable conditions such as heart disease … diagnosis. 5, 13 , 20 , 34 Rural residents are also at a greater risk of death from frequently misdiagnosed diseases … such as cancer 23 and chronic respiratory disease. 31 They are less likely to engage in regular physical

68. 4 Tk3 T1-Sample Policy Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - antibiotics are most frequently prescribed in nursing homes: (1) urinary tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory … Thromboembolic disease should be considered when a resident presents with an erythematous or swollen … Minimum Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Lower Respiratory Tract Infection If a resident has … a fever of >102°F (38.9°C), initiate antibiotics if one of the following criteria are met: Respiratory … onset of confusion, disorientation, dramatic change in mental status), or Rigors (shaking chills), or Respiratory

69. Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - mothers had obtained early and adequate prenatal care, by State quartiles Source: Centers for Disease … Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, National Immunization Survey, 2009-2013. … Meningococcal diseases are infections caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. 12 Neisseria … Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory … Diseases, National Immunization Survey, 2008-2013.

70. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereports.html
    September 01, 2017 - Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment; LOS=length of stay; COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease … * Circulatory problems include vascular disease, and venous and arterial ulcer. ** Certain medical … Antihypertensives Opioids Diuretics ii  ICD-9-CM is the International Classification of Diseases … How many received a respiratory treatment? How many were suctioned? … How many were seen by a respiratory therapist?

71. Acute Care Learning Laboratory—Reducing Threats to Diagnostic Fidelity in Critical Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Hospital variation in management and outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 … Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study Registry . 2021 Mar 1;49(3):437-48. … Variation in use of repurposed medications among patients with coronavirus disease 2019. … From the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal … Study: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Registry Investigator Group .

72. PowerPoint Presentation
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T5-Minimum_Criteria_for_3_Infections_Training_Slides-final.pptx
    October 01, 2016 - criteria for antibiotics for the three most common infections: Urinary tract Skin and soft tissue Lower respiratory … Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat Toolkit 3/Tool 5 7 Percent of Isolates Source: Infectious Diseases … Progress—Development of new drugs active against gram-negative bacilli: an update from the Infectious Diseases … It also allows for more than one antibiotic. 30 Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR Nursing … Determine Whether To Treat Toolkit 3/Tool 5 31 Okay, now we are switching to the Suspected Lower Respiratory

73. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - participating clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory … Antibiotic medications have drastically reduced illness and death due to bacterial infectious diseases … Chicago, and AHRQ with input from a Technical Expert Panel including representatives from the Centers for Disease

74. AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - ICU patient’s fever is due to a urinary tract infection... ...Other causes could include: 4 • Respiratory … adult patients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases

75. Documentation and Coding for the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2016 - i ICD-10-CM-PCS = International Classification of Diseases … Providers may document “history of” a disease or illness when it is a long- term, chronic, or ongoing … PDI 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Either the diagnosis code for “acute post-procedural respiratory … PDI 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate X Postoperative respiratory failure is acute in nature … insufficiency and respiratory failure (UHC Documentation Guide Post- Operative Respiratory Failure

76. The "Never Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold   | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - The "Never Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold   … Describe treatment options to manage the symptoms of viral upper respiratory infections. … Discuss strategies to communicate with patients the appropriate management of viral upper respiratory … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold – Slides … (PPTX, 2.4 MB) The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: ​the

77. Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/respiratory-assess.html
    June 01, 2021 - Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection After … Assessment of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection – Slides (PPTX, 6.7 MB) Assessment … of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection – Slides (PPTX, 5.5 MB) Management of … the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 3 MB)   … One-Page Document – Viral Respiratory Infections (PDF, 214.2 KB) One-Page Document – COPD Exacerbation

78. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
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    April 02, 2025 - ■ Infants with significant respiratory disease or congenital heart disease may need a hematocrit … ■ Types of apnea: – Central: the respiratory center in the immature brain stem does not trigger … ■ Course characterized by acute exacerbations of respiratory distress. … ■ Frequent respiratory problems due to aspiration. … – Zone 1: plus disease with any stage ROP. – Zone 1: stage 3 ROP with no plus disease.

79. Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S.-Mexico Border | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4.html
    March 01, 2019 - Immunizations and infectious diseases. Injury prevention. Maternal and child health. … Respiratory diseases. … California is weak in care for chronic kidney disease. … New Mexico and Texas are weak in care for cardiovascular disease. … Arizona and Texas are strong in care for chronic kidney disease.

80. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 30, 2013 - Oxygen therapy Respiratory treatment Suctioning   Transfusion Other __________ Surgical Procedure … Mental status change Mental disorder/psychosis Neoplasm Pneumonia Pressure ulcer Peripheral vascular disease … Respiratory, other nonpneumonia Renal disease Seizure Sepsis/urosepsis Surgical complications or infection …     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 * Circulatory problems include vascular disease … Fever or Infection Skin Ulcers or Cellulitis Dehydration or Metabolic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease