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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/053-sample-script-iodophor.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Teaching Patients How To Decolonize With Iodophor:
Key Points & Sample Script
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Properly teaching patients the importance of preoperative decolonization and how to perform it …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/054-sample-adherence-report.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Decolonization
Sample Adherence Report
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Use this document to build a useful report that allows for tracking of adherence and for drilling down, as need…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/110-ss-lfd-sample.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Learning From Defects Tool—Sample
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
What Is a Defect?
A defect is any clinical or operational event or situation that you would not want to happen again. This could include i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
September 01, 2014 - ensure the
reliability of the MPSMS rates and other data present in charts from these additional IQR samples … Preliminary
data and calculations based on data that include the new IQR samples suggest that a method
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-clostridioides-difficile.pdf
June 01, 2021 - of C. difficile test results.1
• C. difficile testing recommendations1
− Do not test formed stool samples
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
June 02, 2025 - your laboratory have the capacity to process surveillance cultures either on-site or by sending
samples … Does your laboratory have the capacity to process surveillance cultures either on-site or by sending samples
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=24
care events, health conditions, employment characteristics, and other aspects of the MEPS household samples
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/rogers-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Scope: Two randomly selected national samples of full-time hospital staff nurses
(n=905 registered nurses … 6.0%
Currently working a second
job
18.6% 16%
Table 1 Sample Characteristics
6
Both samples … Half the participants in the ANA and AACN samples reported
working in hospitals with over 300 beds; … Both samples were representative of the larger nursing population.24
4 Methods
Part 1 of the study … Despite somewhat
lower than normal response rates,29 both samples appear to be representative of the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/44-sample-pathway-checklist.docx
June 01, 2023 - Sample Pathway Checklist for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Purpose of tool: Successful implementation of an enhanced recovery pathway requires coordinated care from all providers who care for surgery patients. The Sample Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) Pathway Checklist can be used to track complianc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
April 24, 2015 - URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy
Purpose
The purpose of urinary catheterization is to facilitate urinary drainage when medically necessary. Urinary catheters should be evaluated every day for need and remo…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/evaluation-plan.html
January 01, 2023 - Focus groups with samples of audience members
Survey of audience members
Observed changes in … Can you get samples of tools that you can adapt or simply use as a template for your own?
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=3
January 01, 2022 - information regarding COVID-19 testing, including the different types of tests, their uses, and the types of samples
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www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=3
January 01, 2022 - information regarding COVID-19 testing, including the different types of tests, their uses, and the types of samples
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Urine culture samples must be processed by the lab within 2 hours, stored in a specimen refrigerator,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/sample-practice-contact-email.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Sample first email to practice contact
Sample first email to practice contact
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/resources/letter-emergency-contact.docx
June 02, 2025 - Sample Disaster Preparedness Letter to Families
Dear Representative/Family Member,
As part of our Emergency Preparedness Plan, we are updating the emergency contact information we have on record for our residents. We value the health, safety, and dignity of your loved one and a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/wakefield2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Methods: A mixed-methods approach using document reviews and surveys was used to
analyze VO policies in samples … Iowa community hospitals and 94 University Health System Consortium member AMCs
from which the study samples … From the remaining
Missouri and Iowa hospital samples, we excluded mental health hospitals (n=15), … For
instance, use of a CPOE system or other electronic data base, through periodic abstracting of samples … response per item)
Periodic and regularly recurring measurements Yes [ ] No [ ]
Periodic special samples
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.docx
March 01, 2017 - Urine culture samples must be processed by the lab within 2 hours, stored in a specimen refrigerator,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-detail-aid.pdf
January 01, 2015 - E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes are not associated with successful
quitting in general population-based samples
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/hiring/index.html
December 01, 2018 - Be sure to ask whether your survey vendor can produce reports, and examine samples of their work.