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21. Using the CAHPS Database to Compare, Report, and Improve Organizational Performance (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/3_Deborah_Kilstein_slides_29-40.pdf
    January 15, 2014 - national averages 35 2013 ACAP Sponsor Report  ACAP members submitted • 31 Adult Medicaid plan samples … • 29 Child Medicaid plan samples  Plans used several different survey vendors  CAHPS Database

22. Screening for Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k-btyK4W2-v9KnemTK8WDx
    September 14, 2021 - Sensitivity of gonococcal testing was 89% or greater for all anatomical samples. … In 2 studies, sensitivity was 90% to 100% for clinician-collected samples and 90% to 98% for self- … collected samples.29,34 An additional study reported sensitivities of 56% for clinician-collected samples … False-positive rates in studies that compared self-collected and clinician-collected samples ranged … https://jama.com https://Supplement).29 https://methodology.37 https://samples.29 https://Supplement)

23. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/1998ChangesintheNISRedesignFinal.pdf
    January 18, 2002 - …………………..39 TABLE 7: COMPARISON OF WEIGHTED ESTIMATES BASED ON 1,000 SAMPLES: BIRTHS……….40 TABLE … 8: COMPARISON OF WEIGHTED ESTIMATES BASED ON 1,000 SAMPLES: MEDICARE (NONBIRTHS)………………………………… … For this analysis we drew 500 samples using the old sampling design with and without the longitudinal … A comparison of each distribution of each 500 samples showed that removing the longitudinal component … We then compared the distribution of estimates from the 1,000 NIS samples.

24. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9Tse2TwVFQgYb-aNCq4Ngv
    September 04, 2018 - false-negative response from high antibody titer) with rapid plasma reagin screening using undiluted samples … ARCHITECTa Index ≥1.0 Reflex testing with FTA-ABS; immunoblot used for confirmation of discordant samples … Reflex testing with FTA-ABS; recombinant IgG and IgM immunoblot used for confirmation of discordant samples … using serum diluted to 1:32 Reflex testing of TPPA+ samples with CIA NR 4/139 (2.9) (prozone phenomenon … ARCHITECTa Index ≥1.0; Reflex testing with FTA-ABS; immunoblot used for confirmation of discordant samples

25. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Appendix 4 describes changes in the samples used for the 2014–2016 analyses, compared with the 2010– … The weighting for the global sample was 100 percent minus the contribution from the other four samples … • Sum the estimates for each of the five samples for each measure to produce an estimate for each of … Changes in the Samples Used for the MPSMS 2014–2016, Compared With 2010–2014 Previous Analyses The … Therefore, from 2010 through 2014, nearly all IPPS hospitals submitted data to CMS on random samples

26. Collecting Microbiologial Specimens | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/specimens.html
    June 01, 2021 - Specimens Knowing when to collect a microbiological sample and how to collect good quality samples

27. LOINC Mapping Tool Instructions (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/AppendixK_1LabCodingToolInstructions.pdf
    July 07, 2008 - Bicarbonate – Bicarbonate may be measured using different methods on different samples. … Glucose – Serum/plasma samples have individual LOINC codes for a full range of random, fasting, and … Whole blood and capillary blood samples have codes only for some of these measurements.

28. LOINC Overview and Instructions (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn14.pdf
    November 04, 2014 - Bicarbonate – Bicarbonate may be measured using different methods on different samples. … Glucose – Serum/plasma samples have individual LOINC codes for a full range of random, fasting, and … Whole blood and capillary blood samples have codes only for some of these measurements.

29. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/Changes_in_NIS_Design_1998.pdf
    January 01, 1998 - For this analysis we drew 500 samples using the old sampling design with and without the longitudinal … A comparison of each distribution of each 500 samples showed that removing the longitudinal component … selected NIS hospitals, and we drew another 500 samples using the old sampling design without giving … We then calculated the average hospital occupancy rate for each of the 500 samples and compared the … We then compared the distribution of estimates from the 1,000 NIS samples.

30. Use of Copper-Infused Surfaces Reduces Clostridioides difficile Spores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/948.html
    March 01, 2025 - copper-infused surfaces reduced  C. diff spores by 97.3 percent and 96.8 percent for bedrail and table samples … Soiled bedrail and table samples showed a spore reduction of 91.8 percent and 91.7 percent, respectively

31. “This is the wrong patient's blood!”: Evaluating a Near-Miss Wrong Transfusion Event | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-patients-blood-evaluating-near-miss-wrong-transfusion-event
    July 01, 2017 - Identify the patient with two unique identifiers. 2) Connect the patient identifiers to all prepared lab samples … This review may include re-educating the staff on the current SOP, evaluating other samples processed … assessment of test performance through testing of previously analyzed specimens, internal blind testing of samples … , or external proficiency testing of samples; and (6) assessment of problem-solving skills. 21 A monitoring … Checking the labels of all blood samples against the two unique identifiers on the patient’s wristband

32. Draft Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
    December 10, 2024 - Agreement between self-collected vaginal and clinician-collected cervical samples was high, with similar … proportions screening positive. 1 The pooled absolute sensitivity of self-collected samples to detect … The relative accuracy of self-collected vaginal samples to detect CIN2+ compared with the accuracy of … clinician-collected samples was high (relative sensitivity, 0.94 to 0.99; relative specificity, 0.98 … Performance of human papillomavirus testing on self-collected versus clinician-collected samples for

33. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary9/breast-cancer-screening-2009
    November 15, 2009 - # Clear samples from the previous burn-in samplesClear("*") # Keep MCMC samples of parameters … alpha, beta, and sigma samplesSet("alpha") samplesSet("beta") samplesSet("sigma") # Thin samples … <- samplesHistory("*", thin=samplesGetThin(), plot=FALSE) After the model was estimated and the samples … # Assign parameter samples to separate R vectors alpha <- as.vector(brugs.nodes$alpha) beta … rate1 / rate2 rd <- rate1 - rate2 nns <- n / (rate2 - rate1) From the 1000 thinned posterior samples

34. Screening for Breast Cancer: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZcuLSXJZXLz9Y2LECTWqVJ
    November 01, 2009 - These data draw from community samples that are representative of the larger, national population and … None of these studies provide estimates specific to U.S. samples. … # Clear samples from the previous burn-in samplesClear(“*”) # Keep MCMC samples of parameters alpha … , beta, and sigma samplesSet(“alpha”) samplesSet(“beta”) samplesSet(“sigma”) # Thin samples so only … # Define R function; it will be used a number of times brugs.nodesummary �- function(x, name) { Samples

35. LOINC Mapping Tool Instructions
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/AppendixK_1LabCodingToolInstructions.jsp
    October 01, 2010 - Bicarbonate – Bicarbonate may be measured using different methods on different samples. … Glucose – Serum/plasma samples have individual LOINC codes for a full range of random, fasting, and 2 … Whole blood and capillary blood samples have codes only for some of these measurements.

36. LOINC Overview and Instructions
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn14.jsp
    August 01, 2014 - Bicarbonate — Bicarbonate may be measured using different methods on different samples. … Glucose — Serum/plasma samples have individual LOINC codes for a full range of random, fasting, and 2 … Whole blood and capillary blood samples have codes only for some of these measurements.

37. C (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2010_05.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - mean is just one point estimate out of many point estimates that would arise from different random samples … distribution of sample means that would occur if we calculated sample means from many different random samples … If the sample size is less than the population size then different samples are possible and the standard … It should be noted that the superpopulation model is most often associated with probability samples … simple random sample of the superpopulation, and standard statistical procedures for simple random samples

38. Term of Award: AHRQ Data Management Plan Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/funding/grant-mgmt/data-management-plan.html
    December 01, 2021 - component of their grant application a DMP for managing, storing and disseminating the primary data, samples

39. Figure 10: Script for Patient Reminders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-10.html
    July 01, 2022 - Your complete list of medications includes all prescription medications, samples from your doctor, and

40. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BwAo_shwmJLSRguyWxaXpP
    July 01, 2007 - screen for dyslipidemia, the preferred screening tests are TC and HDL-C on nonfasting or fasting samples … ; calculating LDL-C requires fasting samples. … Accuracy of Screening Tests TC and HDL-C can be measured on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples … , LDL-C measurement requires fasting samples, and direct LDL-C can be measured on nonfasting venous … samples.