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  1. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/dailygoals-rounds-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Look at samples of Daily Goals rounding tools that other units have used.

  2. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening
    April 28, 2016 - early-stage cancer (90% to 96% of cancers detected). 2 , 3 ‡ Sample size of at least 1,000 men; smaller samples

  3. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2008
    December 30, 2013 - cholesterol, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels in non-fasting or fasting samples … preferred screening tests for dyslipidemia are total cholesterol and HDL-C on non-fasting or fasting samples

  4. Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/MZB7xxWHfLHtcdT9uUHsrp
    April 01, 2009 - selection, excessive delays between screening and diagnostic interviews, poor reporting of methods, small samples … The majority of SSRI trials included children as young as 8 years or younger in their study samples.

  5. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
    November 15, 2018 - exercise classes Limited guided physical activity (i.e., 1 to 2 sessions) or provision of food samples

  6. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/hepatitis-c-virus-infection-screening-2004
    March 08, 2004 - Measuring hepatitis C viremia in clinical samples: can we trust the assays? … False-positive PCR test results may also occur due to contamination of samples (11% in 1 early quality … The analytic framework shows the target samples, interventions, and intermediate and health outcome measures … relationship to an earlier generation ELISA or performed the reference standard only in "discordant" samples … of antiviral treatment that evaluated relevant intermediate or clinical outcomes in treatment-naive samples

  7. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/We5A-uCMvX5qYeFukGgqks
    March 01, 2004 - Measuring hepatitis C viremia in clinical samples: can we trust the assays? … False-positive PCR test results may also occur due to contamination of samples (11% in 1 early quality … The analytic framework shows the target samples, interventions, and intermediate and health outcome measures … relationship to an earlier generation ELISA or performed the reference standard only in “discordant” samples … of antiviral treatment that evaluated relevant intermediate or clinical outcomes in treatment-naive samples

  8. HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample Design Report 1993

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_1993_Design_Report.jsp
    January 01, 1993 - The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20 percent subsample of discharges. … 128 128 85 TOTAL 2,348 2,168 913 The number of hospitals in the NIS hospital samples … Potthoff, Woodbury, and Manton 2 ) have been developed to draw inferences using weights from complex samples

  9. Clinical Content Enhancement Toolkit

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/data_collection.jsp
    February 01, 2025 - (Developed by the Hawaii grantee) HL7 Drug Order Examples ( PDF file, 163 KB; HTML ) Samples

  10. Implementation Guide for the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/ltc-implementation-guide.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Appropriate Collection of Microbiological Specimens” is to help frontline staff collect high-quality samples

  11. Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
    May 01, 2016 - Convenience samples categorized by ward or service are a common model. … technique can very rapidly improve VTE prophylaxis rates. 5 , 6 More detailed reviews can be performed on samples

  12. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
    September 13, 2018 - exercise classes allowed Limited guided physical activity (i.e., 1 to 2 sessions) or provision of food samples

  13. Electronic Prescribing | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/electronic-prescribing-0
    January 01, 2023 - prescribing medications that are dispensed locally, and it ignores certain classes of medications, such as samples

  14. Appendix 3. Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-3.html
    March 01, 2018 - with a new episode of suspected catheter-related infection should have two sets of peripheral blood samples

  15. SDOH Environmental Scan - Updated April 29, 2021 (xls file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdoh/sdoh-environmental-scan.xlsx
    April 29, 2021 - NAMCS samples visits to physician offices. … NHAMCS samples visits to hospitals (outpatient departments, emergency departments, and ambulatory surgery

  16. Hemolysis Holdup | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hemolysis-holdup
    July 03, 2016 - Correction factors for estimating potassium concentrations in samples with in vitro hemolysis: a detriment

  17. Archived: Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
    April 25, 2017 - creatinine ratio spot test (NR) One sample taken prior to initiation of 24-h collection (in 66% of samples … ) or immediately of the 24-h collection (34% of samples); none were first morning void Standard spectrophotometric … 2014 Good Protein to creatinine ratio spot test (Albustix, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) 5-mL samples … the United States; remainder conducted in European or South American countries with representative samples … comparisons from KQ4a-included studies suggest that automated readings more accurate than visual; urine samples

  18. Appendix C. Case Study and Program Examples | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapc.html
    December 01, 2017 - Samples Completed for Illustration These forms have been filled out with information for the sample

  19. Chapter 5. Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man5.html
    December 01, 2017 - Samples of safe and unsafe footwear The handout and brochure are in Appendix B .

  20. Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - Audit of 5–10 patients is recommended: Larger samples yield better estimates of performance.
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