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41. A Fatal Twist in Pseudohyperkalemia | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fatal-twist-pseudohyperkalemia
    February 10, 2021 - is common, contributing to approximately 40% of all laboratory errors and affecting up to 12% of all samples … , intravascular hemolysis) or non-biological conditions during the collection and handling of blood samples … one retrospective study, the mean difference in potassium concentration between in vitro hemolyzed samples … and non-hemolyzed samples was 1.9 mmol/L, with a minimum and maximum difference of 0.7 and 4.6 mmol/ … be unable to detect hemolysis. 3 Increasing awareness of spurious results due to hemolysis: If lab samples

42. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Unit-Level) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/122-unit-level-gap-analysis.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Is there a system in place to monitor adherence to collecting samples for MRSA nasal surveillance cultures … How often is feedback about adherence with collecting samples for MRSA nasal surveillance cultures … Is there a protocol to promote peripheral blood samples and limit the use of central lines to obtain … samples for blood cultures? … measure adherence: Off No: Off Question 4: How often is feedback about adherence with collecting samples

43. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component Sample Design and Data Collection Process
    meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/ic_data_collection.jsp
    November 01, 2009 - There are two distinct samples fielded in the MEPS IC survey: the List … While these samples are designed to address different survey goals, the two have been … Due to the confidentiality requirements surrounding any samples drawn from the Business

44. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component Sample Design and Data Collection Process
    meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/ic_data_collection.jsp
    November 01, 2009 - There are two distinct samples fielded in the MEPS IC survey: the List … While these samples are designed to address different survey goals, the two have been … Due to the confidentiality requirements surrounding any samples drawn from the Business

45. 2014 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
    cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov/files/2014CAHPSHealthPlanChartbook.pdf
    October 01, 2014 - Survey Respondents and Health Plan Samples: 2013 and 2014 .......................... 7 Appendixes … Survey Respondents and Health Plan Samples by State: 2013 and 2014 Appendix D. … Table 3-1 presents the number of Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare survey respondents and health plan samples … The number of health plan samples is indicated in parentheses. Table 3-1. … Survey Respondents and Health Plan Samples by State: 2013 and 2014 Table C-1 and Table C-2 show data

46. 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

47. Value of Recruitment Strategies Used in a Primary Care Practice-Based Trial | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/value-recruitment-strategies.html
    May 01, 2007 - However, yields are variable; and the approach can be costly and lead to biased, unrepresentative samples

48. 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)

49. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections-surveillance-140925.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - with toxin-negative samples (58% for illumigene vs. 100% for Xpert; P<0.001). … difficile and the presence of the PCR ribotype 027 in stool samples. … Compared to those with feces samples cultured positive for C. difficile type 027, the sensitivity, … difficile assays stool samples and 50 retrospective stool samples neutralization assay (CCNA); … was recovered from 218 samples using a combination of all media.

50. 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.

51. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    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

52. Microbiologic-Specimens-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-facilitator-guide.docx
    June 01, 2021 - You will also be able to detail procedures for collecting urine and respiratory samples from nursing … you will be able to describe strategies that reduce the risk of collecting contaminated microbiologic samples … The overall goal of this presentation is to help you collect high-quality samples, which will lead to … · Always wash your hands and obtain the specimen in a sterile container. · If urine samples cannot … · A resident should be symptomatic before we start collecting samples to send to the microbiology laboratory

53. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician’s Office (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Galt.pdf
    April 23, 2004 - In 1999, Schering Plough distributed 35.7 million samples of Claritin® and SmithKline Beecham distributed … 18.5 million samples of Augmentin®.6 Medication samples are received, stored, and provided to patients … The offices reported that representatives are asked to remove expired samples. … More clinics ban drug samples, citing cost, safety concerns. … Safety and medication samples. http:www.acponline.org/ ptsafety/safety_med.htm.

54. 28. Specific Populations and Other Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide28.html
    October 01, 2014 - In addition, many of the studies supporting these interventions comprised diverse samples of tobacco

55. 190. Specific Populations and Other Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide190.html
    October 01, 2014 - In addition, many of the studies supporting these interventions comprised diverse samples of tobacco

56. 43. What's New in 2008?-New Recommendations (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide43.html
    October 01, 2014 - In addition, many of the studies supporting these interventions comprised diverse samples of tobacco

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. Final progress report: Developing Evidence for Safety Surveillance from Device Adverse Event Reports (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/mao-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - development of the NLP model, gold standard documents by human annotation must be provided as training samples … The gold standard must contain the category and span of each entity. 6 Training samples were then … To validate the trained NLP model, predicted entities from testing samples were compared with those … In the feasibility test, we used 200 training samples and 100 testing samples. … Finally, 700 annotated reports were used as training samples, and 300 reports were used as testing samples

60. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2021 - hospital-performance-trends-national-quality-measures-and-association-joint-commission https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-samples-one-or-fewer