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81. Methodology Report #12: Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Data Collection and Editing in the 1996 MEPS (HC-010A)
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr12/mr12.shtml
    June 01, 2001 - Considerable editing was done prior to the matching to identify free samples among household … Initially, 693 prescription drug events for SFs were deemed to be free samples. … For NSFs, 4,252 drug events initially were designated as free samples. … Drug mentions that had been identified as free samples also were included in the HC recipient group … Of the remaining 121,229 unmatched NSF drug mentions, 3,790 were set aside as unmatched free samples

82. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43080/psn-pdf
    March 26, 2014 - On the laboratory side, the most serious threat to patient safety was mislabeled blood samples.

83. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845348/psn-pdf
    February 02, 2012 - Of the 27 rescreened samples, 16 were recategorized to positive.

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. Using Reported Primary Care Errors to Develop and Implement Patient Safety Interventions: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/West.pdf
    September 01, 2005 - • Use samples with care. … Several Learning Group members stated that they had discontinued the use of samples within their practices … Other Learning Group members had equally strong feelings about the importance of samples in meeting … The Learning Group agreed that if a practice used samples, it should be done in strict compliance with … ISMP medication safety alert: treat medication samples with respect. [Web Page]. 2004.

88. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47515/psn-pdf
    February 25, 2019 - A WebM&M commentary explored problems associated with mislabeled blood samples.

89. 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

90. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50841/psn-pdf
    January 29, 2020 - 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 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#21 samples against the two unique identifiers

91. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/index.html
    September 01, 2021 - Three presentations about appropriate collection of microbiological samples, discussing infectious concerns

92. MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: PHP-19a (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-PHP-19a.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Overall, current trials are limited due to small--often-selective--samples; non-comparable interventions

93. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45900/psn-pdf
    June 07, 2017 - blood-bank-specimen-mislabeling-college-american-pathologists-q-probes- study-41333-blood-bank The rate of mislabeled blood samples

94. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45695/psn-pdf
    December 14, 2016 - led to a significant decrease in the rate of lab specimen collection and handling errors for blood samples

95. Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical chemistry/immunoassay systems. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sample-sample-carryover-source-analytical-laboratory-error-and-its-relevance-integrated
    January 12, 2022 - present a protocol to measure and assess specimen-to-specimen contamination in large sets of laboratory samples

96. 5 Tk2 P2T2-Sample Data Request Phase 2 (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T2-Sample_Data_Request_Phase_2.doc
    May 01, 2014 - possible, please list the type of sample (urine, blood, sputum, wound culture) from which the microbiology samples

97. 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.

98. 095-Mrsa-Surveillance (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/095-mrsa-surveillance.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Data collection from pre-existing, clinically indicated samples such as reports of laboratory-identified

99. Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/advice.html
    December 01, 2022 - Ask prospective designers for samples of work, references, and fees. … Share the samples of work with others to get their reactions.

100. Table F-1. Granular Ethnicities That Cannot Be Rolled Up to an OMB Race Category with Greater Than 90 Percent Certainty | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataaptabf1.html
     May 01, 2018 - population because the population size was too small for analysis in the 2000 Public Use Microdata Samples