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1. Respirator Fit Testing (pdf file)
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   August 01, 2021 - Respirator Fit Testing Respirator Fit Testing What It Is, Why You Need It, and What You Can … What Is Fit Testing? … Fit testing is the method for finding the respirator that fits your face and making sure it provides … Fit testing helps ensure you wear the right respirator to protect you from germs and prevent you from … Respirator fit testing is just one important part of a healthcare facility’s Respiratory Protection

2. Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents and Healthcare Personnel | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2021 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Testing … Personnel Resource: Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention; Testing Audience(s): Managers; Clinical Leaders … last reviewed February 2021 Page originally created February 2021 Internet Citation: Testing … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/testing-guidelines.html  

3. Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2021 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Interim Guidance on Testing … Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2 Resource:  Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel … for SARS-CoV-2 This document is intended to provide guidance on the appropriate use of testing among … Source:  CDC Topic(s):  Testing Audience(s):  Clinical Leaders; Managers Format:  Webpage … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/testing-healthcare-personnel.html  

4. How Will You Test Aspects of Your Health Care Quality Report? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2019 - This testing is especially important when you are introducing information that is new and complex. … What Testing Can Tell You At its best, testing at the developmental stage (sometimes referred to as … The Basics of the Audience Testing Process Define Your Objectives Before you initiate testing with … Some testing is almost always better than none at all. … Learn more about The Purpose and Process of Cognitive Testing .

5. Vaccination and Testing Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2022 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Vaccination and Testing … Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Vaccination and Testing … Series Resource: Vaccination and Testing Series This series of two learning modules focuses … August 2022 Page originally created August 2022 Internet Citation: Vaccination and Testing … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccination-testing-series.html  

6. COVID-19 Testing Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog COVID-19 Testing … Basics Resource: COVID-19 Testing Basics This webpage provides some basic information regarding … COVID-19 testing, including the different types of tests, their uses, and the types of samples needed … Source: FDA Topic(s): Testing Audience(s):  Managers; Clinical Leaders; Clinicians; Nursing Assistants … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/covid-testing-basics.html  

7. Updated Testing Requirements in Nursing Homes & Laboratories | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Updated Testing … Requirements in Nursing Homes & Laboratories Resource: Updated Testing Requirements in Nursing … , reporting requirements, and considerations for use of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing, with links to helpful … Source: CMS Topic(s): Testing Audience(s): Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians Format: PDF … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/updated-testing-requirements.html  

8. COVID-19 Testing Vendors for Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog COVID-19 Testing … provides a list of COVID-19 testing vendors for long term care. … The list contains the vendor's name, company details, testing process description, turnaround time, test … Source: AHCA/NCAL Topic(s): Testing; Safe Visitation and Reopening; Screening Audience(s): Clinical … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/testing-vendors-covid.html  

9. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Tools Improving Your Laboratory Testing … Process The tools in this step-by-step guide can increase the reliability of the testing process … This step-by-step guide can help you increase the reliability of the testing process in your office. … Use of the Guide This guide (PDF, 4.48 MB) tells you how to: Assess your office testing process, … https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/lab-testing-toolkit.html  

10. Conducting Cognitive Testing for Health Care Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Why Is Cognitive Testing of a Quality Report Useful? … How Is Cognitive Testing Conducted for a Quality Report? … Knowing When To Stop Testing Cognitive testing is an iterative process. … Conducting Usability Testing of a Health Care Quality Report Usability testing is another type of one-on-one … It is often necessary to conduct usability testing in addition to cognitive testing, as a report that

11. Testing the Design of a Quality Report By Getting User Feedback | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Moreover, user testing can be done efficiently and cost-effectively. … To learn about the advantages of interviews as a method for user testing, go to Writing Tip 7. … , you can do more user testing to find out how well the report is working. … A Practical Guide to Usability Testing , Revised edition, by Joseph S. Dumas and Janice C. … Cognitive testing of statistical graphs: methodology and results.

12. Spanish: Coronavirus Testing Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Spanish: Coronavirus Testing … Basics Resource: Spanish: Coronavirus Testing Basics ​​This Spanish-language factsheet is … Source: FDA Topic(s): Testing Audience(s): Visitors; Family Members; Residents; Support staff; Nursing … June 2022 Page originally created June 2022 Internet Citation: Spanish: Coronavirus Testing … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/spanish-coronavirus-testing-basics.html  

13. CMS Updates Testing Guidance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog CMS Updates Testing … Guidance Resource: CMS Updates Testing Guidance ​This American Health Care Association ( … The facility can choose to conduct focused testing based on the known close contacts, as well as the … Source: CMS Topic(s): Testing, Vaccination Audience(s): Clinicians, Managers, Nursing Assistants … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cms-updates-testing-guidance.html  

14. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit c IMPROVING YOUR LABORATORY TESTING … The 10-minute video “Testing, Testing, Testing” is available (http://youtu.be/PaZvalKtC-g) to introduce … The testing process is a system. … Think about the testing process in your office. … system and errors related to the lab testing process.

15. CHIPRA 150 Section 6, Antipsychotics Testing Summary (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2015 - CHIPRA 150 Section 6, Antipsychotics Testing Summary … Testing results suggest the measure is highly feasible, valid and reliable at both the state- and health-plan … Testing also showed poor performance among both plans and states, suggesting room for improvement.

16. Appropriate emergency department blood testing for children with sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Quality Measures Program PQMP Measures Appropriate emergency department blood testing … Quality Improvement PQMP Grantees Appropriate emergency department blood testing … and Other Supporting Documents: Section 2, Technical Specifications  (PDF, 74 KB) Appropriate Blood Testing … originally created August 2021 Internet Citation: Appropriate emergency department blood testing

17. Chapter 4. Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process Chapter 5. … There are many potential settings for pilot testing. … The process should continue to be enhanced and the pilot testing expanded as appropriate. … Just like pilot testing, there are several different strategies to roll out the process. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process.

18. Development of the CAHPS In-Center Hemodialysis Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - , and field testing, which includes psychometric analyses of the performance of items and their domains … In addition, the team presented information about the survey development and testing process to a special … Cognitive Testing In early spring of 2004, the instrument underwent an initial round of cognitive testing … The team used the cognitive testing findings along with the public comments AHRQ received as the basis … A second round of cognitive testing was conducted in May and June of 2004.

19. Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety Unique to Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Low Disease Burden and Implications for Diagnostic Testing Physician-reported experiential data support … When definitive tests exist, such tests may expose children to greater risks than similar testing in … practices and can lead to testing that provides little diagnostic value. 36-38 In addition, parents … rarely have knowledge of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing recommendations. … Caregivers’ desire for reassurance may drive demands for testing, even when the tests are unnecessary

20. PQMP Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2024 - Search   Center of Excellence (COE) Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing … Chronic Conditions Measure Subdomain: Sickle Cell Treatment COE: Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing … , Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC) Appropriate emergency department blood testing … , Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC) Appropriate outpatient blood testing for children … , Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC) Timeliness of confirmatory testing for sickle