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261. COVID-19 and the Built Environment | PSNet
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     June 30, 2021 - Some facilities have even put in place drive-through testing facilities. … sites should be set up, and the characteristics of the site that might support testing. … need for COVID-19 testing. … We should have been testing our air and surfaces as soon as we knew the pathogen was airborne. … and being able to say that we're testing our surfaces, we’re testing our air, we're testing it for the

262. Errors in a stat laboratory: changes in type and frequency since 1996. | PSNet
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     December 21, 2016 - April 22, 2009 Quality indicators to detect pre-analytical errors in laboratory testing … , 2020 Measuring the rate of manual transcription error in outpatient point-of-care testing … February 15, 2010 Finding blunders in thyroid testing: experience in newborns.

263. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44741/psn-pdf
     January 20, 2016 - The authors describe a conceptual model to comprehensively address the safety of laboratory testing … i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/testing-process-errors-and-their-harms-and-consequences-reported-family-medicine-practices

264. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45791/psn-pdf
     September 01, 2018 - This pre–post study found that the growth of diagnostic testing for chest pain slowed after implementation … further study to determine whether these results represent an appropriate reduction in unnecessary testing

265. Spotlight
     psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/spotlight_case_a_fatal_twist_in_pseudohyperkalemia_slides.pptx
     January 01, 2024 - Clinicians should have a low threshold to repeat diagnostic testing such as routine bloodwork and 12- … lead ECG, particularly when the risks of testing are minimal relative to the risks of misdiagnosis and … If hemolysis is detected, clinical laboratory workflows should exist to automatically prompt repeat testing … Undetected In Vitro Hemolysis or Sample Contamination on Patient Care and Outcomes in Point-of-Care Testing … Educational case: hemolysis and lipemia interference with laboratory testing.

266. Spotlight (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/spotlight_case_strongyloides_final_11.21.22.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - • Suspecting and testing for Strongyloides is warranted for all patients with these risk factors … are about to start steroids or other immunosuppressive treatment. 15 Diagnosis and Treatment • Testing … in the United States can be done by examination of stool specimens for larvae, OR serum antibody testing … Further testing to rule out inflammatory bowel disease requires colonoscopic examination and biopsy … see that errors occurred in several aspects of the patient’s care – including in history taking, testing

267. Not All Headaches are Due to Migraine: Red Flags, Don’t Miss Diagnoses, and Diagnostic Pitfalls | PSNet
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     February 17, 2021 - prevalence of headaches, the fact that most patients with headaches do not require imaging or advanced testing … enough suspicion to pursue further diagnostic evaluation, including imaging, applicable laboratory testing … However, pursuing such tests in most patients with headache is unnecessary, leading to excessive testing … This challenge - balancing testing and interventions with a parsimonious approach - is common in many … It is important to note that red flags do not always mandate further testing but instead suggest the

268. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60241/psn-pdf
     February 24, 2022 - NHs were to have written protocols for testing, protocols for residents or staff that decline testing … Federal effort to expand Covid-19 testing in nursing homes hits snags. Wall Street Journal. … Interim Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2. Accessed December 2021.  … Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). … Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing. Accessed June 2021. 

269. Potential biases in machine learning algorithms using electronic health record data. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-biases-machine-learning-algorithms-using-electronic-health-record-data
     June 12, 2019 - They recommend inclusion of sociodemographic characteristics into algorithms, building and testing algorithms … in diverse health care systems, and conducting follow-up testing to ensure that machine learning does

270. A new index for obstetrics safety and quality of care: integrating cesarean delivery rates with maternal and neonatal outcomes. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-index-obstetrics-safety-and-quality-care-integrating-cesarean-delivery-rates-maternal-and
     March 16, 2022 - This article describes the development and testing of a new obstetrical quality measure that integrates … experience of obstetric patients and health care workers after implementation of universal SARS-CoV-2 testing

271. Characteristics of disease-specific and generic diagnostic pitfalls: a qualitative study. | PSNet
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     December 02, 2020 - six different aspects of the clinical interaction – diagnosis and assessment, history and physical, testing … December 2, 2020 Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research

272. Use of patient complaints to identify diagnosis-related safety concerns: a mixed-method evaluation. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-patient-complaints-identify-diagnosis-related-safety-concerns-mixed-method-evaluation
     April 13, 2022 - reports of return visits for the same or worsening symptoms, interpersonal issues, and diagnostic testing … May 25, 2022 Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research

273. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.152_slideshow.ppt
     June 01, 2007 - elements of preoperative medical evaluation Appreciate the limited role for preoperative laboratory testing … The case against routine preoperative laboratory testing. … Editorial I: Guidelines for routine preoperative testing. … The case against routine preoperative laboratory testing. … The case against routine preoperative laboratory testing.

274. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49673/psn-pdf
     December 01, 2012 - In the absence of overt infarction, further ED testing is routinely employed. … If they remained negative, he should have undergone further testing. … Reasonable options would have been either immediate stress testing, expedited outpatient stress testing … In patients without overt ischemic changes or evidence of infarction on ECG or initial biomarker testing … , serial tracings and biomarker testing followed by either immediate or expedited stress testing should

275. The Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators: How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety. | PSNet
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     August 01, 2012 - to the AHRQ Quality Indicators to support the transition from ICD-­9 to ICD-­10 , experience from testing … October 23, 2019 Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer

276. Effectiveness of Toyota process redesign in reducing thyroid gland fine-needle aspiration error. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effectiveness-toyota-process-redesign-reducing-thyroid-gland-fine-needle-aspiration-error
     June 14, 2011 - September 28, 2010 Dissemination of Lean methods to improve Pap testing quality and patient … April 25, 2016 The landscape of inappropriate laboratory testing: a 15-year meta-analysis … January 15, 2014 When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach

277. The vanishing nonforensic autopsy. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vanishing-nonforensic-autopsy
     February 09, 2011 - September 14, 2016 Laboratory testing in general practice: a patient safety blind spot … November 4, 2015 When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach … September 18, 2013 Quality indicators to detect pre-analytical errors in laboratory testing

278. Isolated Clot, Real Error | PSNet
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     December 01, 2013 - Testing for thrombophilia, such as for Factor V Leiden mutation, antiphospholipid antibodies, or protein … anticoagulation and where testing will not change management.( 11 ) Clinicians should consider testing … Thrombophilia testing patterns amongst patients with acute venous thromboembolism. … Thrombophilia testing and venous thrombosis. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:2298. [go to PubMed] 13. … Make sure thrombophilia testing is indicated and correctly performed 7.

279. The cost of poor blood specimen quality and errors in preanalytical processes. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-poor-blood-specimen-quality-and-errors-preanalytical-processes
     April 22, 2009 - This review outlines how specimen quality affects laboratory testing reliability and estimates costs … March 26, 2014 When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for

280. Changes in physician practice patterns after implementation of a communication-and-resolution program. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-physician-practice-patterns-after-implementation-communication-and-resolution-program
     September 01, 2018 - This pre–post study found that the growth of diagnostic testing for chest pain slowed after implementation … further study to determine whether these results represent an appropriate reduction in unnecessary testing