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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 - Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents … and Healthcare Personnel Resource: Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 … Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents and Healthcare Personnel    The Centers for Disease … Control and Prevention's latest COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing homes can be found on this webpage … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention; Testing Audience(s): Managers; Clinical

3. Vaccination and Testing Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2022 - Vaccination and Testing Series Resource: Vaccination and Testing Series This series of two

4. COVID-19 Testing Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2022 - 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 … Source: FDA Topic(s): Testing Audience(s):  Managers; Clinical Leaders; Clinicians; Nursing Assistants

5. Updated Testing Requirements in Nursing Homes & Laboratories | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2022 - Updated Testing Requirements in Nursing Homes & Laboratories Resource: Updated Testing Requirements … presentation provides guidance for nursing homes and clinical laboratories, including staff and resident testing … , 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

6. COVID-19 Testing Vendors for Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Testing Vendors for Long-Term Care Resource: COVID-19 Testing Vendors for Long-Term … Care ​This document 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

7. Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2022 - Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Resource: Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 ( … Source: CDC Topic(s): Testing Audience(s): Clinical Leaders; Managers; Clinicians Format: Webpage

8. Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2021 - 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 healthcare personnel and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions … or insurance coverage of such testing, except as may be otherwise referenced (or prescribed) by another … Source:  CDC Topic(s):  Testing Audience(s):  Clinical Leaders; Managers Format:  Webpage

9. CHIPRA 147: Antipsychotics Testing Summary (pdf file)
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   February 22, 2019 - CHIPRA 147: Antipsychotics Testing Summary 1 National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement … This report focuses on testing results; it supplements information provided in the candidate measure … Research Questions The overall goals of testing are to determine whether the measures are reportable … Measure Descriptions Table 1 describes the measure specifications during testing. … Descriptions represent versions of the specifications after testing variations of certain components

10. CHIPRA 149: Antipsychotics Testing Summary (pdf file)
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    February 22, 2019 - CHIPRA 149: Antipsychotics Testing Summary 1 National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement … This report focuses on testing results; it supplements information provided in the candidate measure … Research Questions The overall goals of testing are to determine whether the measures are reportable … Measure Descriptions Table 1 describes the measure specifications during testing. … Descriptions represent versions of the specifications after testing variations of certain components

11. CMS Updates Testing Guidance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - CMS Updates Testing Guidance Resource: CMS Updates Testing Guidance ​This American Health … Living (NCAL) blog summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) memo updating the testing … 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

12. Spanish: Coronavirus Testing Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - Spanish: Coronavirus Testing Basics Resource: Spanish: Coronavirus Testing Basics ​​This … Source: FDA Topic(s): Testing Audience(s): Visitors; Family Members; Residents; Support staff; Nursing

13. 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 .

14. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process The tools in this step-by-step guide can increase the … reliability of the testing process in your office by helping you examine how tests are managed. … 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 … improve the usability, practicality, and usefulness of a 2013 AHRQ toolkit, Improving Your Office Testing

15. 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.

16. 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

17. Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Diagnostic Error in the Testing … Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing … should target breakdowns in the testing process that lead to diagnostic error.  … The total testing process (Figure 1) is a model that can help identify and classify failure points in … The total testing process   Source: Lubin IM, Astles JR, Bunn JD, et al.

18. Testing the Design of a Quality Report By Getting User Feedback | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Testing the Design of a Quality Report By Getting User Feedback User testing with people who … 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. … Cognitive testing of statistical graphs: methodology and results.

19. Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing … Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing … Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) facility testing … Source: CMS Topic(s): Testing, Infection Control & Prevention Audience(s): Clinical Leaders; Managers

20. Respirator Mask Fit Testing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Respirator Mask Fit Testing Resource: Respirator Mask Fit Testing The resource provides an … overview on the importance of respirator fit testing from a health safety and regulatory aspect and