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1. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Learn Best Practices Urinary Tract Infection Respiratory Tract Infection Skin or Soft Tissue … long-term care residents, including C. difficile , urinary and respiratory tract, and skin and soft tissue … Respiratory Tract Infection Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Skin or Soft Tissue … frontline providers and prescribing clinicians regarding urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin and soft tissue

2. Final Topic Refinement Document - Role of Liquid Biopsy in Detection and Management of Cancer in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
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   July 29, 2021 - Compared to a tissue biopsy, which requires a surgical or image guided procedure to obtain a tissue … tumor tissue for further detection of gene variations. … whom the physician elected to use tissue genotyping, which demonstrates how large of a challenge tissue-based … Tissue biopsy alone is insufficient. … In other situations, tissue is not the “gold standard”.

3. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
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   July 02, 2008 - loss Visible subcutaneous fat No exposed bone, tendon, or muscle 10 Stage 4 Full-thickness tissue … loss Exposed bone, tendon, or muscle 11 Unstageable Full-thickness skin and tissue loss in which … the extent of tissue damage within the injury cannot be confirmed because it is obscured by slough or … If slough or eschar is removed, a Stage 3 or 4 pressure injury will be revealed. 12 12 Deep Tissue … Pressure injuries are areas of soft tissue damage caused by pressure or pressure and shear.

4. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
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   January 01, 2016 - · Adipose (fat) is not visible, and deeper tissues are not visible. … · Granulation tissue, slough, and eschar are not present. … Slide 10 SAY: Stage 3 presents as a full-thickness tissue loss. … An injury that cannot be staged is a full-thickness tissue loss. … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue

5. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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   January 01, 1995 - A Stage IV pressure ulcer is a full thickness skin loss with extensive destruction, tissue necrosis, … Slough is yellow or creamy necrotic tissue on a wound bed. 27. … Eschar is healthy tissue. 32. … Slough is yellow or creamy necrotic tissue on a wound bed. True 27. … Eschar is healthy tissue. False 32.

6. Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Infections Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Respiratory Tract Conditions Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue

7. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2017 - nursing home residents suspected of having one of three common infections: urinary tract, skin and soft tissue … POTENTIAL INFECTION (CHOOSE ONE): Urinary Tract Infection 2    Skin and Soft Tissue … the resident have new or increasing purulent drainage at a wound, skin, or soft-tissue

8. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2017 - antibiotics are most frequently used in nursing homes: UTIs, lower respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue … use of antibiotics for three common infections: UTIs, lower respiratory infections, and skin and soft tissue

9. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2019 - Infections Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue

10. Resources for Women’s Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Sarcoma—cancers arising from connective tissue. … Blastoma—cancers derived from immature precursor cells or embryonic tissue.

11. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Also include the following1,7,10: o Location o Tissue type o Shape o Size o Presence of sinus tracts … o Nutritional deficits, poor tissue perfusion or oxygenation. … hours.7,8,10 o Frequency of repositioning will be influenced by variables such as the individual’s tissue

12. Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Learn Best Practices Urinary Tract Infection Respiratory Tract Infection Skin or Soft Tissue

13. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2016 - when the stage cannot be clinically determined due to previous graft, recent surgery, eschar, or scar tissue … Internal involves the Code the specific anatomical layers repaired (e.g., skin, subcutaneous tissue … , fascia, muscle, or deeper tissues or . … Code the specific anatomical layers repaired (e.g. skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia muscle, or deeper … tissues or structures).

14. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - o Tissue type. o Shape. o Size. o Presence of sinus tracts/tunneling. … hours.1,6,8 o Frequency of repositioning will be influenced by variables such as the individual’s tissue

15. Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
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    June 16, 2017 - COST Stage 1 0 N/A Stage 2 6 N/A Stage 3 4 $172,720 Stage 4 0 $0 Unstageable 4 $172,720 Deep Tissue … COST Stage 1 3 N/A Stage 2 14 N/A Stage 3 7 $302,260 Stage 4 0 $0 Unstageable 5 $215,900 Deep Tissue

16. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Healthcare-acquired pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Intra-abdominal infections ☐ Skin and soft tissue … Healthcare-acquired pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Intra-abdominal infections ☐ Skin and soft tissue

17. Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - therapy annually might be adversely impacted by operational errors, with some resulting in either healthy tissue

18. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - most common types of suspected infections in nursing homes: urinary tract, respiratory, skin or soft tissue

19. Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2016 - homes: (1) urinary tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, (3) skin and soft tissue

20. Hospital Deaths for Common Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year of COVID-19 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - (a membranous lining around the heart), and inflammatory and other conditions affecting myocardial tissues … ◆ Diseases of the heart valves (ICD-10-CM I34-I38) include conditions that affect the membranous tissue … (a membranous lining around the heart), and inflammatory and other conditions affecting myocardial tissues