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1. Puh-Assessment (doc file)
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   April 08, 2016 - Use this guide: None = Wound tissues dry. Scant = Wound tissues moist; no measurable exudate. … Peripheral Tissue Edema and Induration: Assess tissues within 4 cm of wound edge. … Induration is abnormal firmness of tissues with margins. Assess by gently pinching the tissues. … Induration results in an inability to pinch the tissues. … Granulation Tissue: Granulation tissue is the growth of small blood vessels and connective tissue to

2. 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

3. 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”.

4. 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.

5. PowerPoint Presentation
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   November 01, 2016 - Onset date Site Initial stage Size (length, width, depth) Wound edges Undermining Tunneling Necrotic tissue … Pressure Ulcer Healing 6 6 Periwound area (skin color, heat/redness, edema, induration) Granulation tissue … characteristics: Decline in quality of granulation tissue Appearance of necrotic tissue when there … Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N= new appearance of necrotic tissue; … N= increase in necrotic tissue.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. Weight Summary (doc file)
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   February 10, 2014 - Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N = new appearance of necrotic tissue … Decline in Tissue Characteristics Wound Assessment/Granulation, Necrotic Tissue Type, Necrotic Tissue … Amount, Granulation Tissue If Granulation Tissue value on current assessment > value on prior assessment … Necrotic Tissue Type If Necrotic Tissue Type value on current assessment > value on prior assessment, … Necrotic Tissue Type Use the selection value as the category value.

10. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - ☐ Intra-abdominal infection ☐ Urinary tract infection (UTI) ☐ Osteoarticular infection ☐ Skin/soft tissue … days14 Delayed response, obstruction or other urologic abnormality 10–14 days14 Skin and soft-tissue … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

11. 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

12. 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

13. University of Missouri Health Care Decreases Pressure Injuries and Saves in Avoidable Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - included proning, equipment such as rectal tubes and tracheostomy plates, and not recognizing deep tissue … in 4 hours) and to utilize the wound scout, a thermal imaging device that can identify possible deep tissue

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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).

19. 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

20. 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