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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. Puh-Assessment (pdf file)
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   December 15, 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.

3. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2019 - Toolkit Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Infections Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue

4. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
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   November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Best … Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Acute Care … 7–14 days after treatment: 85% versus 86% 25 Moment 4: Duration of Therapy for Skin and Skin Soft Tissue … Cellulitis and soft tissue infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

5. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … November 2019 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Number and Slide Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … presentation will address best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of cellulitis and skin and soft tissue … Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making SAY: As we discuss cellulitis and skin and soft tissue

6. 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”.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Puh-Electronic-Reports (pdf file)
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    February 10, 2014 - Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N = new appearance of necrotic tissue … o A decline in the quality of granulation tissue (e.g., a wound bed with red beefy tissue becomes pink … o The appearance of necrotic tissue when there had been none on the prior assessment. … o Increased necrotic tissue in the ulcer bed. … G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N = new appearance of necrotic tissue; N( = increase in

11. Talking Points (Patients) on Nasal Iodophor (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - It may leave a brown tinge just at the edge that you can dab off with a tissue. … Here is a tissue for you to hold.

12. Talking Points for Nasal Iodophor (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - It may leave a brown tinge just at the edge that you can dab off with a tissue. … Here is a tissue for you to hold.

13. 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

14. 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.

15. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

16. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Pharyngitis Usually Antibiotics: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue … Community-Acquired Pneumonia Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue

17. Standardized Nursing Protocol for Iodophor (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - If solution drips, dab with tissue. Discard tissue. 5.

18. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine) (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - If solution drips, dab with tissue. Discard tissue. 5.

19. Puh-Erepguide (pdf file)
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    February 10, 2014 - necrotic tissue when there was none on prior assessment o Increase in necrotic tissue in the wound … Characteristics: G = decline in quality of granulation tissue; N= new appearance of necrotic tissue; … N= increase in necrotic tissue. …  Decline in Tissue Characteristics. … necrotic tissue, an “N” will display; and o If there is an increase in the amount of necrotic tissue

20. 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