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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - With Digoxin
9,400
0.29
11,000
0.32
MPSMS
ADE Associated With Hypoglycemic Agents … 4.33
MPSMS
ADE Associated With Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Factor Xa Inhibitor
330,000 … 10.21
310,000
9.52
MPSMS
ADE Associated With Warfarin
180,000
5.46
150,000
4.53 … Urinary Tract Infections
370,000
11.30
350,000
10.58
CLABSI
MPSMS
Blood Stream Infections … With Hip Joint Replacements
33,000
1.00
31,000
0.93
MPSMS
Adverse Events Associated
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201518.html
July 01, 2015 - incorporated into the hospital’s electronic health records system to remind medical teams to assess urinary … "From 2012 to first quarter 2014, TeamSTEPPS strategies helped reduce catheter-related urinary tract … and Mental Health Center’s step-down telemetry unit and helped us maintain a zero rate for ventilator-associated … Culture,
TeamSTEPPS®,
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Topic(s):
Healthcare-Associated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/engaging-staff.pdf
April 01, 2022 - care unit (ICU) team
leaders implement effective strategies and achieve goals to reduce central line-associated … bloodstream
infections (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and improve … • Encourage staff to share their patient stories and what impact a healthcare-associated CLABSI or … for every patient,
but in select patient groups, it has proved to be a valuable alternative to the urinary … I recall
that you expressed that ICU patients are different and need their urinary catheters to ensure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T8-Sample_Antibiogram_Phase_2.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms
• XX% of positive urine cultures were due … • Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) has good sensitivity for E. coli (XX%) but poor activity against other urinary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-p.xls
June 02, 2025 - Sheet1
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Appendix P.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Leveraging … Slide 13
The ICU Culture
How important is reduction in urinary catheter use? … ED)
Slide 20
Connect the Dots to the Urinary Catheter
Is management engaged? … contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), project number HHSA290201000025I/HHSA29032001T, Task Order #1.”
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapamattabs.html
April 01, 2018 - Risk Factors Associated with Prosthetic Joint Infection Following Total Joint Arthroplasty * … mean, 5 days)
Postop. atrial fibrillation
Postop. myocardial infarction
Postop. urinary … tract infection
* NNIS - National Nocosomial Infections, Surveillance, and ASA = American … Risk Factors Associated with Prosthetic Joint Infection Following Total Hip Arthroplasty * … Risk Factors Associated with Prosthetic Joint Infection Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Risk
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap4.html
December 01, 2014 - goal was set as to the percentage of preventable HACs to be prevented. 18 These assessments and the associated … Events
1,900,000
50%
50%
25%
475,000
$5,000
.020
$2,375,000,000
9,500
Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infections
530,000
40%
50%
20%
106,000
$1,000
.023
$106,000,000
2,470 … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
40,000
50%
50%
25%
10,000
$17,000 … Infections
110,000
35%
20%
7%
7,700
$21,000
.028
$161,700,000
217
Ventilator-Associated
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/hand-hygiene-slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Key hand hygiene practices for prevention of health care-associated infections (HAI), particularly catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTI). … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 … Then, gloves will contaminate the urinary catheter or urine collection system. … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/enhancing-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - For Project 1, the specific aims were to:
Detect the presence and duration of vascular and urinary … The display improved provider's awareness of indwelling urinary catheters, central venous catheters, … The improvement of provider awareness of indwelling urinary catheters from the preintervention period … Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs between Veterans Affairs nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/communication-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - In this scenario, a family member worries that her aunt has a urinary tract infection, or UTI. … This meets criteria for empiric treatment for a urinary tract infection while awaiting culture results … tract infection. … tract infection. … There is now a black box warning on fluoroquinolones, and there are many side effects associated with
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - The talking points are designed to: (1) educate residents’ family members about antibiotics and the associated … When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … · A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … When are antibiotics used to treat lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)? … · There are many different kinds of respiratory tract infections, such as colds and coughs, the flu,
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/discuss-family.html
June 01, 2021 - Members About Antibiotics (PDF, 216.3 KB)
Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary … Tract Infections (PDF, 115 KB)
Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Respiratory … Tract Infections (PDF, 117.3 KB)
Poster – DESC Technique (PDF, 257.7 KB)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
October 01, 2016 - decided to modify its protocol around the three most common infectious syndromes treated in nursing homes—urinary … tract infections (UTIs), skin and softtissue infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. … for Common Infections Toolkit
Although UTIs, skin and softtissue infections, and lower respiratory tract … Antibiotic treatments do not affect the prevalence of bacteriuria, the frequency of symptomatic urinary … Minimum Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
If a resident has
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/when-need-antibiotic.pdf
March 01, 2017 - program supports long-term care facilities in adopting evidence-
based practices to reduce catheter-associated … urinary tract infections
(CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and improve
their
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-brochure.html
March 01, 2017 - program supports long-term care facilities in adopting evidence-based practices to reduce catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and improve their
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod3.html
February 01, 2023 - What does the learner think about nurse-driven protocols related to urinary catheter use? … catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, in the intensive care … This ICU had a high urinary catheter utilization rate that might have contributed to high CAUTI rates … X, a patient on a ventilator, no longer required a urinary catheter. … X no longer met criteria for continuation of the urinary catheter.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - With
Digoxin
9,400 0.29 11,000 0.32
MPSMS ADE Associated With
Hypoglycemic
Agents
920,000 28.00 … 760,000 23.21
MPSMS ADE Associated With
IV Heparin
150,000 4.72 140,000 4.33
MPSMS ADE Associated … Urinary Tract
Infections
370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58
CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream
Infections Associated … With Hip
Joint Replacements
33,000 1.00 31,000 0.93
MPSMS Adverse Events
Associated With
Knee … Joint
Replacements
33,000 1.01 26,000 0.81
MPSMS Contrast
Nephropathy
Associated With
Catheter
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - The Purpose of This Tool
This tool is intended to support sustainability efforts for your catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention project team. … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract
Infections. 2009. http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - The Purpose of This Tool
This tool is intended to support sustainability efforts for your catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention project team. … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract
Infections. 2009. http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac