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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - I’m going to talk in general terms about catheter associated urinary tract infection and how to prevent … associated infections. … That’s our basic approach to preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection especially focusing … urinary tract infection. … urinary tract infection the answer is no.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - B’s urinary catheter?
Change it to an antimicrobial coated catheter. … 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/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part1.html
October 01, 2020 - Urinary catheter practices in US emergency departments (unpublished data). … Emergency care is team driven, but it is often the nurse who suggests the need for an indwelling urinary … "To Foley or Not to Foley: Emergency Nurses' Perceptions of Clinical Decision Making in the Use of Urinary … Is it related to the urinary tract? … Rather, nurse respondents reported that they knew the patient no longer needed a urinary catheter, but
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/type-harm.html
July 01, 2025 - Resources by Safety Topic
Contents Diagnostic Safety Emergency Preparedness Falls Healthcare-Associated … AHRQ Toolkit for Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) and Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract infections (CAUTI) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) The customizable education toolkit includes … the toolkit to prevent complications such as surgical site infections, venous thromboembolism, and urinary … tract infection and to improve perioperative safety culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/gap_analysis_tool.docx
November 01, 2019 - ☐ Urinary tract infection
☐ Asymptomatic bacteriuria
☐ Community-acquired pneumonia
☐ Healthcare-acquired … pneumonia
☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia
☐ Intra-abdominal infections
☐ Skin and soft tissue infection … ☐ Urinary tract infection
☐ Community-acquired pneumonia
☐ Healthcare-acquired pneumonia
☐ Ventilator-associated … ☐ Yes
☐ No
➕Are activities conducted by the ASP to target antibiotics commonly associated with C. … ☐ Yes: Respiratory virus
☐ Yes: Respiratory bacterial
☐ Yes: Cerebrospinal fluid
☐ Legionella urinary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-080814.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use
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Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC
Manager … Catheters
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Seat Belt Yes No
Believe in it x
Built in safety alerts x
Consequences x
Urinary … ED)
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/2-preventablehospitalandedvisits-samplerpts_3.pdf
November 30, 2013 - tract
infection
1 Cellulitis 10 X X X X X X X X 2 X X 1 1 1
Resident C 82 1 Anemia 1 1 COPD 4 … Risk Factors Associated With Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Risk factors known to be associated … For example, if discharge diagnoses pneumonia and urinary
tract infection are both noted as ED discharge … tract infection
• Sepsis or fever or infection
• Skin ulcers or cellulitis
• Dehydration or metabolic … Preventable discharge
diagnoses include congestive heart failure, pneumonia, urinary tract infection,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.doc
November 04, 2014 - I’m going to talk in general terms about catheter associated urinary tract infection and how to prevent … associated infections. … That’s our basic approach to preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection especially focusing … urinary tract infection. … urinary tract infection the answer is no.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/index.html
August 01, 2023 - problems addressed include:
Ambulatory surgery centers
Web: ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery
Central line-associated … bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Web: ahrq.gov/CLABSItools
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-stewardship.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Associated Tools
• The Timeline for Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Ambulatory Care provides … Associated Tools
• The Commitment Poster declares that the practice and individual healthcare providers … Each syndrome is associated with a presentation and a
facilitator guide. … Other topics are cellulitis
and skin and soft tissue infections, asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary … tract infections, and
assessment and management of antibiotic allergies.
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit3-minimum-criteria.html
September 01, 2017 - prescribing for the three infections where antibiotics are most frequently prescribed in nursing homes: (1) urinary … tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, and (3) skin and soft tissue infections … Suspected UTI SBAR ( PDF )
Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR ( PDF )
Suspected Skin … For UTIs, lower respiratory tract infections, and skin and soft tissue infections, a form should be used
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - To educate health care workers and patients and families about the appropriate management of urinary … catheters, including indications for the placement and continued use of urinary catheters
To prevent … To promptly remove urinary catheters that are no longer needed:
What role might patients and families … 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/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-teamwork-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - And one of them would be urological or surgeries that are close to that urinary tract. … to the urinary tract. … So, the question is triggered: Does the patient have a urinary catheter? … Wound care nurses, we talked about, the pressure associated with the Foley catheter is helping. … So, an infection for that chance is, of course, a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, inappropriate
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/data-change-slides.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Device utilization rate and standardized utilization ratio (SUR)
ICU Action Plan
Identify healthcare-associated … strengths and weaknesses identified by unit
Team culture
CLABSI/CAUTI (indwelling central line and urinary … Date: 4/29 – 5/5
(Information posted 5/7)
Days since last central line-associated bloodstream infection … 257
Days since last catheter-associated urinary tract infection 86
Days since last ventilator-associated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/092-evidence-decolonization-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - · Results: SSIs due to MRSA are associated with even higher mortality, longer lengths of stay, and … · MRSA SSI prevention is associated with decreased length of stay, mortality, cost, and risk of readmission … Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 20202
Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Adult Healthcare-Associated … bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), ventilator-associated … Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with adult healthcare-associated infections: summary of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/understand/scisafety.pptx
March 01, 2009 - urinary tract infections resulting in 13,000 deaths a year6
Nearly 100,000 patients die from health … care-associated infections (HAIs) each year, and the cost of HAIs is $28 to $33 billion per year7
Estimated … 30,000 to 62,000 deaths from central line-associated blood stream infections per year8
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How … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/926.html
August 01, 2024 - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, implemented practices from AHRQ’s Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) in Hospitals . … The result: the 11-bed critical access hospital reduced the number of indwelling urinary catheter days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/acute_care_implementation_guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Most have associated One Page document templates and User Guides to assist
with guideline development … o “Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form” is similar to a root cause
analysis form … The specific infectious diseases topics addressed are asymptomatic
bacteriuria and urinary tract infections … , community-associated lower respiratory tract conditions
(including community-acquired pneumonia, aspiration … for
Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
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skin and soft tissue abscesses, diverticulitis, biliary tract
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits.html
September 01, 2017 - The Suspected UTI SBAR toolkit provides guidance and tools for improving the use of antibiotics for urinary … tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home residents based on the Situation, Background, Assessment, and … Residents and their family members may not know how antibiotics should be used or understand the risks associated
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/case-study.html
March 01, 2017 - Valerie has a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTI).