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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compliance-guidelines-prevent-surgical-site-infections-simple-1-2-3
January 21, 2019 - Study
Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: as simple as … Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: As simple as 1-2-3? … Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: As simple as 1-2-3? … Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-surgical-comprehensive-unit-based-safety-program-reduce-surgical-site
November 21, 2017 - Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections … infection prevention measures. … October 1, 2014
Back to basics: preventing surgical site infections. … Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45641/psn-pdf
October 11, 2017 - Each center
examined its peer's prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI … improving-hand-hygiene-eight-hospitals-united-states-targeting-specific-causes-noncompliance
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-hospital-wide-hand-hygiene-initiative-healthcare-associated-infections-results
September 20, 2011 - Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated infections: results of an … Resources
Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … February 6, 2014
Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream … infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-safety-mechanically-ventilated-patients
October 01, 2024 - October 1, 2024
What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections … June 21, 2023
Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. … March 1, 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus … evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-associated-infections-meta-analysis-costs-and-financial-impact-us-health-care
July 31, 2013 - in hospitalized patients, despite some progress in combating certain infections. … September 26, 2018
Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection … well by doing good: assessing the cost savings of an intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections in a Hawaii hospital. … 2012
Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter–associated urinary tract infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-events-and-harms-during-medical-and-surgical-hospitalizations-persons-serious
August 09, 2017 - Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … infections. … August 25, 2010
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-will-we-know-patients-are-safer-organization-wide-approach-measuring-and-improving-safety
May 20, 2009 - January 12, 2011
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … September 20, 2011
An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outside-case-review-surgical-pathology-referred-patients-impact-patient-care
July 13, 2016 - December 21, 2014
Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … August 18, 2021
Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/well-defined-pediatric-icu-active-surveillance-using-nonmedical-personnel-capture-less
July 13, 2010 - 22, 2016
Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line–associated bloodstream … infections. … September 14, 2011
Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-went-right-lessons-intensivist-crew-us-airways-flight-1549
February 23, 2009 - View More
Related Resources
Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream … infection rates decline after bundles and checklists. … April 6, 2011
An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-operating-room-anesthesia-work-area
March 02, 2014 - Commentary
Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. … Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. … recommendations to help health care facilities develop policies for preventing health care–associated infections … Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. … February 12, 2020
Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-scorecard-rates-hospital-acquired-conditions-2010-2015-interim-data-national-efforts
December 24, 2008 - organizations to focus on reducing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) such as health care–associated infections … regularly tracks HAC rates, including rates of adverse drug events, catheter-associated urinary tract infections … , central line–associated bloodstream infections , falls, obstetric adverse events, pressure ulcers … , surgical site infections, ventilator-associated pneumonias, and postoperative venous thromboembolisms … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Facility and Group Administrators
Medicine
Nosocomial Infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-acquired-sars-cov-2-infections-patients-inevitable-conditions-or-medical-malpractice
June 23, 2021 - Review
Hospital-acquired SARS-Cov-2 infections in patients: inevitable conditions … Hospital-acquired SARS-Cov-2 infections in patients: inevitable conditions or medical malpractice? … January 27, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream … July 29, 2020
Epidemiology of and risk factors for coronavirus infection in health care … May 27, 2020
Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/encouraging-employees-speak-prevent-infections-opportunities-leverage-quality-improvement-and
January 23, 2017 - Unit-Based Safety Program through an assessment of safety culture to minimize central line-associated bloodstream … infections. … October 31, 2014
Positive deviance: a new tool for infection prevention and patient safety … May 7, 2014
Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention and … January 8, 2014
Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37613/psn-pdf
March 12, 2008 - combining: (1) important practices with strong evidence
(e.g., prevention of catheter-related blood stream infections … making-health-care-safer-critical-analysis-patient-safety-practices
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/peripheral-iv-too-long
September 15, 2011 - substantial focus on the risks associated with central venous catheters including catheter-related bloodstream … infections. … infection. … recognized on day 6, cellulitis and bloodstream infection had already developed. … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-climate-variation-perceptions-infection-preventionists-and-quality-directors
January 09, 2011 - December 23, 2020
Hospital staffing and health care–associated infections: a systematic … -19: Team and Human Factors to Improve Safety
July 30, 2020
Fighting MRSA infections … September 29, 2017
Encouraging employees to speak up to prevent infections: opportunities … Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40235/psn-pdf
May 11, 2011 - psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44838/psn-pdf
February 10, 2016 - adverse-drug-events-incidence-and-risk-reduction-across-care-continuum
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ability-intensive-care-units-maintain-zero-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections