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161. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid CHG and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - infections, and a 37 percent reduction in positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA … Trial showed the same 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infection for midlines as it did for central … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections. … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial. … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant

162. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.docx
     March 01, 2022 - infections, and a 37 percent reduction in positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA … Trial showed the same 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infection for midlines as it did for central … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections. … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial. … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant

163. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2025 - Control: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infection Control: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile Infection Infection Control: Infections Due … to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Infection Control: Miscellaneous Topics Infection Control: Urinary … Control: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Patient Safety Practices MHS I (2001) MHS II … (2013) MHS III (2020) MHS IV (2023-24) Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

164. Funding and Implementation Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2025 - Program for HAI Prevention     Starting in July 2025, the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection … Program 1: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)— enrolling through June 30, 2025 … Program 2: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)— recruitment begins August 2025 . … month in evidence-based educational webinars, coaching calls, and team meetings to promote and improve infection … By participating, hospital units will be better equipped with evidence-based infection prevention strategies

165. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Department of Health and Human Services' National Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded a national effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSI) in U.S. hospitals beginning in 2008: On the CUSP: Stop BSI . … per 1,000 line days to one of 1.133 infections, or a relative reduction of 41 percent.

166. Urinary Catheter Maintenance
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     April 01, 2022 - Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in adult ICUs. … Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in adult ICUs. … Catheter associated urinary tract infections.

167. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention … Strategies to prevent central line- associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. … Strategies to prevent central-line associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009.

168. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention … Strategies to prevent central line- associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. … Strategies to prevent central-line associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009.

169. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention … Strategies to prevent central line- associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. … Strategies to prevent central-line associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Consensus conference on prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: 2009.

170. National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Report Patient Safety Chartbook (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - Regional Variation in Standardized Infection Ratios for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … Bloodstream infection event (central line-associated bloodstream infection and non-central line-associated … bloodstream infection. … in Standardized Infection Ratios for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care … difficile Infection Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hospitals

171. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - of the infections were caused by gram-positive organisms and 30% of the infections were caused by MRSA … Results Over 80 % of all nosocomial infections are urinary tract infection, surgical wound infection … Bloodstream infections, IVDI (intravascular device infection) or IVDI-related bloodstream infections, … A 4-fold increase in IVDI and bloodstream infections was noted in the standard glucose control group; … also observed was a 3.5-fold increase in IVDI-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections

172. Report Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent central line-associated blood stream infections … regional stakeholders such as the QIO, Department of Health, Patient Safety Organization (PSO), local infection … These included representatives from the State QIO, State health department, PSO, State infection prevention … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational … The Rhode Island ICU Collaborative: a model for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection

173. Action Chart for Implementing Targeted Decolonization (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation Section 6 – Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream … Infections in Patients With Medical Devices Section 7 – Action Chart Section 8 – Prelaunch Activities

174. Action-Plan-Template (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Unit Action Plan The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) or healthcare-associated infection … responsible for leading the CUSP team in completing an Action Plan in order to drive work related to lowering bloodstream … infections (CLABSI) and/or catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). work. … encouraged to work together to review various data sources (e.g., intensive care unit [ICU] assessment, infection

175. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - Protocol explains that universal decolonization is the most effective intervention to reduce MRSA infections … Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices This toolkit can help hospital infection … prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … educational toolkit aims to help hospital intensive care units (ICUs) reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). 

176. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - infections, and a 37 percent reduction in positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA … 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infection for midlines as it did for central lines. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections. … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial. … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant

177. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - infections, and a 37 percent reduction in positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA … 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infection for midlines as it did for central lines. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections. … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial. … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant

178. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Evidence of infection or inflammation. Laboratory evidence of respiratory infection. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan ICUs: observational study … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan ICUs: observational study

179. Quality Improvement in Action Slides
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     April 01, 2022 - a fictitious 400-bed community hospital with an 18-bed medical/surgical ICU Central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) CAD being >1.0: CLABSI CAD … patients’ mortality and morbidity and prevent suffering Incidence (how many infections do we see?) … Strategies to prevent central line–associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update … Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated

180. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 12, 2025 - Tools to help surgical teams prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections … SOPS Tools to Drive Improvement WEBINARS | Hospitals Interested in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections Funding & Grants AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce … Improvement Making healthcare safer in all settings Healthcare-Associated Infections … funds research and provides tools to help healthcare teams understand and prevent healthcare-associated infections