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181. Engage the Team and Applying CUSP in the ICU Setting Facilitator Guide
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     April 01, 2022 - Applying CUSP ׀ 4 4 Safety Culture Is Related to Outcomes5,6 Patient Outcomes Patient care experience Infection … CUSP ׀ 10 10 Where To Find Defects8,9 Adverse event reporting systems Sentinel events Claims data Infection … CAUTI Applying CUSP ׀ 11 Gathering Group Wisdom9-12 Defect Analysis To identify root causes of an infection … Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: Useful Tools, An International Perspective … Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update

182. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) dropped 44 percent from 2008 to 2012, and some surgical … $1,000 .023 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections $17,000 .185 Falls $7,234 .055 … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Falls Obstetric Adverse Events Pressure Ulcers Surgical … Strategies to prevent central line–associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. … An intervention to decrease cathether-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

183. Iowa’s Waverly Health Center Uses AHRQ Tools to Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - "Although our hospital's rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) was already … "The hospital's nursing initiatives sought to reduce infections to no more than one per 1,000 catheter … peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines, a procedure that causes high rates of hospital infection … For 2014, the hospital had saved approximately $605,000 with system improvements related to its infection … The CUSP team was composed of eight individuals representing nursing, infection prevention, quality services

184. MRSA Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic Stewardship … Decolonize Patients Prevent Person-Based Transmission Detecting MRSA colonization and infection

185. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - universal decolonization strategy to reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and bloodstream … infections in adult intensive care units (ICUs). … This enhanced protocol provides a scientific foundation for hospital leaders of critical care and infection … hospital leaders in QI seeking a practical, evidence-based strategy to improve care, lower adult ICU infection

186. Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Interpreting CAUTI Data Trends Stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI … could include: 4 Respiratory tract infection Gastrointestinal infection Bloodstream infection … AACN Practice Alert: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. November 2011. 2.

187. Implementation Guide: Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - (HAIs), including central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator-associated pneumonia … (VAP), and surgical site infections (SSI). … Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) CLABSI is a serious healthcare concern … , occurring when pathogens enter the bloodstream through a central venous catheter, leading to infection … External Links: · SHEA/IDSA/APIC Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

188. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - universal decolonization strategy to reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and bloodstream … infections in adult intensive care units (ICUs). … This enhanced protocol provides a scientific foundation for hospital leaders of critical care and infection … hospital leaders in QI seeking a practical, evidence-based strategy to improve care, lower adult ICU infection

189. The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - First, some encouraging news: According to the Leapfrog report, Clostridioides difficile infection … There was no change in surgical site infections following surgery.  … Rates increased for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (37 percent), central-line … associated bloodstream infections (60 percent), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (19 … published in JAMA showed that the Nation made slow but steady progress on a few hospital-acquired infections

190. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among … HAI Bulletin: Subscribe for updates on Infection Prevention and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).  … prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection A June 2013 New England Journal of

191. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Facilitator Notes
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     April 01, 2022 - Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), … A tiered approach for preventing cather-associated urinary tract infections. … Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). https://www.cdc.gov/HAI/ca_uti/uti.html.

192. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - 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 safety culture … on the unit with the attending physician/ICU director and representatives from nursing, pharmacy, infection … therapies • Physical therapist – for ambulation discussions • Pharmacist – for adjusting medications • Infection … preventionist – healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts • Performance improvement specialist

193. Staff Huddle Documents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - option of using either mupirocin, which was evaluated in the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

194. Computer-Based Training Modules: Basin Bed Bathing with CHG
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     March 01, 2022 - Trial showed the same 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infection for midlines as it did for central … the body surface Decolonization is proven in hospitals to prevent antibiotic-resistant bacteria and bloodstream … infections The decolonization products used include: 2% CHG no-rinse liquid for basin bed baths 4% … of the patient Decolonization has been shown to prevent infections For patients with multidrug-resistant … found that decolonization for adult non-ICU patients with specific medical devices reduced all-cause bloodstream

195. CUSP Psychological Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic Stewardship

196. AHRQ Tools Help Wisconsin Hospitals Post Big Quality, Safety Gains | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2015 - Safety Program (CUSP) were "extensively" relied on to reduce readmissions and healthcare-associated infections … The hospitals' efforts included a 42 percent reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSIs) from 2008 to 2013; a 37 percent decrease in surgical site infections from 2012 to 2013; and … a 33 percent reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections from 2011 to 2013. … It subsequently helped hospitals use CUSP tools to address other infections.

197. The Importance of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic Stewardship … Preventing MRSA infection and transmission among hospitalized patients is a crucial patient safety priority … DOCX, 3.9 MB) One-Pagers One Pager: Understanding MRSA: Sources and Pathways of MRSA Transmission and Infection

198. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC), implemented a national, neonatal central line- associated bloodstream … infection (NCLABSI) reduction project in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). … In a 2012 study by Donovan et al.3, $16,800 in excess costs were attributed to NICU-associated bloodstream … infection. … Decreasing central line associated bloodstream infection in neonatal intensive care.

199. PowerPoint Presentation
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     September 03, 2014 - For dialysis patients and facilities, this means that infections occur when infection control practices … The facility had reported several bloodstream infections to the NHSN system in a relatively short period … In the first half of 2013, the facility reported 3 bloodstream infections for an infection rate of 1.23 … In the first half of 2014, they only had 1 bloodstream infection for a rate of 0.41 infections per 100 … infections.

200. Nursing Protocols | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (Protocol from the ABATE Infection … Decolonization Protocols (pick one): Standing Order Protocol for Mupirocin (Protocol from the ABATE Infection … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.