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281. 099-Cusp-Guide-Why-Choose-Cusp-Approach (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/099-cusp-guide-why-choose-cusp-approach.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Improved safety culture has been associated with reduced patient safety issues, such as infection rates … From these, there was a 66 percent reduction in catheter-related bloodstream infections among 103 ICUs … , and a 71 percent reduction in ventilator-associated pneumonia infections among 112 ICUs. … Among more than 1,000 hospitals, there was a 40 percent reduction in central-line associated bloodstream … infections.

282. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief8.html
     July 01, 2024 - Cost savings from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for

283. Readiness Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections … 230 Beds (n=167) p value ‡ 1 Participation in any organized multi-site effort to reduce bloodstream … infections 43.9% 20.5% 23.4% 0.009 20.8% 23.1% 0.210 2 Partnership' with a Senior

284. Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-apa.html
     April 01, 2018 - Tips for Taking Medicines Safely' 'Closing the Quality Gap:  Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Program Brief' 'Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion (DVD)' 'Reducing Central Line Bloodstream … Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia' 'Reducing Discrepancies in Medication Orders'

285. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - describes specific practices and "success factors" for reducing and eliminating central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSIs) in health care facilities.

286. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - November 26, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Trends in Healthcare-Associated Infections Between 2020 and 2021, the … rate of inpatient stays with an associated central-line associated bloodstream infection increased by … 37.2 percent, and the rate of stays with an associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection … Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #313, Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections … They summarized current antibiotic use metrics and reviewed evidence-based infection prevention practices

287. Appendix 8: CLABSI Investigation Nurse Letter | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - : CLABSI Investigation Nurse Letter Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections … Dear ____________, As part of our commitment to eradicate central line-associated blood stream infections … ) , and please let our team know about any factors you think could have introduced infection. … Are there any patient factors that you believe may have contributed to this infection?

288. Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
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     September 01, 2015 - Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. … PMID: 24709715. 3 Scope of the Problem CAUTIs: One of the most common types of healthcare-associated Infection … Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network Leading cause of secondary bloodstream infection3 … Overview ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals 4 * Healthcare Infection Control … CAUTI in Hospitals 14 Patient Factors ICU patients who are critically ill may be at high risk for infection

289. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Engaging Staff Beyond the CUSP Team (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 … • Share data on infection rates and post in areas that are visible for all such as on Performance … Encourage staff to share their patient stories and what impact a healthcare-associated CLABSI or CAUTI infection … o Video – Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs o

290. Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Staff Training Materials | 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

291. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Iodophor (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - hospital will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and nasal iodophor to reduce bacteria that can cause infection … They are only used topically, and are not absorbed into the bloodstream during use.

292. 051-Top-10-Successful-Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Daily skin cleansing with chlorhexidine did not reduce the rate of central-line associated bloodstream … infection in a surgical intensive care unit. … Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers.

293. The Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - and Safety Tool B.3b Slide 5 • In this example, we will examine the rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … 20Stream%20Infection%20Rate.pdf • Numerator: Discharges with ICD-10-CM codes for healthcare-associated bloodstream … infection, among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator • Denominator … A PDI Example: Neonatal Blood Stream Infection (NQI 03) http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads … 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 Pe r 1 ,0 00 C as es Examining Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection

294. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mastrangelo-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Methods: We took an integrated approach, concentrating on catheter-related bloodstream infections, … ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory virus infections, urinary tract infections, and rotavirus … infections in pediatric, cardiac, and neonatal ICUs. … on a single infection affecting a limited patient population. … The development of an ICU-specific risk-of-infection score.

295. Practice General Infection Prevention Skills | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Practice General Infection Prevention Skills A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term … This guide provides frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about long-term care facility infection … transmission-based precautions, including how contact precautions prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infections … staff in using evidence-based practices to prevent HAIs, including catheter-associated urinary tract infections … outlines how the environment and equipment in a facility can be a source of potential bacterial and viral infections

296. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship5.html
     August 01, 2024 - Examples from infectious disease testing include: Using language that definitively rules out specific infections … Diagnostic stewardship has largely been evaluated in relation to infections. … efforts focused on diagnostic stewardship have observed a 30-60 percent reduction in C. difficile bloodstream … infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections and associated antibiotic use with these

297. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - sustainability of the Michigan Keystone Project, Pronovost and colleagues ( 2010 ) suggested that feedback about infection … data, an “unremitting belief in the preventability of BSI [bloodstream infection],”' and leadership

298. ICU Assessment (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Prevention Practices The purpose of this assessment is to understand current central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSI) and/or catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention practices … assessment would be events like changes in the number of outcomes, such as meeting goals of lowered infections … Statement Yes No Don't Know Our ICU discusses/analyzes all central line-associated bloodstream … infections.

299. Improving Safety Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2025 - with expectation that each unit would do one per month ► Expectation that every hospital-acquired infection … infections (CLABSI) • 41% ↓ in >1,000 ICUs Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) • 32% … MRSA Prevention The program sought to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection … hospital units (ICUs and non-ICUs) in the first of three 9-month programs ► Central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSI)—enrolling through June 30, 2025 ► Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

300. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Celebrating Success and Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit (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 … • Define milestones of celebration at initiation of the project, such as “100 days without an infection … • AHRQ Impact Case Study: New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections