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281. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - Most of these infections are preventable, and you are part of the cure. … There is no single therapy that wipes out these infections. … This means expecting unit leaders to present both infection rates and weeks without an infection to senior … Infection preventionists work closely with unit-level teams to train, monitor, investigate infections … units where infections are measured and report these data to senior leaders.

282. Main Line Health System Uses Patient Safety Culture Survey in Suburban Philadelphia Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Some of these process changes include device-related infection bundles; bar code medication administration … example, since 2010, mislabeled specimens have decreased by 73 percent, all hospital central line-related bloodstream … infections have decreased by 51 percent, and pressure ulcers rated at stage II or worse have decreased

283. CLABSI Learning From Defects Tool (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - CLABSI Learning From Defects Tool Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infection (CLABSI) This worksheet is designed to be used near the bedside and is the shortened version … Infection control and nursing staff are recommended, but others on the team who can give clear descriptions … Infection control: Nursing: Significant Comorbidities: Patient Location: ______________ … Uncertain 12) Anything else, patient factors or otherwise, that may have Contributed to the infection

284. Preventing-Cauti-Engaging-Clinicians-Transcript (doc file)
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     May 14, 2013 - imparted infection; most of these infections are due to urinary catheters. … The second, symptomatic urinary tract infection; third, bloodstream infection, and then fourth and finally … The first one, which is no infection; second, only bacteria area, only symptomatic UTI, only bloodstream … infection, and then both symptomatic UTI and bloodstream infection. … So, it should be noted that the number with symptomatic UTI or bloodstream infection equals the total

285. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - imparted infection; most of these infections are due to urinary catheters. … The second, symptomatic urinary tract infection; third, bloodstream infection, and then fourth and finally … The first one, which is no infection; second, only bacteria area, only symptomatic UTI, only bloodstream … infection, and then both symptomatic UTI and bloodstream infection. … So, it should be noted that the number with symptomatic UTI or bloodstream infection equals the total

286. Harnessing the Potential of Health Care Collaboratives: Lessons from the Keystone ICU Project (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Goeschel_24.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - Goals to improve care included creating a culture of safety, reducing central line-associated bloodstream … improve intensive care in Michigan by creating a culture of safety, reducing central line-associated bloodstream … few barriers.18 Educating staff about these five simple behaviors that are associated with reduced infection … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.

287. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Safety and Side Effects of Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and nasal mupirocin to reduce bacteria that can cause infection … CHG and mupirocin are only used topically and are not absorbed into the bloodstream during use. … in the outpatient setting to prevent MRSA and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection

288. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - about 28 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … 250,000 7.6 CLABSIs MPSMS (2014) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … 250,000 150,000 38% $150,000,000 3,495 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections 18,000 5,000 13,000 72% $221,000,000 2,405 … 106,000 $1,000 .023 $106,000,000 2,470 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream

289. Final Progress Report: Systems Approach for Improving Region-Wide Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Nosocomial Infections and NNIS. … and types of NIs in their institutions; (2) identify clusters of infections or single infections of … Infections: Twenty-five of 38 hospitals in the region (66%) reported Central Line- Associated Bloodstream … (CLAB) infections. … for ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAPs), primary bloodstream infections (PBSIs), and surgical site

290. 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

291. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - and Quality’s Safety Program for Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and addresses central line-associated bloodstream … infections, also known as CLABSIs. … This may have led to lapses in infection prevention best practices. … A second meta-analysis examined the impact of quality improvement interventions on central line bloodstream … infections in adult intensive care units.

292. 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

293. 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

294. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-7.html
     September 01, 2020 - An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

295. 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

296. Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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'

297. Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) … Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … � Multidisciplinary rounding � Safety huddle � CAUTI/CLABSI (central line-associated bloodstream … infection) rounds � Shift handoff � Other: ___________________________ � Medical necessity was not … 3Learn From Defects – CAUTI Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

298. Overcoming Mindsets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Mindsets It can be difficult to address your staff’s underlying attitudes and beliefs about infection … Many teams struggle to believe that reducing the number of infections to zero is possible or to find … 372.7 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … PDF, 304.5 KB) Audio interview with David Thompson – How To Address Attitudes and Beliefs Around Infection … minutes;  Transcript , PDF, 249.7 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections

299. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

300. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 -  No  Yes, Infection Control Committee member  Yes, provides adequate funding for Infection … Prevention  Yes, provides funding for Infection Prevention member training  Yes, promotes Infection …  MRSA bacteremia  Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) The next few questions … Infection Prevention member training: Off Yes, promotes Infection Prevention messages via newsletters … [IF NO, SKIP TO QUESTION 10: ]: Off Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI): Off