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301. Appendix 1: Weeks Without CLABSI Banner | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-1.html
     March 01, 2018 - Appendix 1: Weeks Without CLABSI Banner Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

302. Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/caregiver-nicu-long-desc.html
     April 01, 2022 - Decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections. … improvements of UPEs, very low birth weight infant nutrition, and central line-associated blood stream infections

303. Table 1. Case Study Sites | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwptab1.html
     August 01, 2015 - 11) Staff (13) Key: AMC = academic medical center; CLABSI = central line–associated bloodstream … infection; CUSP = Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program; HPWP = high-performance work practices; ICU

304. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/diverticulitis-biliary-infections-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - and biliary tract infections. … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? 2. … a recurrent intra- abdominal infection by four days. … the increased intra-ductal pressure that results often leads to translocation of bacteria into the bloodstream … The odds of recurrent bloodstream infections and CDI were also similar.

305. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Chlorhexidine Bathing and Perineal Cleaning (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/chlorhexidine-bathing.pdf
     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 … Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital- acquired infection. … Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2018;39(4):405-11. PMID: 29493475. 12.

306. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - process to design, develop, and implement a quality improvement project to prevent healthcare-associated infections … (HAIs), especially catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), in the long-term care (LTC … Guide Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … 341 KB) Start with the Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection

307. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi2.html
     January 01, 2013 - Results Rates Impact Conclusion Next Steps The neonatal central line-associated bloodstream … infection (NCLABSI) project time line was rapid with all project data and deliverables planned for over

308. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Infection prevention strategies can only be sustained if they are embedded into the culture and norms … Guide Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … KB; Text Version ) The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 161.2 KB; Text Version ) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the infection

309. Understand the Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/science-safety-slides.html
     July 01, 2018 - Applying Principles of Safe Design 12 Time Period Median Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002. … Ending health care-associated infections, AHRQ, Rockville, MD, 2009. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

310. CAUTI Prevention Implementation in a Community Hospital
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     March 01, 2009 - resulting in 13,000 deaths a year6 Nearly 100,000 patients die from health care-associated infections … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

311. What Are The 4 Es? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/what-are-4e.html
     December 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

312. How To Integrate a CUSP Approach | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/integrate-cusp-approach.html
     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

313. The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp.html
     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

314. AHRQ Celebrates National Public Health Week | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/952.html
     April 01, 2025 - Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #313,  Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ’s patient tools aim to reduce healthcare-associated infections and other harms, enhance outcomes … units (ICUs) and non-ICUs to participate in a free 9-month program to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) rates in acute care hospitals. … Incidence of and risk factors for subsequent lower respiratory tract infection following an infant RSV

315. Overcome Common Challenges | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/index.html
     April 01, 2022 - engagement among all relevant hospital personnel to support the success and sustainability of your infection … interaction of the multidisciplinary team members and specific patient care actions in order to reduce infections … that support ICU teams to overcome mindsets that hold them back from believing that achieving zero infections

316. New Interactive Data Resource Illustrates Trends in Sepsis Hospital Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/949.html
     March 01, 2025 - Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decreased by nearly 11 percent between 2016 and 2021, rates of MRSA infections … Safety Program for HAI Prevention: CLABSI , which is a 9-month national cohort focused on improving infection … prevention practices and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections through evidence-based … : Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

317. Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/alt-text.html
     July 01, 2018 - : infection rate of 0 with an incidence rate ratio of 0.56 7-9 months: infection rate of 0 with an … months: infection rate of 0 with an incidence rate of 0.37 16-18 months: infection rate of 0 with … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Ending health care-associated infections, AHRQ, Rockville, MD, 2009. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

318. Appendix D. Universal ICU Decolonization Nursing Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apd.html
     September 01, 2013 - The REDUCE MRSA Trial found a 44 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections and a 37 percent

319. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsifinal.pdf
     October 01, 2012 - focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … 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 … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter-related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: an

320. Final Progress Report: Systems Approach for Improving Region-Wide Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/sirio2-report.pdf
     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