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341. CUSP Onboarding Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/cusp-modules.html
     April 01, 2022 - They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

342. Appendix 5: Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-5.html
     March 01, 2018 - Line Insertion Care Team Checklist Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

343. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Spot Coaching To Support Behavior Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/spot-coaching.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

344. Index of CUSP Tools and Resources | 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

345. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/resources.html
     March 01, 2017 - Guides Implementation: Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Sustainability: Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB) This guide provides … frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about LTC facility infection prevention guidelines. … Tract Infection Surveillance Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and the Overuse of Antibiotics

346. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b3b_pdi_resultspresentation.pptx
     January 01, 2006 - 20Stream%20Infection%20Rate.pdf Numerator: Discharges with ICD-10-CM codes for healthcare-associated bloodstream … Examining Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 3) Per 1,000 Cases Examining … Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) Observed Rate 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 … Comparing Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) to Expected Rates Observed … Risk-Adjusted and Smoothed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) Risk-Adjusted Rate

347. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - The ultimate goal of this effort is to prevent infections. What is chlorhexidine? … Patients in the ICU are bathed daily to protect them from infections during this high-risk period. … decolonization has been shown to reduce 37 percent of clinical MRSA cultures and 44 percent of all-cause bloodstream … infections and their associated costs, which total approximately $18,000 per infection. … Thus, one averted infection could cover the costs for numerous CHG baths.

348. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape.html
     September 01, 2013 - The ultimate goal of this effort is to prevent infections. What is chlorhexidine? … Patients in the ICU are bathed daily to protect them from infections during this high-risk period. … decolonization has been shown to reduce 37 percent of clinical MRSA cultures and 44 percent of all-cause bloodstream … infections and their associated costs, which total approximately $18,000 per infection. … Thus, one averted infection could cover the costs for numerous CHG baths.

349. Using Data To Drive Change and Improve Patient Safety Slides
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     April 01, 2022 - ratio (SIR) If greater than 1, then higher number of infections than expected If less than 1, then less … infections than expected Standardized utilization ratio (SUR) If greater than 1, then higher device … MRSA SSI 10 23 3 9 42 7 15 Tell the Story Using Data: Transparency The MICU at NCH Is Preventing Infections … Date: 4/29 – 5/5 (Information posted 5/7) Days since last central line-associated bloodstream infection … in the ICU Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs AHRQ

350. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module1-speaker-notes.html
     February 01, 2023 - nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in catheter-associated urinary tract infection … mind, it’s easy to understand why CAUTIs are one of the most common types of healthcare-associated infections … They represent one-fourth of all HAIs in intensive care units and nearly one-third of all infections … Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, and are the leading cause of secondary bloodstream … infections.

351. PS Grantee | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Development and Implementation Publication Date: May 2011 Central Venous Catheter (CVC)–Related Bloodstream … Infections in Pediatric Cancer ( application/pdf 165214 ) Principal Investigators: Secola Grant

352. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=5
     January 01, 2025 - Unit-Based Safety Program through an assessment of safety culture to minimize central line-associated bloodstream … infections. … Statewide collaborative to reduce surgical site infection: Results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-based … association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections … Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes.

353. About CUSP: A Doctor's Perspective | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - A doctor's perspective on the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

354. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 1-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_1-speaker-notes.docx
     September 01, 2015 - nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in catheter-associated urinary tract infection … mind, it’s easy to understand why CAUTIs are one of the most common types of healthcare-associated infections … They represent one-fourth of all HAIs in intensive care units and nearly one-third of all infections … Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, and are the leading cause of secondary bloodstream … infections.

355. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=5
     January 01, 2025 - Unit-Based Safety Program through an assessment of safety culture to minimize central line-associated bloodstream … infections. … Statewide collaborative to reduce surgical site infection: Results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-based … association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections … Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes.

356. Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/pediatric.html
     December 01, 2017 - PDI11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence PDF [ - 61.87 KB] PSI12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Infections PDF [ - 130.85 KB] NQI03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection PDF [ - 153.19 KB] D

357. 162-Example-Completed-Learning-Defects-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/162-example-completed-learning-defects-tool.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Because this tool helps you look at MRSA infections and other patient safety events at a systems level … management is notified, cases presented at morbidity and mortality rounds, and healthcare-acquired infections … In the space below, identify the MRSA infection or other event. … Event Components Descriptions Event Patient A developed a hospital-acquired central line-associated bloodstream … infection (MRSA).

358. About CUSP: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/00-overview/index.html
     July 01, 2018 - An overview of the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

359. Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in Patient Safety Surveillance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hougland_26.pdf
     October 01, 2011 - Infections. 6. … Bloodstream infections Total % 17.6 61.8 Inpatient 91/1201 (10.8) 636/1408 (36.8) Causing admission … For bloodstream infections, 40 percent of cases were inpatient AEs vs. 22 percent for cases causing … Bloodstream Total % 17.6 61.8 Inpatient 28/617 (4.5) 322/555 (58.0) Causing admission 28/617 (4.5 … Infection control and changing health care delivery systems.

360. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-mvpguide.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - Among these harms are barotrauma, infection, and “volutrauma.”1 Patients who require mechanical ventilation … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: … The Rhode Island ICU collaborative: A model for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection … Eliminating central-line associated bloodstream infections: A national patient safety imperative Infect