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381. Appendix 6: Central Line Maintenance Audit Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - Central Line Maintenance Audit Form Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

382. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2025 - AHRQ Toolkit for Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) and Catheter-Associated … CDC Infection Control Guidelines and Guidance Healthcare organizations from all settings can use this … , or quick observational tools—can help healthcare providers implement infection control measures and … prevent healthcare-associated infections. … , and urinary tract infection and to improve perioperative safety culture.

383. A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Reading Copyright and Source Information Background and Acknowledgments Healthcare-associated infections … change initiatives, using lessons from the central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and … Part of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections, these HAI prevention projects … Return to Contents References National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

384. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/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.

385. Appendix 5: Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

386. 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.

387. 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

388. Surgical Complication Prevention Guide (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - hospital-associated infection once perceived as inevitable. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Surgical site infections and cost in obese patients undergoing colorectal surgery.

389. 009-Ss-Evidence-Decolonization-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - most costly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Slide 10 S. aureus Carriage and SSIs SAY: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus confers an infection … risk, both in surgical site infections and in other types of infections. … CHG prior to central line insertion was the most protective action against central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI).

390. AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Facilitates Process Improvement Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/casestudy.html
     December 01, 2017 - Cedars-Sinai has virtually eliminated central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) by implementing

391. 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

392. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

393. 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

394. Fundamentals of Medicare Patient Safety Surveillance: Intent, Relevance, and Transparency (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Hunt.pdf
     July 01, 2004 - year of abstraction involved data collection and analysis for adverse events in the following topics: bloodstream … infections; central venous catheters (CVC); total hip and total knee replacement; postoperative pneumonia … Table 2: MPSMS Topics Production Pre-production Developmental Bloodstream infections* CVC* Hip … is limited to early infection (occurring during inpatient convalescence) and very severe infections … said, we should report that in the MPSMS production sample we are examining charts for eight topics (bloodstream

395. Fundamentals of Medicare Patient Safety Surveillance: Intent, Relevance, and Transparency (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Hunt.pdf
     July 01, 2004 - year of abstraction involved data collection and analysis for adverse events in the following topics: bloodstream … infections; central venous catheters (CVC); total hip and total knee replacement; postoperative pneumonia … Table 2: MPSMS Topics Production Pre-production Developmental Bloodstream infections* CVC* Hip … is limited to early infection (occurring during inpatient convalescence) and very severe infections … said, we should report that in the MPSMS production sample we are examining charts for eight topics (bloodstream

396. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

397. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

398. Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2015 - For example, according to CDC's March 2014 Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report , 1 central … line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) dropped 44 percent from 2008 to 2012, and some surgical … site infections (SSIs) dropped as much as 20 percent. … $1,000 .023 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections $17,000 .185 Falls … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections

399. Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

400. CUSP Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - infections and VAE. … infections. … Additionally, hospital epidemiology and infection control professionals are important CUSP team members … We had to teach our staff that infection rates are the result of faulty systems, not bad clinicians. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.