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41. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - This customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … infections Source: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) . … Central line-associated bloodstream infections significantly increase risk of death Source: Ziegler … Attributable mortality of central line associated bloodstream infection: systematic review and meta-analysis

42. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - infections Butler et al. 2010 Attributable costs of enterococcal bloodstream infections in … infection after simulation-based education for residents in a medical intensive care unit Kilgore … et al. 2008 Cost of bloodstream infections Shannon et al. 2006 Economics of central line-associated … bloodstream infections Warren et al. 2006 Attributable costs of catheter-associated bloodstream … Length of stay and charges associated with health care-acquired bloodstream infections.

43. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4d_combo_psi07-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - Infections (BSIs) Why Focus on Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)? … • Starting in 2015, the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection PSI will be one of … How-to guide: prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). … Prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: brief update review. … Infections (BSIs) Why Focus on Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)?

44. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide (pdf file)
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    October 18, 2012 - hospital cohort Cohen et al. 2010 Cost saving from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection … infections Shannon et al. 2006 Economics of central line-associated bloodstream infections Warren … infection and those with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus bloodstream infection? … Does not pertain to CLABSI specific HAI Hoste EA, 2004 Effect of nosocomial bloodstream infection … Does not pertain to CLABSI specific HAI Slonim AD, 2001 Nosocomial bloodstream infection and cost

45. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … vancomycin-resistant enterococcus positive clinical cultures, and a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream … infections. … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

46. 047-Evidence-Behind-Decolonization-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Staphylococcus aureus is the number 1 cause of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI … Slide 20 REDUCE MRSA Results: MRSA BSI SAY: Similarly, for MRSA bloodstream infection, there was … or bloodstream infections. … Secondary outcomes included MRSA clinical cultures, all-cause bloodstream infections, and emergence of … Slide 40 Swap Out Trial Results: Bloodstream Infections SAY: When evaluating all-cause bloodstream

47. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4j_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - Infection Rate (BSIs) Why focus on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in children … Reducing PICU central line-associated bloodstream infections: 3-year results. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection. … Infection Rate (BSIs) Why focus on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in children

48. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4x_combo_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - Infection Rate (BSIs) Why focus on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in children … Reducing PICU central line-associated bloodstream infections: 3-year results. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection. … Infection Rate (BSIs) Why focus on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in children

49. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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    October 01, 2024 - line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI): Most common pathogen in non-ICUs; 5th most common … prevented Reduction of 5 MRSA clinical cultures and 9 bloodstream infections (per 1,000 ICU admissions … routine bathing to prevent multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general … for 37 percent of all MRSA and VRE cultures and 57 percent of bloodstream infections | 29 AHRQ Safety … Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical

50. Central Venous Catheter Removal Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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    April 01, 2022 - The module addresses central line-associated bloodstream infections, also known as CLABSIs. … The module addresses central line-associated bloodstream infections, also known as CLABSIs. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. 2017;31(3):551-559. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

51. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, or … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … infection bloodstream events. … In fact, the REDUCE MRSA Trial found that the best strategy for reducing bloodstream infections due … , and the second most common cause of central line associated bloodstream infection.

52. Toolkit Overview (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - wish to initiate targeted decolonization as a strategy to reduce hospital infections outside of intensive … for hospitals that have already successfully implemented universal decolonization in ICUs to reduce bloodstream … infections (including central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and methicillin-resistant … infections among patients with three specific devices: central lines, midlines, and lumbar drains. … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

53. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - infection.7, 8 Most bloodstream infections are related to a primary infection, the majority of which … infections, and it has been estimated that 80,000 intravenous device-related bloodstream infections … The promise of novel technology for the prevention of intravascular device- related bloodstream infection … Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients: excess length of stay, extra costs, and … Correction: catheter-related bloodstream infections. Ann Intern Med 2000;133:395. 18.

54. California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program Search All … Tri-City Medical Center, a 388-bed hospital in Oceanside, California, reduced central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSIs) by 33 percent and improved the on-time delivery of insulin to patients by 55 percent … Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Topic(s): Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections (CLABSI), Diabetes, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Quality of Care,

55. National Implementation Project Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project , the AHRQ-funded national effort to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream … dated October 2012, discusses accomplishments and next steps to in the neonatal central line-associated bloodstream … infection reduction project. … infection prevention toolkit .  … Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Opportunity Estimator.

56. PowerPoint Presentation
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    April 01, 2025 - 6 Reduced MRSA infections Reduced overall SSIs including those caused by MRSA Improved team-based 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 … AHRQ patient safety project reduces bloodstream infections by 40%. … Patient Saf Qual Hcare Sep 2012. https://www.psqh.com/news/ahrq-patient-safety-project-reduces-bloodstream-infections-by

57. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - intensive care units in nine States have participated in a national, neonatal central line-associated bloodstream … infection (NCLABSI) reduction project as part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded … national effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in U.S. hospitals by implementing … Objectives Methods Data Collection and Analysis Results     Participation     Central Lines     Infections

58. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) such as MRSA, bloodstream infections, and … "CDC is excited to see the results of a nursing home-focused infection prevention intervention being … decolonizing all intensive care unit (ICU) patients with chlorhexidine and nasal mupirocin reduced all-cause bloodstream … infections by nearly half . … The study, "Nursing Home Decolonization for Infection and Hospitalization Prevention," was published

59. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Assessment of safety culture and infection control policies and procedures. … Current CUSP projects are addressing— Reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections … rates of these infections. … different settings in nationwide CUSP implementation projects: CUSP reduced central line-associated bloodstream … infection rates by 41 percent in more than 1,000 intensive care units.

60. Introduction and Welcome (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus clinical cultures and a 32 percent reduction in all- cause bloodstream … infections among non-ICU patients with specific medical devices, namely central and midline catheters … infections in patients with medical devices • Action chart for implementing targeted decolonization … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream … infection in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.