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421. Outcomes | 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 … 0.562 0.518 Average CL Days/Unit 1,733 487 483 488 467 459 457 Rate: (Infections … overall over time by hospital characteristic * Critical access hospitals (n=23) experienced one infection

422. Risk-Based Patient Safety Metrics (pdf file)
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     March 25, 2008 - been identified in both the medical and popular literature relates to central venous line-associated bloodstream … infections (CVL BSI).45, 46 These infections are costly, common, and result in significant harm, lending … Other hospital-acquired infections result from lack of proper hand hygiene. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.

423. Presentation: Program Overview
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     December 01, 2017 - Is the quality of skin prep appropriate to prevent surgical site infections? … Surgery – Onboarding SAY: In contrast to the mature evidence for preventing central line-associated bloodstream … infections or ventilator-associated pneumonia, there likely is no single way to prevent SSIs. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Pronovost P, Goeschel C, Colantuoni E, et al. sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections

424. 050-Dec-Implementation-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - environment 3) Preventing person-based transmission 4) Preventing device- and procedure-associated infections … Estimates for baseline assessment can include: · All-cause bloodstream infection (BSI) rate: Number of … Therefore, nasal decolonization is essential for clearing MRSA and reducing infections. … of MRSA clinical cultures and all-cause bloodstream infection rates for each unit. … In the Cardio ICU, the reduction in MRSA cultures and bloodstream infections is particularly dramatic

425. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - Decolonization is proven in hospital settings to reduce the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and bloodstream … infections … Bacteria on a patient’s skin can progress to severe infection during hospital stays due to the heightened … “CHG serves as your protection to prevent infection.” … CHG should be used on all superficial wounds, to help prevent infections.

426. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - Ventilated Patients 7 VAPs Among Most Expensive HACs14 CAUTI = catheter-associated urinary tract infection … ; CLABSI = central line associated bloodstream infection; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; VAP = ventilator-associated … pneumonia; SSI = surgical site infection 14. … sedatives off Ventilator-Associated Events Successes CDC Epicenters Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative15 * Infection-related … we get the money to pay for the associated costs for patients with preventable healthcare-acquired infections

427. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - To date, 166 infections have been reported. … Most patients with a positive infection also had a secondary culture noted as being obtained at the time … The types of catheters in use among patients with infections can be found in Table 4 .  … Patients with PICC lines had the greatest number of infections overall (50.6 percent); however, as a … Eight infections had no catheter type noted.

428. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Historically, VAP was considered by many researchers to be perhaps the most deadly healthcare-associated infection … SAY: VAP and surgical site infections top the list at, on average, $21,000 in estimated additional costs … Central line associated bloodstream infections and pressure ulcers can add an estimated $17,000 to care … A successful initiative can significantly reduce VACs and infection-related VACs, thereby reducing the … ASK: Where will we get the money to pay for the patients with preventable healthcare-acquired infections

429. Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2010, national conference on healthcare journalism (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Minnesota Spokesman‐ Recorder Charles Hallman Hospital Infection Rates, A Deadly Problem KSMU‐Springfield … Cover Them)  Assessing claims of functional foods and nutritional supplements  Prevention model for bloodstream … His current cause is to reduce catheter‐related bloodstream infections in their local hospitals, saying … the infections cause “31,000 needless deaths” in the United States each year. … Using his system of checklist, culture change and measurement, he virtually eliminated the infection

430. Staff Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - toolkit, videos provide background information about the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection … Overview * This video discusses the importance of CHG cleaning during a bed bath or a shower to prevent infection

431. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-nhqdr-es.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - Quality and Disparities Report 7 • Healthcare professionals were especially vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection … ■ From 2016 to 2020, rates of sepsis after surgery decreased from 5.1 to 3.8 infections per 1,000 … ■ Rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased from 0.13 to 0.09 infection … Rates of long-stay nursing home residents with urinary tract infections were 1.8% in 2019 and 1.9% in … • Similarly, hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections—a common

432. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Quality and Disparities Report 7 • Healthcare professionals were especially vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection … ■ From 2016 to 2020, rates of sepsis after surgery decreased from 5.1 to 3.8 infections per 1,000 … ■ Rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased from 0.13 to 0.09 infection … Rates of long-stay nursing home residents with urinary tract infections were 1.8% in 2019 and 1.9% in … • Similarly, hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections—a common

433. Early Mobility Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - infections (CLABSI) and VAP in more than 100 Michigan ICUs.21-23 The Michigan results were sustained … visits involving content experts, such as respiratory therapists, pharmacists, pulmonologists, or infection … 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

434. Toolkit Prelaunch Activities (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - As is the case with many infection prevention programs, it will take time to achieve culture change. … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) burden and bloodstream … infections among patients with medical devices in that unit Provide adherence data on use of decolonizing … These processes will need to undergo usual hospital approval by relevant committees, which may include infection

435. Learn About CUSP, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - 2003, the Michigan Keystone Center launched an AHRQ-funded project to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections in select Michigan intensive care units. … extremely successful, and the participating Michigan ICUs continue to sustain central line-associated bloodstream … infections, or CLABSI, rates of zero percent, even today. … In 2008, AHRQ funded national projects to apply the CUSP model to reduce infections nationwide.

436. Understand the Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Nearly 100,000 patients die from healthcare-associated infections each year, and the cost of these infections … Nearly 100,000 patients die from healthcare-associated infections each year, and the cost of these infections … Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality’s CRBSI (which stands for catheter-related blood stream infection … Executives, physicians, nurse managers, infection preventionists, bedside clinicians, and unit support … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

437. Improving Communication and Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - I think the risk of vancomycin toxicity is greater than the risk that he has an MRSA infection. … These tests have now returned and don’t show infection. … cohort of ICUs in Michigan that participated in a collaborative to reduce central line- associated bloodstream … infections or CLABSI, units where higher proportions of respondents reported that there was a good … The prescriber should ask, “Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?”

438. 025-Assessing-Evc-Webinar-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - Slide 2 Key Strategies To Take Aim and Target MRSA Infections SAY: The AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention … Preventing device and procedure-associated infections such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … of the EVC team and associates to help control the spread of MDROs and reduce healthcare-associated infections … Slide 23 Infection Control Practitioner (ICP) SAY: The obvious first role to consider is the infection … • What impact did it have on the infection rates?

439. Methods | 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 … Some facilities submitted infection rate data directly into this database, while others contributed data

440. Learn About CUSP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - An infection reduction project of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational