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481. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2006 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/nishimi-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - National Voluntary Consensus Standards for the Reporting of Healthcare- associated Infection Data The … Steering Committee held its initial meeting on July 14, 2006, and all TAPs (Catheters and Bloodstream … Infections; Urinary Tract Infections; Ventilator- associated Pneumonia; Surgical Site Infections; and … National Voluntary Consensus Standards for the Reporting of Healthcare- associated Infection Data The … Infections; Urinary Tract Infections; Ventilator- associated Pneumonia; Surgical Site Infections; and

482. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-transcript.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, and are the leading cause of secondary bloodstream … infections. … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter- Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Journal. 2014 May;35(5):464-79. PMID: 24709715. 4. … one-quarter of the infections.

483. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/creating-safety-culture/cultureofsafety_hemodialysis.pptx
     September 03, 2014 - Keystone Project, On the CUSP: Stop CLABSI to improve safety culture and reduce central line acquired bloodstream … 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.

484. 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

485. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - On the CUSP: Stop BSI: Evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream infection

486. Slide 1
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     December 01, 2015 - Main Report Healthcare-Associated Infections Report Critical Care March CY 2015 Infection Summary … Infection Type N Denominator SIR (or *Rate) Standardized Infection Ratio Threshold (25% Below SIR … =1) Reach (50% Below SIR=1) Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections 0 293 0.0 1 0.8 0.5 Ventilator-Associated … difficile-Associated Diarrhea 0 579 0.0 x x x Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI … Nov 2015 Dec 2015 G chart VAE Infection Date Days Between Infection ALWAYS VAE WHICH

487. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - On the CUSP: Stop BSI: Evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream infection

488. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp2.html
     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

489. CHIPRA 209 Report: Neonatal Intensive Care Outcomes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-209-fullreport.pdf
     June 01, 2019 - Infections: Hand washing, central line management, and protocols (Capretti, Sandri, Tridapalli, et al … Sequential hand hygiene promotion contributes to a reduced nosocomial bloodstream infection rate among … Sustained reduction in neonatal nosocomial infections through quality improvement efforts. … Marginal increase in cost and excess length of stay associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections … Development of a statewide collaborative to decrease NICU central line-associated bloodstream infections

490. Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - For example, the mortality attributed to MRSA bloodstream infection has been estimated at 24%, and the … Our data on prevention of MRSA infection in acute care demonstrates that 60% of these infections are … During the baseline period, there were 44 MRSA infections and 365,809 patient-days, for an infection … infections per 10,000 patient- days) and 14 infections in the intervention units (129,113 patient days … Days 73,836 23,060‡ 36,067‡ 57,679 Total Number of MRSA Infections 16 2 5 4 MRSA Infections per 10,000

491. Team Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5b.html
     January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections

492. Final Progress Report: An expert-guided machine-learning approach to estimate the incidence, risk, and harms associated with diagnostic delays for infectious diseases (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/polgren-miller-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Accordingly, life-threating infections may be indistinguishable from common, self- limiting infections … from common infections that are self-limiting without treatment (e.g., viral infections). … Risk of infection associated with anti-TNF-α therapy. … Predictors of mortality in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections. … Association of Household Exposure to Primary Clostridioides difficile Infection With Secondary Infection

493. Learn Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - originally developed the CUSP model with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality An infection … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational

494. Final Progress Report: Safety in the Home Healthcare Sector: A Pilot Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gershon-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Bloodstream infections associated with a needleless intravenous infusion system in patients receiving … Bloodstream infection associated with needleless device use and the importance of infection-control … Bloodstream infections in home infusion patients: the influence of race and needless intravascular access … American Journal of Infection Control. In press. 2008. 76. … Feasibility of national surveillance of health-care- associated infections in home-care settings.

495. AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery: Final Report (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - events (e.g., central line-associated bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia) and post-procedural … to 2012, more than 1,000 hospitals joined AHRQ’s CUSP project to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream … Evaluations of national efforts to reduce bloodstream infections in the ICU found significant improvements … Eliminating central line–associated bloodstream infections: a national patient safety imperative. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

496. How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/npsd-patient-safety-culture-brief.pdf
     September 01, 2016 - patients of abnormal test results ■ Factors related to falls ■ Prevention of health care-associated infections … Pronovost PJ. (2014) On the CUSP: Stop BSI: Evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream … infection rate and patient safety climate profile. (2014) American Journal of Infection Control. 2014

497. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon1-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - These sites are collaborating to improve outcomes in medication safety and surgical site infections. … Between 1/2009 and 12/2010, the project resulted in a 60% reduction in surgical site infections in … projects, supported by a CMS Neonatal Transformation grant, resulted in 1) a 20% sustained decrease in bloodstream … infections in premature infants among 24 NICUs and 2) a 40% decrease in near-term deliveries without … Together, the reductions in infections and NICU admissions created estimated savings of at least $11

498. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 1 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Stool tests showed that she had a bowel infection with Clostridium difficile. … Swollen, puffy, or red skin might be a sign of a skin infection, of a blood clot deep inside, or of … Dry or cracked lips can be a sign of dehydration or of an oral infection such as thrush (yeast). … the lungs or bloodstream, while a low respiratory rate could be a sign that the person has had too … This can be caused by a bloodstream infection, a stroke, or simply not doing well with the social setting

499. HSOPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5a.html
     January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections

500. CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/prevention-modules.html
     April 01, 2022 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules These modules offer simple steps ICU teams can take to ensure the evidence-based clinical changes that prevent CLABSI and CAUTI are sustained in your unit. The CLABSI prevention and CAUTI prevention modules provide information on how to disrupt the lifecycle of a catheter dev…