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  1. Development and applications of the Veterans Health Administration's Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) to improve opioid safety and prevent overdose and suicide. | PSNet

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    April 01, 2020 - July 6, 2022 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan … Eight years of decreased methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health care–associated infections

  2. Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal Missed Diagnosis. | PSNet

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    August 25, 2021 - Summarize approaches to diagnosis and treatment of Strongyloides infection. … Identify patients who should be tested for Strongyloides infection. … It burrows through the skin, begins maturing to adulthood and travels through the bloodstream to the … reinfect the same person through the bowel mucosa or the perianal skin and undergo migration through the bloodstream … Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection.

  3. Cancer diagnostic delay in Northern and Central Italy during the 2020 lockdown due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. | PSNet

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    March 08, 2023 - October 28, 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus

  4. An American View of the UK's Patient Safety Enterprise: Top Down vs. Bottom Up | PSNet

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    December 01, 2005 - center (Johns Hopkins).( 12-14 ) Applying the concept to a single safety target (central line–associated bloodstream … infections), Pronovost and colleagues achieved proof of concept at their home institution.( 15 ) Then … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … July 28, 2014 Perspective How Does Infection Prevention

  5. Team Functioning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2022 - Team Functioning From your first team convening where you set your unit's goals for preventing infections … Common challenges addressed by these tools are how to structure multidisciplinary rounds to support infection … CAUTI (PDF, 429.7 KB) Making It Work – Engaging Senior Leaders in Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections … 271 KB) Audio interview with Pat Posa – How To Have Difficult Conversations With Colleagues Around Infection … :30 minutes;  Transcript , PDF, 263.4 KB) Video – Having Difficult Conversations About Preventing Infections

  6. Table 1. Case Study Sites | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2015 - 11) Staff (13) Key: AMC = academic medical center; CLABSI = central line–associated bloodstream … infection; CUSP = Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program; HPWP = high-performance work practices; ICU

  7. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI (pdf file)

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    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 … quality improvement committee meetings, and other venues to help care providers understand the impact infections … you currently have a central line in place, and I want to talk to you about preventing central line infections … Speak Up™ To Prevent Infection.

  8. HIM functions in healthcare quality and patient safety. | PSNet

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    July 05, 2017 - June 15, 2011 Preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections in the intensive

  9. Staff Huddle Documents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    March 01, 2022 - option of using either mupirocin, which was evaluated in the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection … 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.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 07, 2014 - clinical-and-economic-outcomes-attributable-health-care-associated-sepsis- and-pneumonia Health care–associated infections … clinical-and-economic-outcomes-attributable-health-care-associated-sepsis-and-pneumonia https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu https

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 22, 2009 - continues to gain momentum, largely driven by its success in reducing catheter-related blood stream infections … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklist https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 21, 2019 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/estimating-hospital-costs-inpatient-harms Pressure ulcers, surgical site infections … tract infection. … A WebM&M commentary explored the cascade of events that can lead to a hospital-acquired bloodstream … infection and how to prevent them. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/estimating-hospital-costs-inpatient-harms https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/surgical-site-infections

  13. Nursing Protocols | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    May 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (Protocol from the ABATE Infection … Decolonization Protocols (pick one): Standing Order Protocol for Mupirocin (Protocol from the ABATE Infection … 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.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38126/psn-pdf
    December 23, 2012 - macarthur-fellows-program-peter-pronovost https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

  15. Patient, provider, and system factors contributing to patient safety events during medical and surgical hospitalizations for persons with serious mental illness. | PSNet

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    November 18, 2016 - Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … infections. … August 25, 2010 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan

  16. A strategic approach for managing conflict in hospitals: responding to The Joint Commission leadership standard—part 1 and part 2. | PSNet

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    December 01, 2007 - Executive/senior leader checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream … infections. … 2017 Hospital board checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream … infections.

  17. The morbidity and mortality conference as an adverse event surveillance tool in a paediatric intensive care unit. | PSNet

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    April 06, 2016 - 2, 2015 Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line–associated bloodstream … infections. … June 28, 2013 Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive

  18. The morbidity and mortality conference in PICUs in the United States: a national survey. | PSNet

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    October 20, 2014 - 22, 2016 Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line–associated bloodstream … infections. … March 6, 2013 Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive

  19. Establishing a global learning community for incident-reporting systems. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/establishing-global-learning-community-incident-reporting-systems
    May 24, 2012 - December 18, 2014 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … October 30, 2010 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2012 - substantial focus on the risks associated with central venous catheters including catheter- related bloodstream … infections. … infection. … was recognized on day 6, cellulitis and bloodstream infection had already developed. … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review
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