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1241. Patient safety and the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of perspectives of front-line clinicians. | PSNet
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      May 15, 2024 - delivery due to staffing and equipment shortages and space constraints , causing healthcare-associated infections … April 27, 2022 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus

1242. Medically-necessary, time-sensitive procedures: a scoring system to ethically and efficiently manage resource scarcity and provider risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. | PSNet
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      October 11, 2017 - 9, 2013 Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line–associated bloodstream … infections. … March 17, 2021 Will the COVID-19 pandemic transform infection prevention and control … 2020 Perioperative COVID-19 defense: an evidence-based approach for optimization of infection

1243. The Critical Care Safety Study: the incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care.  | PSNet
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      July 15, 2020 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … September 3, 2014 Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … March 23, 2011 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in

1244. Potential harm caused by physicians' a-priori beliefs in the clinical effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine and its impact on clinical and economic outcome--a simulation approach. | PSNet
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      November 21, 2021 - mixed-methods analysis October 9, 2019 Changes in prevalence of health care-associated infections … 31, 2022 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus

1245. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Safety PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer   PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Infections PSI 08 Postoperative Hip Fracture   PSI 09 Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma   PSI … 01 Neonatal Iatrogenic Pneumothorax NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

1246. Ebola: Are We Ready? | PSNet
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      July 01, 2012 - infection. … infection and put himself at risk for contamination. … ACGME Guidance statement on Ebola virus infection and resident/fellow training in the United States. … Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections. … infections.

1247. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2018 - about 28 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … 250,000 7.6 CLABSIs MPSMS (2014) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … 250,000 150,000 38% $150,000,000 3,495 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infections 18,000 5,000 13,000 72% $221,000,000 2,405 … 106,000 $1,000 .023 $106,000,000 2,470 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream

1248. Readiness Assessment | 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 … 230 Beds (n=167) p value ‡ 1 Participation in any organized multi-site effort to reduce bloodstream … infections 43.9% 20.5% 23.4% 0.009 20.8% 23.1% 0.210 2 Partnership' with a Senior

1249. Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Tips for Taking Medicines Safely' 'Closing the Quality Gap:  Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Program Brief' 'Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion (DVD)' 'Reducing Central Line Bloodstream … Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia' 'Reducing Discrepancies in Medication Orders'

1250. 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

1251. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2018 - Most of these infections are preventable, and you are part of the cure. … There is no single therapy that wipes out these infections. … This means expecting unit leaders to present both infection rates and weeks without an infection to senior … Infection preventionists work closely with unit-level teams to train, monitor, investigate infections … units where infections are measured and report these data to senior leaders.

1252. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections Issue Number 955 … Today’s Headlines: AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections . … Units Interested in Free CLABSI Prevention Program The AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection … recruiting adult intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICU hospital units for its central line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) prevention cohort.

1253. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2024 - to severe bloodstream infections and death. 11 Making Healthcare Safer IV – Active Surveillance … difficile LabID event and MRSA LabID bloodstream infection event data in their Inpatient Quality Reporting … site, bloodstream, and lower respiratory tract infections) between the campuses. … , MRSA bloodstream infections, or rate of MRSA infections per 1,000 patient days. … per 1,000 patient- days (0.197 vs. 0.201; p=0.92) • No difference in MRSA bloodstream infection

1254. Appendix 3. Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2018 - Process of Catheter-Related Infections  Slide 10. … Suspected C-VAD Infections Slide 27. Suspected C-VAD Infections (cont.) Slide 28. … Infection elsewhere (remote, i.e., urinary tract infection or wound) — secondary source Colonization … Infection can occur hematogenously, from a distant local infection. … Suspected C-VAD Infections (cont.)  

1255. Surgical never events and contributing human factors. | PSNet
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      August 20, 2018 - December 18, 2017 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates … December 18, 2014 Operating room traffic as a modifiable risk factor for surgical site infection

1256. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2009 - CHIRI™ Children's Health Insurance Research Initiative CLABSI Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infection CMQC California Maternal Quality Collaborative CMS Center for Medicare and … Tdap Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccine (used for adults) URI Upper respiratory infection

1257. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - Safer, include those targeting invasive medical devices/procedures such as central-line-associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), ventilator associated pneumonia … pressure injuries, inpatient falls) • Clinical outcomes specifically for: o Central-line associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) o Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) o Ventilator-associated … pneumonia or events (VAP/VAE) o Surgical site infection (SSI) o COVID-19 infection o Tuberculosis

1258. CAUTI Learning From Defects Tool (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - Learning From Defects Tool Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … all that apply. · Multidisciplinary rounding · Safety huddle · CAUTI/CLABSI (central line-associated bloodstream … infection) rounds · Shift handoff · Other: ___________________________ · Medical necessity was not discussed

1259. CVC Placement: Speak Now or Do Not Use the Line | PSNet
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      November 01, 2003 - hemorrhage); operator injury (needle stick or splash); and catheter-related issues (retained wire, bloodstream … infections, sheared catheter, dysrhythmias, thrombosis, through-and-through vessel trauma, or, as in … subclavian vein is recommended by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement due to the presumed lower infection … Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infection in the ICU.

1260. 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