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  1. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Engaging Staff Beyond the CUSP Team (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/engaging-staff.pdf
    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 … • Share data on infection rates and post in areas that are visible for all such as on Performance … Encourage staff to share their patient stories and what impact a healthcare-associated CLABSI or CAUTI infection … o Video – Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs o

  2. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-maintenance-notes.docx
    April 01, 2022 - and Quality’s Safety Program for Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and addresses central line-associated bloodstream … infections, also known as CLABSIs. … This may have led to lapses in infection prevention best practices. … A second meta-analysis examined the impact of quality improvement interventions on central line bloodstream … infections in adult intensive care units.

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49487/psn-pdf
    August 21, 2005 - and delivered in a group setting, can decrease CVC-related adverse events such as catheter-related infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter- Related Infections. … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. … The effect of an education program on the incidence of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream … infection in a medical ICU.

  4. FAQs (Staff) Safety and Side Effects CHG and Iodophor (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-safety-chg-iodophor.docx
    March 01, 2022 - hospital will be using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and nasal iodophor to reduce bacteria that can cause infection … They are only used topically, and are not absorbed into the bloodstream during use.

  5. Final Progress Report: Systems Approach for Improving Region-Wide Patient Safety (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Nosocomial Infections and NNIS. … and types of NIs in their institutions; (2) identify clusters of infections or single infections of … Infections: Twenty-five of 38 hospitals in the region (66%) reported Central Line- Associated Bloodstream … (CLAB) infections. … for ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAPs), primary bloodstream infections (PBSIs), and surgical site

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 15, 2008 - project, which found a tremendous and statistically significant reduction in central line–associated bloodstream … infections with the systematic implementation https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#ref4 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/ … team, AHS was selected to participate in a focused study to eliminate central line catheter–related bloodstream … infections (CRBSI) in adult ICUs by September 15, 2008. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

  7. Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cauti-learning-from-defects-revised.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) … Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … � Multidisciplinary rounding � Safety huddle � CAUTI/CLABSI (central line-associated bloodstream … infection) rounds � Shift handoff � Other: ___________________________ � Medical necessity was not … 3Learn From Defects – CAUTI Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

  8. Team Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2022 - 262 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … interview with Anne Donovan – How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections … minutes; Transcript , PDF, 263.4 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections … embed/y8M9jqLxMJ0 Video  – Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections

  9. Antibiotic timing and errors in diagnosing pneumonia. | PSNet

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    March 20, 2024 - December 6, 2013 Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream … infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience.

  10. Overcoming Mindsets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/mindsets.html
    April 01, 2022 - Mindsets It can be difficult to address your staff’s underlying attitudes and beliefs about infection … Many teams struggle to believe that reducing the number of infections to zero is possible or to find … 372.7 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … PDF, 304.5 KB) Audio interview with David Thompson – How To Address Attitudes and Beliefs Around Infection … minutes;  Transcript , PDF, 249.7 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections

  11. Requirements for implementing a 'just culture' within healthcare organisations: an integrative review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/requirements-implementing-just-culture-within-healthcare-organisations-integrative-review
    October 31, 2014 - November 16, 2022 Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. … February 29, 2012 CDC central-line bloodstream infection prevention efforts produced

  12. Analysis of staff safety concerns. | PSNet

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    July 19, 2023 - June 2, 2021 The impact of COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream infections … December 22, 2010 The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection

  13. Predictors of perceived discrimination in medical settings among Muslim women in the USA. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/predictors-perceived-discrimination-medical-settings-among-muslim-women-usa
    November 26, 2012 - June 27, 2012 Reducing ambulatory central line-associated bloodstream infections: a family-centered … July 8, 2020 Design and implementation of the infection prevention program into risk

  14. Implementation of a custom alert to prevent medication-timing errors associated with computerized prescriber order entry. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-custom-alert-prevent-medication-timing-errors-associated-computerized
    April 25, 2016 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection … October 13, 2010 Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical

  15. Modified Early Warning System improves patient safety and clinical outcomes in an academic community hospital. | PSNet

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    September 18, 2019 - September 18, 2019 Monitoring and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections … March 9, 2016 Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes.

  16. Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement journey. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-hospitalized-children-and-adolescents-cancer-and-blood-disorders-quality
    November 16, 2022 - November 16, 2022 Reducing ambulatory central line-associated bloodstream infections: … More Related Resources Becoming Hand Hygiene Heroes: implementation of an infection

  17. Structural racism--a 60-year-old black woman with breast cancer. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/structural-racism-60-year-old-black-woman-breast-cancer
    December 17, 2020 - November 10, 2021 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections … Recommendations for the use of Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography (CT) for Suspected COVID-19 Infection

  18. Untangling infusion confusion: a comparative evaluation of interventions in a simulated intensive care setting. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/untangling-infusion-confusion-comparative-evaluation-interventions-simulated-intensive-care
    September 01, 2021 - August 4, 2021 Monitoring and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections … September 26, 2016 Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes

  19. How best to measure surgical quality? Comparison of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators (AHRQ-PSI) and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) postoperative adverse events at a single institution. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-best-measure-surgical-quality-comparison-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-patient
    December 21, 2014 - June 3, 2020 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national patient … June 5, 2013 Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47434/psn-pdf
    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
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