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  1. 115-Daily-Goals-Icu-Checklist (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/115-daily-goals-icu-checklist.docx
    October 01, 2024 - _______ Chlorhexidine treatment: Yes No Insert text Central Line-Associated Bloodstream … Infection (CLABSI) Prevention Does the patient have a central line? … hemodialysis (CVVHD)/hemodialysis (HD) goal: __________ Insert text Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … explain: __________ Insert text DISPOSITION CONTINUED Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)/ Infection … cells per microliter · Band count greater than 10 percent · No current SIRS/sepsis issues · Known infection

  2. 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

  3. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/about-toolkit.html
    May 01, 2017 - . 2 Background Infections that develop in health care settings are known as HAIs. … American Hospital Association University of Michigan Abt Associates Association of Professionals in Infection … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland … SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49721/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Although the patient was not harmed, he was placed at risk for development of a central line–associated bloodstream … infection. … catheter (CVC) insertion, put the simulated patient at risk for developing a central line–associated bloodstream … infection and put himself at risk for contamination. … Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections.

  5. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/939.html
    November 01, 2024 - November 26, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Trends in Healthcare-Associated Infections Between 2020 and 2021, the … rate of inpatient stays with an associated central-line associated bloodstream infection increased by … 37.2 percent, and the rate of stays with an associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection … Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #313, Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections … They summarized current antibiotic use metrics and reviewed evidence-based infection prevention practices

  6. Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection: The Problem and Solutions | PSNet

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    November 01, 2008 - (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection, accounting for 40% of all hospital-acquired infections … risks of symptomatic infection. … catheter–related infection. … September 11, 2023 Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … May 25, 2011 Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the

  7. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/955.html
    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.

  8. Adverse drug event reporting in intensive care units: a survey of current practices. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-drug-event-reporting-intensive-care-units-survey-current-practices
    December 16, 2020 - January 12, 2011 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream … infection rates.

  9. A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparison-voluntarily-reported-medication-errors-intensive-care-and-general-care-units
    October 26, 2010 - January 12, 2011 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream … infection rates.

  10. Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/neonatal-intensive-care-unit-safety-culture-varies-widely
    April 18, 2012 - September 29, 2017 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates

  11. Review of patient safety incidents reported from critical care units in North-West England in 2009 and 2010. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-patient-safety-incidents-reported-critical-care-units-north-west-england-2009-and-2010
    December 02, 2009 - January 7, 2011 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream … infection rates.

  12. Using a computerized sign-out system to improve physician–nurse communication. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-computerized-sign-out-system-improve-physician-nurse-communication
    September 28, 2016 - February 18, 2011 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates

  13. ICU Assessment (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/icu-assessment.docx
    April 01, 2022 - Prevention Practices The purpose of this assessment is to understand current central line-associated bloodstream … infections (CLABSI) and/or catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention practices … assessment would be events like changes in the number of outcomes, such as meeting goals of lowered infections … Statement Yes No Don't Know Our ICU discusses/analyzes all central line-associated bloodstream … infections.

  14. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi2.html
    January 01, 2013 - Results Rates Impact Conclusion Next Steps The neonatal central line-associated bloodstream … infection (NCLABSI) project time line was rapid with all project data and deliverables planned for over

  15. Learning from excellence in healthcare: a new approach to incident reporting. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-excellence-healthcare-new-approach-incident-reporting
    August 31, 2022 - December 8, 2010 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream … infection rates.

  16. E-learning on risk management. An opportunity for sharing knowledge and experiences in patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/e-learning-risk-management-opportunity-sharing-knowledge-and-experiences-patient-safety
    November 18, 2020 - December 29, 2014 Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream … infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33663/psn-pdf
    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.

  18. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Chlorhexidine Bathing and Perineal Cleaning (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/chlorhexidine-bathing.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 … Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital- acquired infection. … Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2018;39(4):405-11. PMID: 29493475. 12.

  19. 066-Dec-Staff-Faqs-Safety-Side-Effects (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/066-dec-staff-faqs-safety-side-effects.docx
    October 01, 2024 - The decolonization products are only used topically and are not absorbed into the bloodstream. … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection

  20. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b3b_pdi_resultspresentation.pptx
    January 01, 2006 - 20Stream%20Infection%20Rate.pdf Numerator: Discharges with ICD-10-CM codes for healthcare-associated bloodstream … Examining Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 3) Per 1,000 Cases Examining … Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) Observed Rate 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 … Comparing Observed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) to Expected Rates Observed … Risk-Adjusted and Smoothed Rates of Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate (NQI 03) Risk-Adjusted Rate
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