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1501. Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness. | PSNet
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      July 29, 2020 - July 24, 2019 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline

1502. What attributes of patients affect their involvement in safety? A key opinion leaders' perspective. | PSNet
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      June 02, 2010 - April 12, 2011 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline

1503. Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-slides.html
      July 01, 2018 - The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002. … Ending health care-associated infections, AHRQ, Rockville, MD; 2009. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

1504. Supplemental Document 2 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/supplemental-materials/supplementaldoc2.pdf
      September 01, 2014 - Health care-associated infection reporting: the need for ongoing reliability and validity assessment. … A systematic review of strategies for reporting of neonatal hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. … Accuracy of hospital administrative data in reporting central line-associated bloodstream infections … Evaluating application of the National Healthcare Safety Network central line-associated bloodstream … infection surveillance definition: a survey of pediatric intensive care and hematology/oncology units

1505. Opportunities and Challenges Ahead | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship8.html
      August 01, 2024 - released a quality measure to prevent blood culture contamination and improve laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream … infections. 43 , 102,103 Other barriers to implementing diagnostic stewardship reflect structural challenges

1506. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2008 - If health care organizations comply with guidelines to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory … Safety of patients isolated for infection control. JAMA. 2003;290:1899-1905. … [go to PubMed] https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/media/pdfs/guideline-isolation-h.pdf?

1507. CUSP Onboarding Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2022 - They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

1508. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2018 - Her blood cultures ultimately grew Escherichia coli, which may have spread from her bowel to her bloodstream … Infection in a neutropenic patient can be fatal. … , skin or soft-tissue infection, pneumonia, hemodynamic instability, or severe mucositis.(9) https: … Patients with neutropenia are at high risk for infection and should not be prescribed suppositories to … Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines

1509. About CUSP: A Doctor's Perspective | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - A doctor's perspective on the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

1510. Toolkit Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - use the materials in each section in improvement efforts to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections … (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

1511. 162-Example-Completed-Learning-Defects-Tool (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Because this tool helps you look at MRSA infections and other patient safety events at a systems level … management is notified, cases presented at morbidity and mortality rounds, and healthcare-acquired infections … In the space below, identify the MRSA infection or other event. … Event Components Descriptions Event Patient A developed a hospital-acquired central line-associated bloodstream … infection (MRSA).

1512. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Empowering Nurses To Implement Nurse-Driven Protocols for Reducing CAUTI in the ICU Setting (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 … Background: We had a significant challenge with our CAUTI infection rates and catheter utilization. … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a successful prevention effort employing a multipronged … Prevention of nosocomial catheter-associated urinary tract infections through computerized feedback

1513. About CUSP: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - An overview of the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

1514. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2014 - People are much more concerned about health care–associated infections than whether the surgeon will … AH: Within the United Kingdom, there has been a major focus on health care–associated infections, with … In the US, central line–associated bloodstream infections are a major success story in the safety field … but also the impact it will have on that individual, treating subsequent infections, and the impact … But not for people coming in with viral upper respiratory tract infections.

1515. An Untimely End Despite End-of-Life Care Planning | PSNet
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      February 01, 2012 - inconsistent with patients' goals in the ICU a preventable harm, in the same way a central line–associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) is preventable.( 6 ) This perspective becomes even more compelling given that 1 in … goals in the ICU should be considered a preventable harm, in the same way as central line–associated bloodstream … infections. … August 17, 2017 Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections

1516. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Guides Implementation: Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Sustainability: Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB) This guide provides … frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about LTC facility infection prevention guidelines. … Tract Infection Surveillance Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and the Overuse of Antibiotics

1517. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mastrangelo-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Methods: We took an integrated approach, concentrating on catheter-related bloodstream infections, … ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory virus infections, urinary tract infections, and rotavirus … infections in pediatric, cardiac, and neonatal ICUs. … on a single infection affecting a limited patient population. … The development of an ICU-specific risk-of-infection score.

1518. National Hospital Week Spotlight on Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2025 - Learn More About the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention . … Learn More About the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention AHRQ is recruiting … units (ICUs) and non-ICUs to participate in a free nine-month program to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections. … Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in urgent care: a comparison of in-person and

1519. About CUSP: A Nurse's Perspective | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/00-nurse/index.html
      July 01, 2018 - A nurse's perspective on the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

1520. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49838/psn-pdf
      August 01, 2018 - inconsistent with patients' goals in the ICU a preventable harm, in the same way a central line–associated bloodstream … infection (CLABSI) is preventable.(6) This perspective becomes even more compelling given that 1 in … goals in the ICU should be considered a preventable harm, in the same way as central line–associated bloodstream … infections.