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1561. PS Grantee | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2024 - Development and Implementation Publication Date: May 2011 Central Venous Catheter (CVC)–Related Bloodstream … Infections in Pediatric Cancer ( application/pdf 165214 ) Principal Investigators: Secola Grant

1562. 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).

1563. 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

1564. A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Reading Copyright and Source Information Background and Acknowledgments Healthcare-associated infections … change initiatives, using lessons from the central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and … Part of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections, these HAI prevention projects … Return to Contents References National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

1565. Bone Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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1566. 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

1567. 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).

1568. Crossing the Line | PSNet
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      December 01, 2012 - Incidence and predictors of central venous catheter related infection in intensive care patients. … Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections by using maximal sterile barrier precautions … Prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by use of an antiseptic-impregnated … Cost-effectiveness of antiseptic-impregnated central venous catheters for the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream … infection.

1569. 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.

1570. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - Government Accountability Office, Health-Care Associated Infections in Hospitals: Leadership Needed from … HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on These Infections, Washington, D.C., GAO-08 … Goeschel, “Preventing Bloodstream Infections: A Measurable National Success Story in Quality Improvement … Berenholtz, David Sinopoli, Haitao Chu, Sara Cosgrove et al., “An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Infections in the ICU,” New England Journal of Medicine , Vol. 355, No. 26, December 28, 2006, pp.

1571. 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

1572. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Among these harms are barotrauma, infection, and “volutrauma.”1 Patients who require mechanical ventilation … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: … The Rhode Island ICU collaborative: A model for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection … Eliminating central-line associated bloodstream infections: A national patient safety imperative Infect

1573. Surgical Complication Prevention Guide (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - hospital-associated infection once perceived as inevitable. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Surgical site infections and cost in obese patients undergoing colorectal surgery.

1574. 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.

1575. AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Facilitates Process Improvement Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Cedars-Sinai has virtually eliminated central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) by implementing

1576. Not-So-Therapeutic Tap | PSNet
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      December 01, 2014 - Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections. … Cost savings from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for … June 1, 2011 Use of simulation-based education to reduce catheter-related bloodstream … infections.

1577. Patient-related factors associated with an increased risk of being a reported case of preventable harm in first-line health care: a case-control study | PSNet
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      October 09, 2019 - July 20, 2022 Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction

1578. Tips for Implementing Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - the team can work together to improve resident safety and reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections … (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs).

1579. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2007 - prophylaxis and improved selection of empiric antibiotics are critical in the prevention of surgical site infections … Exploring obstacles to proper timing of prophylactic antibiotics for surgical site infections. … Reducing surgical site infections through a multidisciplinary computerized process for preoperative … evaluation of a database-driven empiric antimicrobial guidance program in hospitalized patients with a bloodstream … infection.

1580. 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.