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  1. Appendix E. Moderating Factors Flowchart | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompape.html
    January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections

  2. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2025 - AHRQ Toolkit for Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) and Catheter-Associated … CDC Infection Control Guidelines and Guidance Healthcare organizations from all settings can use this … , or quick observational tools—can help healthcare providers implement infection control measures and … prevent healthcare-associated infections. … , and urinary tract infection and to improve perioperative safety culture.

  3. Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment | PSNet

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    August 20, 2018 - The case illustrates several important lessons, including the clinical presentation of infections and … organ dysfunction that may result from an infection. … and should not be equated to an "infection screen." … Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … infections.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2019 - patients with beta-lactam allergy histories experienced higher clinical failure for gram-negative bloodstream … infections compared to patients without (39% vs 27%, p=0.03).(4) Patients who have a history of penicillin … treatment failures in methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and more surgical site infections … , surgical site infection, and colonization with antibiotic resistant organisms. … The impact of a reported penicillin allergy on surgical site infection risk.

  5. Breathe Easy: Safe Tracheostomy Management | PSNet

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    June 07, 2023 - to Arterial Thrombosis June 28, 2023 AHRQ patient safety project reduces bloodstream … infections by 40 percent. … June 9, 2011 Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive

  6. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2017 - , ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was considered one of the most lethal healthcare-associated infections … CAUTI = catheter-associated urinary tract infection; CLABSI = central line associated bloodstream infection … ; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; VAP = ventilator-associated pneumonia; SSI = surgical site infection. … * Infection-related Ventilator-Associated Condition (IVAC). 15. … we get the money to pay for the associated costs for patients with preventable healthcare-acquired infections

  7. Appendix D. Data Interpolation Example | 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

  8. How To Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    March 01, 2017 - good place to start is the Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … materials: Guides (PDF): Each guide walks users through a key step of establishing and maintaining an infection

  9. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4e_pdi06-heartsurgery-bestpractices.pdf
    May 16, 2016 - CongenitalHeartDefects/Congenital-Heart- Defects_UCM_001090_SubHomePage.jsp • IHI How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection … Epicardial echocardiography Communication • Education on policy/protocol of monitoring and treatment of bloodstream … infections Authority/Accountability • Senior leaders such as chief/chairs of surgery and medicine

  10. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

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    May 16, 2016 - CongenitalHeartDefects/Congenital-Heart- Defects_UCM_001090_SubHomePage.jsp • IHI How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection … Epicardial echocardiography Communication • Education on policy/protocol of monitoring and treatment of bloodstream … infections Authority/Accountability • Senior leaders such as chief/chairs of surgery and medicine

  11. Meningococcal Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  12. Outcomes | 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 … 0.562 0.518 Average CL Days/Unit 1,733 487 483 488 467 459 457 Rate: (Infections … overall over time by hospital characteristic * Critical access hospitals (n=23) experienced one infection

  13. Microsoft Word - QDR 2014 HCUP Short Methods Report_041015_FINAL.docx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2015 - QIs for sepsis (PDI 10 and PSI 13) and blood stream infections (NQI 3, PDI 12, PSI 7, and PSI 23) are … PDI 12 Admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1,000 medical and … Description Footnote PSI 7 Admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection … Bloodstream Infection HCUP (revised: 04/10/15) 28 Methods for HCUP Data in 2014 QDR Table … Infections (2008 only) 0.1280 0.1685 PSI06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax 0.0457 0.0602 PSI13 Postoperative

  14. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (pdf file)

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    June 02, 2025 - 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 … 10 (agree/high) to 0 (disagree/low) NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … scale of 10 (agree/high) to 0 (disagree/low) PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2014 - able to successfully get its hand hygiene rate from 50% to 90%, do you have any sense of how many infections … However, it's clear that you cannot always monitor all health care–associated infections, and some of … the studies looked at targeted outcomes, such as bloodstream infection, pneumonia in the ICU, and ventilator-associated … Many studies looked at the overall prevalence of infections. … infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU, or surgical-site and urinary tract infections—include

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849598/psn-pdf
    May 31, 2023 - The condition often occurs with hospital or community-acquired pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and … intra-abdominal infections.5,6 To reduce the adverse effects of sepsis, research supports early identification … adherence to be effective.7 Unfortunately, identifying patients who are declining and at risk for severe infection … outcome rates for sepsis are related to the clinical complexity of impacted patients due to preexisting infection

  17. Presentation: Program Overview

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    January 01, 2017 - Ventilated Patients 7 VAPs Among Most Expensive HACs14 CAUTI = catheter-associated urinary tract infection … ; CLABSI = central line associated bloodstream infection; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; VAP = ventilator-associated … pneumonia; SSI = surgical site infection 14. … sedatives off Ventilator-Associated Events Successes CDC Epicenters Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative15 * Infection-related … we get the money to pay for the associated costs for patients with preventable healthcare-acquired infections

  18. Module 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2023 - mind, it’s easy to understand why CAUTIs are one of the most common types of healthcare-associated infections … They represent one-fourth of all HAIs in intensive care units and nearly one-third of all infections … Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, and are the leading cause of secondary bloodstream … infections. … Add an invasive device such as a urinary catheter, and you are increasing their risk for infection.

  19. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2013 - To date, 166 infections have been reported. … Most patients with a positive infection also had a secondary culture noted as being obtained at the time … The types of catheters in use among patients with infections can be found in Table 4 .  … Patients with PICC lines had the greatest number of infections overall (50.6 percent); however, as a … Eight infections had no catheter type noted.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841566/psn-pdf
    December 14, 2022 - /trends-adverse-event-rates-hospitalized-patients-2010-2019 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology … Traditionally, we have had a lot of measures around healthcare-acquired infections. … For example, we know that having femoral catheters can lead to more central line infections. … ecqi.healthit.gov/ecqm/eh/2022/cms506v4 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-prevent-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-acute-care-hospitals … -2022 is appropriate, remove them, or change them, to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections
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