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1681. Risk-Based Patient Safety Metrics (pdf file)
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      March 25, 2008 - been identified in both the medical and popular literature relates to central venous line-associated bloodstream … infections (CVL BSI).45, 46 These infections are costly, common, and result in significant harm, lending … Other hospital-acquired infections result from lack of proper hand hygiene. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.

1682. Identifying Adverse Events Not Present on Admission: Can We Do It? | PSNet
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      October 01, 2008 - Let's think about central line–associated bloodstream infections, which we know with good scientific … learned from Pronovost's work in Michigan and other studies in preventing central line–associated bloodstream … infections is that the systemization of preventive activities is where most of the mileage will be. … infections, these seven things to prevent falls, and these nine things to prevent decubitus ulcers—that's … Perspective Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection

1683. Don't Push | PSNet
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      March 02, 2011 - The patient had been diagnosed with HIV infection 3 years earlier. … Her opportunistic infections included thrush and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). … Most likely, this was a case of HIV psychosis, not the sign of an adventitious CNS infection. … Psychiatric complications in human immunodeficiency virus infection. … October 16, 2012 Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical

1684. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - conversation-withdonald-m-berwick-md-mpp https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0 eliminate central line infections … err-human-building-safer-health-system https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

1685. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      February 01, 2018 - patient safety successes involved implementing a bundle of interventions Key example: Catheter-related bloodstream … infections Preliminary study showed that a bundle of handoff-related interventions was associated with

1686. Understand the Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Nearly 100,000 patients die from healthcare-associated infections each year, and the cost of these infections … Nearly 100,000 patients die from healthcare-associated infections each year, and the cost of these infections … Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality’s CRBSI (which stands for catheter-related blood stream infection … Executives, physicians, nurse managers, infection preventionists, bedside clinicians, and unit support … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

1687. Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2010, national conference on healthcare journalism (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Minnesota Spokesman‐ Recorder Charles Hallman Hospital Infection Rates, A Deadly Problem KSMU‐Springfield … Cover Them)  Assessing claims of functional foods and nutritional supplements  Prevention model for bloodstream … His current cause is to reduce catheter‐related bloodstream infections in their local hospitals, saying … the infections cause “31,000 needless deaths” in the United States each year. … Using his system of checklist, culture change and measurement, he virtually eliminated the infection

1688. Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas of Agreement | PSNet
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      September 24, 2024 - not, and preventability is even harder to determine for non-fatal harms like healthcare associated infection … bloodstream infections; there are a variety of preventable harms that we already have the knowledge … infections. … There can be a goal of zero for things we know how to prevent, like central line-associated bloodstream … infections.

1689. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Historically, VAP was considered by many researchers to be perhaps the most deadly healthcare-associated infection … SAY: VAP and surgical site infections top the list at, on average, $21,000 in estimated additional costs … Central line associated bloodstream infections and pressure ulcers can add an estimated $17,000 to care … A successful initiative can significantly reduce VACs and infection-related VACs, thereby reducing the … ASK: Where will we get the money to pay for the patients with preventable healthcare-acquired infections

1690. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Femoral intravenous catheters are associated with significantly increased risk of infection, including … fungal infection, when compared with the use of permanent AV grafts. … receipt of pain treatment with IV opiates led to problems with vascular access and ultimately to a bloodstream … infection.

1691. Strengthening the Business Case for Patient Safety | PSNet
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      May 01, 2013 - from the National Healthcare Safety Network, a recent analysis found that while catheter-associated bloodstream … infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections had been on the decline, the introduction … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. … we won't pay you extra money for that central line infection.

1692. Remote Response Team and Customized Alert Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - 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 … 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

1693. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2023 - Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, and are the leading cause of secondary bloodstream … infections. … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Journal . 2014 May;35(5):464-79. PMID: 24709715. … of the infections.

1694. Early Mobility Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - infections (CLABSI) and VAP in more than 100 Michigan ICUs.21-23 The Michigan results were sustained … visits involving content experts, such as respiratory therapists, pharmacists, pulmonologists, or infection … 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

1695. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 08, 2019 - Spinal epidural abscesses can originate from bloodstream infections, local spread from another infection … result of inadequate recognition of red flag signs (fever, progressive neurological deficits, active infection

1696. Supporting Clinicians to Improve Decision Making and Patients’ Care | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2020 - Blood cultures are the only way to diagnose sepsis, a life-threatening bloodstream infection that can

1697. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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      October 01, 2024 - Decolonization is proven in hospital settings to reduce the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and bloodstream … infections … Bacteria on a patient’s skin can progress to severe infection during hospital stays due to the heightened … “CHG serves as your protection to prevent infection.” … CHG should be used on all superficial wounds, to help prevent infections.

1698. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2013 - bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and surgical site infection. … bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and surgical site infection. … but may include a hand hygiene program, chlorhexidine bathing, adherence to central line-associated bloodstream … prevention strategies) to prevent infections. … Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line-associated bloodstream infections in US intensive

1699. Which End Is Which? | PSNet
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      February 09, 2011 - Listen to the Family June 1, 2004 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream … infections: a national patient safety imperative.

1700. Development of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Facilitating Naturalistic Decision-Making and Improving Blood Culture Utilization - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Background Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of bloodstream infections, kills over 200,000 people … discipline-specific knowledge to analyze patient information from various sources, predict the presence of bloodstream … infections, and assess alternative diagnostic plans.7 Usually, this process involves not only the cognitive … These 41 items were grouped into four categories: (1) signs of systemic infection (e.g., temperature … ) risk factors (e.g., host immune status, central line present and concerns), (3) other sources of infection