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1741. AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery: Final Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/safe_surgery_finalreport.pdf
      December 01, 2017 - events (e.g., central line-associated bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia) and post-procedural … to 2012, more than 1,000 hospitals joined AHRQ’s CUSP project to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream … Evaluations of national efforts to reduce bloodstream infections in the ICU found significant improvements … Eliminating central line–associated bloodstream infections: a national patient safety imperative. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

1742. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2012 - Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … rates for two infections each. … These infections cause serious, difficult to treat infections that are often related to substantial … “Effect of Antimicrobial Locks for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters on Bloodstream Infection and Bacterial … difficile infection.

1743. In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS | PSNet
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      May 01, 2014 - 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. … control measures, so it's difficult to say that hand hygiene is actually responsible for the total infections … infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU, or surgical-site and urinary tract infections—include

1744. CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2022 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules These modules offer simple steps ICU teams can take to ensure the evidence-based clinical changes that prevent CLABSI and CAUTI are sustained in your unit. The CLABSI prevention and CAUTI prevention modules provide information on how to disrupt the lifecycle of a catheter dev…

1745. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - These sites are collaborating to improve outcomes in medication safety and surgical site infections. … Between 1/2009 and 12/2010, the project resulted in a 60% reduction in surgical site infections in … projects, supported by a CMS Neonatal Transformation grant, resulted in 1) a 20% sustained decrease in bloodstream … infections in premature infants among 24 NICUs and 2) a 40% decrease in near-term deliveries without … Together, the reductions in infections and NICU admissions created estimated savings of at least $11

1746. Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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      August 30, 2023 - infections and adverse drug events. … by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and AHRQ, underscores increases in central line bloodstream … infections, ventilator-associated events, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections across hospitals … of our performance measures are associated with measuring and reporting specific harms, such as an infection … support to nursing homes across the United States to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection

1747. In Conversation with... Patricia McGaffigan about Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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      August 30, 2023 - of our performance measures are associated with measuring and reporting specific harms, such as an infection … support to nursing homes across the United States to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection … infections and adverse drug events. … by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and AHRQ, underscores increases in central line bloodstream … infections, ventilator-associated events, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections across hospitals

1748. What Was in Those Platelets? | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - The 47-year-old woman remained critically ill for many days and had Staphylococcus aureus in her bloodstream … Current risk for transfusion transmitted infections. Curr Opin Hematol. 2007;14:671-676. … Detection of HIV-1 and HCV infections among antibody-negative blood donors by nucleic acid-amplification … The disappearance of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis C virus infections in the United States. … Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000.

1749. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2008 - The 47-year-old woman remained critically ill for many days and had Staphylococcus aureus in her bloodstream … Current risk for transfusion transmitted infections. Curr Opin Hematol. 2007;14:671-676. … Detection of HIV-1 and HCV infections among antibody-negative blood donors by nucleic acid-amplification … The disappearance of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis C virus infections in the United States. … Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000.

1750. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2009 - infections, and so forth. … that of about 1750 patients seen in 2003, about 40 patients had acquired a central-line–associated bloodstream … infection. … The region as a whole cut the infection rate 70%, and other hospitals eliminated other "never events … " like falls and surgical site infections.

1751. In Conversation With… Paul McGann, MD | PSNet
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      July 10, 2024 - other partners from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, to APIC [Association for Professionals in Infection … Epidemiology] and SHEA [The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America] in the hospital-acquired infections … For example, for the hospital-acquired infections, when possible, NHSN [National Healthcare Safety Network … of hospitals, in fact in some states it's mandated, use that for things like central line–associated bloodstream … infections, catheter–associated urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections.

1752. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 03, 2016 - other partners from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, to APIC [Association for Professionals in Infection … Epidemiology] and SHEA [The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America] in the hospital- acquired infections … For example, for the hospital-acquired infections, when possible, NHSN [National Healthcare Safety Network … hospitals, in fact in some states it's mandated, use that for things like central line–associated bloodstream … infections, catheter–associated urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections.

1753. Learn Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - originally developed the CUSP model with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality An infection … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational

1754. Statistical Brief #122
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      October 01, 2011 - Septicemia 1 is a serious systemic illness caused by bacteria and bacterial toxins circulating in the bloodstream … percent) had a non-specific code that does not provide information on the organism responsible for the infection … ; pneumonia; unspecified bacterial infections; chronic ulcer of skin; skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … Nutritional deficiencies 140,500 168.1 Delirium 140,500 168.0 Bacterial infection … 8,300 10.0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis 8,200 9.9 HIV infection

1755. Statistical Brief #150
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      March 01, 2013 - In addition, more serious complications such as colitis, bloodstream infection, meningitis, joint infection … Other infections with known agents were far less common. … and ED visits with a diagnosis code of 008.45, Clostridium difficile , were excluded because this infection … –008.49 x x Unspecified bacterial intestinal infection 008.5 x x Rotavirus enteritis … June 10, 2011 Vital Signs: Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through

1756. AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet Example (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - 0.5 0.6 1 $36,576 $ 36,576 N 2 1 1 Y Y Y Y Y PSI 7 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Infections 3.2 0.9 25 $82,147 $ 2,053,675 Y 10 10 8 Y Y Y Y N PSI 08 Postoperative Hip Fracture … Mortality Rate 0.0 2.5 0 $ - N 8 10 9 Y Y Y Y Y NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … - N 5 5 5 Y Y Y Y Y PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter- Related Blood Stream Infection

1757. Meeting Minutes, March 2023 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - CQuIPS completed its program on Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections and Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infections in intensive care units. … research in diagnostic safety (10 grants) and three published toolkits in the healthcare-associated infections

1758. Biosketches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2016 - She has led groundbreaking efforts to reduce bloodstream infections in intensive care units in Michigan … health care improvement projects in Spain, England, and Peru and to an AHRQ-funded initiative to reduce bloodstream … infections in the United States and Puerto Rico. … including patient engagement, response to adverse events, diagnostic error reduction, rapid response, and infection … chairs the measures and data sources sub-workgroup for the HHS Action Plan for Healthcare Associated Infection

1759. Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action - Issue Brief 5 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dx-leadership-cx.pdf
      June 03, 2021 - Could the prevention of health care–associated infections increase hospital cost? … The financial impact of health care–associated infections from a hospital management perspective. … A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections in intensive care units. … A multimodal infection control and patient safety intervention to reduce surgical site infections in

1760. Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action - Issue Brief 5 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dx-leadership.pdf
      June 03, 2021 - Could the prevention of health care–associated infections increase hospital cost? … The financial impact of health care–associated infections from a hospital management perspective. … A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream … infections in intensive care units. … A multimodal infection control and patient safety intervention to reduce surgical site infections in