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161. Using Checklists and Audit Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2015 - by direct-care staff at the dialysis station, on the following topics: Access of Central Venous Catheter … for Initiation of Dialysis [   PDF version - 197.13 KB ] Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care … Storage, Preparation, and Administration [   PDF version - 183.47 KB ] Access of Central Venous Catheter … checklists, for use by facility audit staff, on the following topics: Access of Central Venous Catheter … for Initiation of Dialysis [   PDF version - 211.18 KB ] Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care

162. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 -  Central venous catheter insertion kit. …  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, swans, PICCs, etc.). … :  Identify indications for catheter insertion and use. …  Confirm catheter placement via x-ray after placement. … o Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals.

163. Readiness Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - followed by use of an independent line cart or kit stocked with essentials for placing a central line catheter … chlorhexidine (20.7 percent) followed by use of an antiseptic or antibiotic impregnated or coated central catheter … likely to, 1) use an independent line cart or kit stocked with essentials for placing a central line catheter … 4 Use of an independent line cart or kit, stocked with essentials for placing a central-line catheter … Does your ICU/Clinical Care Area currently use antiseptic or antibiotic impregnated or coated central catheters

164. Breaking-Down-Barriers-Transcript (doc file)
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     May 12, 2015 - In that 6 month period we observed 65 patients who had their catheters inserted. … like a female patient's labia closing over the catheter during insertion and contaminating the catheter … Physicians, many times, they insert catheters as medical students in the OR. … I'll watch you insert a catheter if you watch me insert a catheter. … Do you allow your nurse techs and nurse aids to insert indwelling catheters?

165. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

166. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc … ○ Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals. … ○ Remove and do not replace umbilicial artery catheters if any signs of Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

167. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

168. Preamble and Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - The devices addressed include central and peripheral venous catheters, urinary catheters, and ventilators … Although the toolkit provides a frame to “optimize venous catheter, urinary catheter, and ventilator … Nationally, peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are used in up to 90 percent of patients, and central … venous catheter (CVC) use averages 35–50 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) and 10–20 percent of non-ICU … The average use of urinary catheters (UCs) in adults varies between 50 and 80 percent of ICU patients

169. Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - 2 Setting the Stage ICU with high CAUTI rates Unit instituted a nurse-driven protocol for catheter … Slide 6 Questions for You What about Sally’s decision to remove the catheter? … Slide 7 Discussing the Decision Were there enough factors to justify removing the catheter? … Slide 11 Summary Decision tree about catheter removal. Importance of communication.

170. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc … ○ Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals. … ○ Remove and do not replace umbilicial artery catheters if any signs of Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

171. Appendix I. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition CAUTI Criteria Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Slide 2: Pocket card side 1 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Criteria for defining CAUTI … Pus around the catheter insertion site. … AND Any of the following: If catheter removed within past 2 calendar days : Clean catch (voided … microorganisms, at least 1 of which is bacteria of 100,000 or more colonies (≥10 5 CFU/ml) In/Out catheter … , at least 1 of which is bacteria of 100 or more colonies (≥10 2 CFU/ml) If indwelling urinary catheter

172. Enhancing Patient Safety Through Cognition and Communication (M-Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - catheters. … The display improved provider's awareness of indwelling urinary catheters, central venous catheters, … The improvement of provider awareness of indwelling urinary catheters from the preintervention period … The improvement in provider awareness of central venous catheters was significant for intervention rooms … Persistent barriers to timely catheter removal identified from clinical observations and interviews .

173. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Most of these infections are due to the use of urinary catheters specifically indwelling Foley catheters … are working as part of the Hospital Engagement Network, as you can see decreasing the use of urinary catheters … The second area where we can intervene is the maintenance phase and properly caring for the catheters … This is where a lot of catheters are used. … There are certain condom catheters that fit better than others.

174. Rafael Borja (doc file)
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     November 04, 2014 - Most of these infections are due to the use of urinary catheters specifically indwelling Foley catheters … are working as part of the Hospital Engagement Network, as you can see decreasing the use of urinary catheters … The second area where we can intervene is the maintenance phase and properly caring for the catheters … This is where a lot of catheters are used. … There are certain condom catheters that fit better than others.

175. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Educate others in daily rounding assessing  for catheter presence and indication Empowerment Empower … based on HICPAC recommendations Proper care for appropriate indwelling catheters 3) Placement Intervention … , including indications for the placement and continued use of urinary catheters To prevent the placement … of unnecessary urinary catheters might patients and families have a role in determining “unnecessary … To promptly remove urinary catheters that are no longer needed What role might patients and families

176. Appendix C. Article Exclusion List with Reason for Exclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - attributable CLABSI cost estimates Borschel DM, 2006 Are antiseptic-coated central venous catheters … The impact of a nutritional support team on the cost and management of multilumen central venous catheters … Published before 2002 Halton K, 2007 Economic evaluation and catheter-related bloodstream … infection: are antimicrobial catheters useful? … Does not pertain to CLABSI specific HAI Shorr AF, 2003 New choices for central venous catheters

177. Clinical Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2015 - be shared with staff as a refresher on current practices and guidelines Initiating Dialysis With a Catheter … : Catheter Exit Site Care This video vignette illustrates proper initiation of dialysis for patients … with catheters, as well as proper exit site care. … by direct-care staff at the dialysis station, on the following topics: Access of Central Venous Catheter … for Initiation of Dialysis [   PDF version - 197.13 KB ] Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care

178. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - 8 8 Safety and Urinary Catheters 9 Seat Belt Yes No Believe in it x Built in safety alerts … x Consequences x Urinary Catheter Yes No Believe in it ? … ED) 19 Connect the Dots to the Urinary Catheter Is management engaged? … Why didn’t you put a catheter in her? You told me she was confused. … Scenario #2 Hospital management Support for Patient Safety The surgical unit is not discontinuing urinary catheters

179. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-A (doc file)
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     January 01, 2008 - this assessment tool to identify the senior executive who has the greatest potential for leading a catheter-associated … to understand quality problems related to appropriate use and timely removal of indwelling urinary catheters … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009. … can use this assessment tool to identify the physician who has the greatest potential for leading a catheter-associated … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009.

180. Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Effectiveness Reviews End of Life Care Media Resources Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated