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301. Chapter 7. Layering Interventions and Moving Toward Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
     May 01, 2016 - Central line/peripherally inserted venous catheter programs to minimize excessive use of central lines … Address Central Venous Catheter-Related VTE/Upper Extremity DVT Upper extremity DVT (UE DVT) events … following CVC placement is 2 to 6 percent, with an 11 to 19 percent risk of asymptomatic DVT. 22 Larger catheter … , central catheters, and restraints. … Reducing sedatives, restraints, and inappropriate Foley catheters.

302. Case Study of Using the QI Toolkit for Pediatric Quality Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a4b_combo_pdi_casestudy.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - progress in the past by implementing CLABSI reduction programs, such as the use of central venous catheter … Assessment (Tool A.3) • Improvement Methods Overview (Tool D.1) • Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter … Two tools were critical to gaining physician support: Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC … specific problem was that physicians were ordering temporary lines such as peripherally inserted central catheter

303. Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/alt-text.html
     July 01, 2018 - die in hospitals each year as the result of medical errors,5 Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated … Slide 22 Reduced CRBSI By Applying Principles of Safe Design12 Time Period Median Catheter-Related … 13-15 months 0 0.37 16-18 monts 0 0.34 Over various time periods, the Median Catheter … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

304. On the CUSP: STOP CAUTI Teamwork Theory in Action April 16, 2013
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-041415.pptx
     April 16, 2013 - B’s urinary catheter? 24 Change it to an antimicrobial coated catheter. … Infection rates Process measures Organizational and team culture 42 Evaluation: Metrics 43 Catheter … UCx sent with >100k E.Coli 44 Evaluation: Metrics 45 Catheter Prevalence CAUTI Rate National State … the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated

305. 158-Dec-Targeted-Unit-Protocol (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/158-dec-targeted-unit-protocol.docx
     October 01, 2024 - is using targeted MRSA decolonization for all patients with devices such as central lines, midline catheters … , peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines, or lumbar drains and/or all patients identified

306. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.xlsx
     April 02, 2025 - Patient Safety PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer   PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related … PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related

307. Implementing CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/index.html
     April 01, 2022 - enhances previous CUSP resources to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated

308. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - of developing these HACs early in the exposure to the related devices (e.g., central lines, urinary catheters … patients are those requiring longer- term devices (e.g., central venous access for dialysis, Foley catheters … *[tiab] OR “catheter associated”[tiab])) OR ("catheter-related infections"[mh] AND "urinary"[tiab]) OR … “Central Venous Catheters/adverse effects”[mh] OR “Catheters, Indwelling/adverse effects”[mh] OR “umbilical … catheter”[tiab] OR central line*[tiab] OR central venous catheter*[tiab]) AND (“bloodstream infection

309. CHG Showering (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/staff-chg-showering.docx
     March 01, 2022 - two 2% CHG cloths: · Clean the 6 inches of ALL lines, tubes, and drains (e.g., central lines, midline catheters … , chest tubes, surgical drains, G-tube/J-tube, urinary catheter, rectal tube) that are closest to the

310. Iowa’s Waverly Health Center Uses AHRQ Tools to Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201526.html
     January 01, 2018 - "The hospital's nursing initiatives sought to reduce infections to no more than one per 1,000 catheter … The evidence-based practices for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines, a procedure that

311. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Urinary Tract Infection For residents without an indwelling catheter … Suprapubic pain, or Gross hematuria, or Urinary incontinence For residents with a chronic indwelling catheter … Residents with an intermittent catheter or a condom catheter should be evaluated as if they are not catheterized

312. Small and Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals.html
     April 01, 2013 - Is this urinary catheter or central line catheter still necessary today?” … Therefore, we don’t have access to catheter days very easily. … We do have quite a few catheters on our units. … in place or need catheters. … Denise Flook: Are you talking about urinary catheters or— Dee Anderson: No, no.

313. Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/culture.html
     April 01, 2022 - Posa – How To Empower Nurses To Effectively Implement a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Removing Urinary Catheters … www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DQ9AwEWaLF4 Video – Empowering Nurses To Implement a Protocol for Urinary Catheter

314. Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During the Hospital Stay Shower With Chlorhexidine (CHG) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/staff-chg-showering.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - CHG cloths: o Clean the 6 inches of ALL lines, tubes, and drains (e.g., central lines, midline catheters … , chest tubes, surgical drains, G-tube/J-tube, urinary catheter, rectal tube) that are closest to

315. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
     December 01, 2016 - reduction is from adverse drug events, about 23 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 15 percent from catheter-associated … 270,000 8.2 CLABSIs MPSMS (2015) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters … 6,600 0.20 All Other Hospital-Acquired Conditions MPSMS (2015) Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter … With Knee Joint Replacements 11,000 0.34 MPSMS (2015) Contrast Nephropathy Associated With Catheter … difficile 100,000 3.1 MPSMS (2015) Mechanical Complications Associated With Central Venous Catheters

316. Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/reduce.html
     March 01, 2017 - Order Urine Cultures Educational module and tools that summarize why more urine cultures lead to more catheter-associated

317. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2013_0.pdf
     October 27, 2014 - Infections 290,000 8.8 CLABSIs MPSMS (2013) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters … difficile 100,000 3.1 MPSMS (2013) Mechanical Complications Associated With Central Venous Catheters … hospitalwide quality improvement programs featuring an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

318. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/index.html
     September 01, 2021 - Reduce CAUTI and other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities helps long-term care (LTC) facilities reduce catheter-associated

319. Appendix A. Action Plan Tool for Project Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guideapa.html
     October 01, 2015 - The Purpose of This Tool This tool is intended to support sustainability efforts for your catheter-associated … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections. 2009.

320. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ref.html
     December 01, 2014 - multifaceted hospitalwide quality improvement programs featuring an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. … Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Identification of hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections from Medicare claims … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.