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  1. Patient and Family-Centered Care (April 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-transcript.html
    December 01, 2017 - on determining the appropriateness in the sterile placement of urinary catheter. … Oftentimes, patients certainly on occasion go home with catheters. … What might it look like if we asked patients and families about the use of a urinary catheter? … Oftentimes, we leave urinary catheters in because it's easier for us. … principles of safe design and by the technical work in teamwork, the technical work of inserting a catheter

  2. Patient-Family-Centered-Care-Transcript (doc file)

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    April 09, 2013 - on determining the appropriateness in the sterile placement of urinary catheter. … Oftentimes, patients certainly on occasion go home with catheters. … What might it look like if we asked patients and families about the use of a urinary catheter? … Oftentimes, we leave urinary catheters in because it's easier for us. … principles of safe design and by the technical work in teamwork, the technical work of inserting a catheter

  3. ISMP medication error report analysis. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-13
    January 17, 2018 - View More See More About The Topic Pharmacists Pharmacy Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

  4. Slide 1

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-cath-use-070814.pptx
    January 01, 2015 - Maintain Awareness and Proper Care of Catheters in Place 3. Prompt Catheter Removal 4. … Prevent Catheter Replacement Why use Urinary Catheters Perioperatively? … thoracic epidural catheters? … Protocol 37 Protocolize catheter removal Empower the unit RNs to remove urinary catheters based on specific … Presence of catheter part of IMOC rounds Education of nurses to empower them to remove catheters-- mandatory

  5. Listening, Learning, Responding to Concerns. | PSNet

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    June 12, 2024 - March 11, 2020 Safety Risk of Air Embolus Associated with Central Venous Catheters Used

  6. The Top Five: A Review of Post-Pandemic Patient Safety Priorities. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/top-five-review-post-pandemic-patient-safety-priorities
    July 10, 2024 - About The Topic Hospitals Medicine Public Health Nurse Care Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

  7. Access to Clinical Information at the Bedside. | PSNet

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    March 16, 2022 - May 17, 2023 Safety Risk of Air Embolus Associated with Central Venous Catheters Used

  8. Perioperative Anaphylaxis After Insertion of a Latex Drain in a Patient with Known Latex Allergy | PSNet

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    July 08, 2022 - source of inadvertent latex contact during the early days of latex allergy, indwelling latex bladder catheters … series (n=408, 75.0%), followed by gloves (n=53, 9.7%), Penrose drains (n=19, 3.5%), and red rubber catheters … Red rubber catheters were used as tourniquets during surgery, intermittent urinary catheters, and feeding … Twenty additional items (e.g., tourniquets, rubber bands, condom catheters) were rarely implicated in

  9. Patient safety measurement tools used in nursing homes: a systematic literature review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-measurement-tools-used-nursing-homes-systematic-literature-review
    January 11, 2023 - nursing home quality indicators such as discharge to community and injuries related to falls and catheters

  10. 4 Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.html
    March 01, 2017 - Bacteria in the urine does not necessarily mean a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI … Pus around the catheter. … Clinician practice and the National Healthcare Safety Network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, 2009.

  11. Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), 2016–2021. HCUP Statistical Brief #313. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-and-burden-healthcare-associated-infections-hais-2016-2021-hcup-statistical-brief
    December 18, 2024 - rate, and median hospital costs associated with five types of common HAIs, including central line, catheter … The Topic Hospitals Medicine Nurse Care Infectious Diseases Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

  12. Appendix I. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition CAUTI Criteria Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/pocket-card.html
    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

  13. Dailygoals (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/dailygoals.docx
    January 01, 2003 - Sputum |_| Other |_| Antibiotic changes; discontinuation |_| AG levels: |_| Sepsis bundle Can catheters

  14. Computer-Based Training Modules: Nasal Mupirocin

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-mupirocin.pptx
    March 01, 2022 - adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients with selected medical devices: Central lines Midline catheters

  15. Computer-Based Training Modules: Nasal Iodophor

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-iodophor.pptx
    March 01, 2022 - adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients with selected medical devices: Central lines Midline catheters

  16. Reduction in Hospital-Acquired Complications and Infections (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/reduction-in-hospital-acquired-complications-and-infections-quick-reference-guide.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common of the nosocomial infections … costs per infection.11 As such, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of catheters … This alert would then prompt the physicians to: (1) discontinue the device, (2) maintain the catheter … Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. … Clinical and economic consequences of nosocomial catheter-related bacteriuria.

  17. Non-accidental Injuries in Infants Attending the Emergency Department. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/non-accidental-injuries-infants-attending-emergency-department
    May 31, 2023 - September 6, 2023 Safety Risk of Air Embolus Associated with Central Venous Catheters

  18. Harm Caused by Delays in Transferring Patients to the Right Place of Care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harm-caused-delays-transferring-patients-right-place-care
    March 01, 2023 - May 17, 2023 Safety Risk of Air Embolus Associated with Central Venous Catheters Used

  19. Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explaining-michigan-developing-ex-post-theory-quality-improvement-program
    April 04, 2011 - November 7, 2018 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in … December 29, 2014 Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in … August 20, 2014 Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related … March 6, 2013 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan … September 20, 2011 Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric

  20. Vial Mistakes Involving Heparin | PSNet

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    May 11, 2014 - than from similar-looking vials containing the 10 units/mL concentration used to flush intravenous catheters … usually held 10 units/mL vials, and multiple nurses administered the high-concentration heparin as catheter … When used to flush IV catheters, heparin concentrations typically range from 1-10 units/mL. … Eliminate vials of heparin intended for flushing IV catheters and evaluate the need for heparin flushes
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