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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/integrating-teamwork-tools-into-cusp-efforts-transcript.docx
April 07, 2015 - On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI in the ED
ED Mini-Presentation to Accompany April 7, 2015 ED Coaching Call
Sarah: Hello, everyone, and thank you for listening today. My name is Sarah Dalton and I am a research specialist with the Health Research and Educational Trust.
Welcome to the second mini-presentation in the CAUTI ED …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/chlorhexidine-bathing.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Chlorhexidine Bathing and Perineal Cleaning
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Chlorhexidine Bathing and Perineal Cleaning
This “Making It Work” tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive care un…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/methods.html
December 01, 2017 - Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate
Prepared by Noel Eldridge .
This document describes the methods AHRQ used to estimate the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) for the Partnership for Patients (PFP) program. The estimate includes a wide variet…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents
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Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in
Long-Term Care Residents
Signs & Symptoms of a UTI
For Residents Without
a Urinary Catheter
� Dysuria
OR
� Fever (>100°F or >2°F above
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201701.html
March 01, 2017 - New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2017
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, used AHRQ’s " Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals " to increase staff knowledge about catheter-associated urinary tract infectio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient.pptx
May 28, 2015 - Slide 1
Engaging The Nurse, Physician, Patient/Family; CUSP – Learn from Defects
Jenny Tuttle, RN, MSNEd, CNRN
Clinical Nurse Leader
Neuro/Medical/Surgical ICU
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
Christin Ko, MD, MBA, SFHM, FACP
Assistant Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T4-Urinalysis_and_UTIs_Improving_Care-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat
Tool 4. Training Modules: Urinalysis and UTIs Improving Care
Overview
These training modules are designed to be flexible to meet your needs. Training coordinators can use them individually or combine them to suit the needs of their facility.
Goal…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/clabsi-learning-from-defects-revised.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Central Line-Assoiated Bloodstsream Infection (CLABSI)
AHRQ Safety Progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/guide.html
January 01, 2020 - Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools
Purpose of the Tools
These tools are designed to support your efforts to implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in your unit. When used with the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit, the…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Patient and Family-Centered Care
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Patient and Family-Centered Care
Christine Goeschel ScD, MPA, MPS, RN, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Joint Appointment, Schools of Public Health and Nursing
And
Gail Panoff
Chair, Patient and Community Engage…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/training/videos.html
March 01, 2022 - Staff Training Videos
As part of this toolkit, videos provide background information about the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection Trial, commonly encountered patient scenarios, and instructions on the proper techniques for cleaning central and midline catheters and lumbar drains with chlorhexid…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate
This document describes the methods AHRQ used to estimate the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions
(HACs) for the Partnership for Patients (PFP) program. The estimate includes a wide variety of adverse events,
including the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/finalreportphase2.pdf
September 29, 2014 - National Opportunity To Improve Infection Control in ESRD (NOTICE) Phase Two Final Report
National Opportunity To Improve
Infection Control in ESRD (NOTICE)
Phase Two Final Report
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Contract Number: HHSA2902010000251 Task Order …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/national/index.html
December 01, 2016 - National Implementation Project Reports
Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
Checklist developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine that provides critical steps to reduce HAIs.
Ending Healthcare-Associated Infections
Fact sheet that provides an overview of CUSP and highlights AHRQ-supporte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-UTI.docx
June 01, 2021 - DiagnosisUrinary Tract Infections (UTI)
· First, ask about SYMPTOMS
· Acute cystitis: dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain1,2
· Pyelonephritis: fever, rigors, flank pain1
· Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI): subrapubic pain and fever; residents with catheters may not report dysur…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antimicrobial stewardship programs are coordinated programs within a health care setting that promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials, thereby improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance, and decreasing the spread of infections caused by antibiotic-re…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/qi-action-slides.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Quality Improvement in Action Slides
Quality Improvement in Action
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019
April 2022
Objectives
Describe methods to identify your intensive care unit’s (ICU) focus area of improvement using quality improvement strategies
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/index.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Next Page
Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/ICEChecklist3a_access-cvc-dialysis-term.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ICE Checklist 3a: Access of Central Venous Catheter for Termination of Dialysis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d7_pdi_implementationmeasurement.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Implementation Measurement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.7
Implementation Measurement
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the implementation measurement tool is to
provide a format in which you can determine if best…