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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/icu-assessment-guide.pdf
April 01, 2022 - ICU Assessment Response Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
ICU Assessment Response Guide
This guide is intended to be used to respond to and evaluate the intensive care unit (ICU)
team’s responses to the ICU assessment. The guide offers an explanation of the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream
Infections
January 2013
1
Table of Contents
Purpose of the tools ........................................................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap1.html
December 01, 2014 - Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms
Appendix
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Table of Contents
Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms
Appendix
References
Exhibit A1: 2013 Interim AHRQ National Scorecard Data o…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012
This document provides estimates of the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) for the Partnership for Patients (PFP) program for calendar years 2011 and 2012. The methods used to compute this data are identical to t…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/multicenter-0506-coe-cquips.html
October 01, 2014 - Upstate New York VA Hospitals Use AHRQ Report to Implement Safety Practices
Search All Impact Case Studies
September 2004
Four VA hospitals in the Veterans Integrated Service Network in Upstate New York are using safety practices from AHRQ's Evidence Report No. 43, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Anal…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi2.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Methods
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Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Executive Summary
Introduction & Objectives
Methods
Data Collection and …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI (July 9, 2013)
Webinar Transcript
Paul Tedrick
American Hospital Association – Chicago
July National Content Call
July 9, 2013
11:00 AM CT
Operator: The following is the July National Content Call for Paul Tedrick, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-pfe-transcript.doc
July 09, 2013 - Paul Tedrick
Paul Tedrick
American Hospital Association – Chicago
July National Content Call
July 9, 2013
11:00AM CT
Operator:
The following is the July National Content Call for Paul Tedrick, with the American Hospital Association of Chicago on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time. Excuse me, everyone…
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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/hai/tools/mrsa/159-which-type-decolonization-work-best.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Which Type of MRSA Decolonization Will Work Best in My Unit?
Universal Versus Targeted MRSA Decolonization
Universal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Decolonization:
· is a strategy wherein: all patients in a specific hospital unit are treated with nasal dec…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T4-Urinalysis_and_UTIs_Improving_Care_Final_0.docx
October 01, 2016 - 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.
Goals and Objectives for Training
The overall goal of training is to learn how…
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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/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-slides.html
July 01, 2018 - Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability
Lisa H. Lubomski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality
Department of Anest…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/learning-health-systems/cusp_summary.pdf
September 28, 2017 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program:
Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent
Healthcare-Associated Infections
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safet…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/team-roster.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix A. Team Roster
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
This template provides suggestions about roles, characteristics, and responsibilities for members of your improvement team. Develop your team and document influential and respected leaders, clinicians, frontline staff, and …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/central-venous-access-device-dressing-change-procedure.pdf
December 01, 2006 - IV Therapy: Central Venous Access Device (VAD), Dressing Change Procedure
Version 1.0
Policy Number GEN341
Effective Date 12/01/2006
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Nursing Practice and Organization Manual Vol II: Clinical
Protocols and Procedures
Approval Date N/A
Page 1of 3Subject
IV Therapy: Central Venous Acces…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/urine-culture-practices-icu-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - Urine Culture Practices in the ICU; Antibiotic Stewardship; Practical ICU Tools; Using Results from the Safety Culture Surveys
On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI in ICU
April 8, 2015 ICU Content Call
David: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience in holding. We now have your presenters in conference. Please be …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/urine-culture-practices-icu-transcript.docx
January 01, 2015 - On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI in ICU
April ICU Content Call
David: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience in holding. We now have your presenters in conference. Please be aware that each of your lines is in listen-only mode. At the conclusion of today's presentation, we will open the floor for audio questions. At…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed-video.html
December 01, 2017 - Aseptic Catheter Insertion Practices in the ED: A Focus on Engagement
Video Presentation
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