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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/014-bcx-algorithm-decision-support-tool.docx
October 01, 2024 - Blood Culture Algorithm Decision Support Tool
Originally published in “Does This Patient Need Blood Cultures? A Scoping Review of Indications for Blood Cultures in Adult Nonneutropenic Patients” by Fabre et al in Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2020. Used with permission. Image is adapted.
AHRQ Safet…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
November 01, 2017 - Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Appendixes
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Discussion
Resu…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-7.html
March 01, 2018 - Appendix 7. Central Venous Catheter-Associated Laboratory-Confirmed Blood Stream Infection Event Report Template for Defect Analysis
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-8.html
March 01, 2018 - Appendix 8: CLABSI Investigation Nurse Letter
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI). When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety P…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201518.html
July 01, 2015 - New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety
Search All Impact Case Studies
July 2015
Description
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system, uses several AHRQ resources to improve patient care…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/ownership-engagement-transcript.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Transcript: How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Transcript
How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To
Prevent Infections in ICUs
Host:
Kate Schmidgall
I…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-video.html
December 01, 2017 - No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Video Presentation
Return to CAUTI Toolkit Information for Specialty Audiences
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/qdr2015-ptschartbook.pdf
March 04, 2016 - ChartBook On Patient Safety
CHARTBOOK
ON
PATIENT SAFETY
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
http:www.ahrq.gov
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted witho…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
November 01, 2017 - Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Appendixes
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/index.html
March 01, 2022 - Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
This toolkit can help hospital infection prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections by more than 30 percent in adult inpatients who were not in intensive care units (ICUs) and who had specifi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/158-dec-targeted-unit-protocol.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Unit Protocol:
Targeted MRSA Decolonization
ICU/Non-ICU
This document helps you set up a unit protocol for Targeted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Decolonization. (If you have not yet selected universal or targeted decolonization option for your unit, plea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Gallagher2.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator
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Readmissions for Selected Infections
Due to Medical Care: Expanding the
Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator
Brian Gallagher, Liyi Cen, Edward L. Hannan
Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/cost-implications.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 6 – Estimated Cost Implications
of Reducing Bloodstream Infections
in Patients With Medical Devices
What Is the Cost and Cost Savings Associated With D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-061014.pptx
March 07, 2014 - The Integration of Hospitalists into U.S. Academic Medical Centers
Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship
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CAPT Arjun Srinivasan, MD
Associate Director for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Scott Flanders, MD
Professor of Med…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gurwitz.html
September 01, 2019 - Grantee Profile
Making Healthcare Safer for Older, Vulnerable Patients
Jerry H. Gurwitz, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jerry H. Gurwitz, M.D. “I can’t put into words what AHRQ funding has meant to me and to others I’ve worked with doing this type of health s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/qdr2015-ptschartbook.pptx
March 04, 2016 - Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND DISPARITIES REPORT
Chartbook on Patient Safety
March 2016
This presentation contains notes. Select View, then Notes page to read them.
1
National Healthcare Qua…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring
Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Abstract
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
used the tools from the Pediatric QI Toolkit – which …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/antibiotic-time-out-tool.docx
November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Antibiotic Time Out Tool
Date:
Patient Name or Identifier:
Directions: This form should be completed by frontline clinicians on a daily basis for patients receiving antibiotics.
Note: A table of commonly recommended durations of therapy can be found on the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/staff-chg-showering.docx
March 01, 2022 - CHG Showering
Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During the Hospital Stay STAFFSection 10-2
Shower With Chlorhexidine (CHG)
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
Shower hospital patients with devices every day with a special antiseptic (CHG) to help remove germs and prevent infection. Apply as shown bel…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-basin-bathing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocol Training_Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 11-6
Nursing Protocol Training
Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG)
and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2…