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March 01, 2018 - Appendix 2. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet
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 (Comprehen…
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March 01, 2017 - What are the results of your efforts to prevent CAUTI? Collect outcome data monthly to find out!
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Resident Days
Every day a resident (with or without a catheter) is in your facility = one resident day.
Collect at the same time, each day of th…
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January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change
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Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
M. Todd Greene, MPH, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center
Learning Objectives
Describe the methods to engage clinicians in CAUTI prevention
Describe methods to engage l…
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March 01, 2017 - CAUTI Outcome Data Definitions
What are the results of your efforts
to prevent CAUTI? Collect outcome
data monthly to find out!
Resident Days
• Every day a resident (with or without a catheter) is in your
facility = one resident day.
• Collect at the same time, each day of the month.
Number of CAUTIs
• CAUTI is…
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January 01, 2011 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Fact Sheet
Bottom line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result annually in:
· 84,551 to 203,916 preventable infections
· 10,426 to 25,145 preventable deaths
· $1.7 to $21.4 billion avoidable costs
The following interventions decrease the risk …
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April 01, 2022 - Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
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October 01, 2015 - The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript
Case Study
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Table of Contents
The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript
Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu
Part One: Traditional Practice …
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March 01, 2017 - Appendix J. Long-Term Care CAUTI Surveillance Worksheet
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
The purpose of the Long-Term Care CAUTI Surveillance Worksheet is to use it to streamline the surveillance process with reviewing a resident's chart for a suspected catheter-associated urinar…
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March 01, 2017 - Appendix J.
Long-Term Care CAUTI Surveillance Worksheet
The purpose of the Long-Term Care CAUTI Surveillance Worksheet is to use it to streamline the surveillance process with reviewing a resident’s chart for a suspected catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). The form combines the resident’s health asses…
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January 01, 2003 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Guidelines to Prevent
Central Line-Associated
Blood Stream Infections
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Why do I need to
complete this orientation?
Problem
Vascular access device-associated infections increase morbidity, mortality, hospital length of stay, and costs.
Education of health care workers decrea…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/preface.html
October 01, 2015 - The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript
Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu
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The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript
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April 01, 2022 - ICU Assessment
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Date Completed by Team: _____________________
ICU Assessment of Current CLABSI & CAUTI Prevention Practices
The purpose of this assessment is to understand current central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim3.html
July 01, 2013 - Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Methods
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Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Executive Summary
Introduction and Objectives
Methods
Results
Outcome and Process Measures
Culture Measures
Conclusions
Data Sources
This re…
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March 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
Clean Equipment and Environment
Promotes Safe Resident Care
Training Module 2
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-9-EF
March 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Welcome to training module two titled, “Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care.” This is the sec…
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June 02, 2025 - Appendix O. CAUTI Event Report Template
When a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) occurs on your unit, teams can use this tool, adapted from a report developed by the North Carolina Quality Center, to identify root causes.
Patient
Medical Record Number
Admit Date
Diagnosis
Did the patien…
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June 02, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Aseptic catheter insertion practices in the ED: A Focus on Engagement
Milisa Manojlovich PhD, RN, CCRN
Associate Professor
University of Michigan, School of Nursing
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Learning Objectives
Discuss barriers to ED staff engagement
Describe strategies to engage ED staff in aseptic ins…
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April 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance
National Healthcare Safety Network Data Reporting Web site
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) provides long-term care facilities with a system to track CAUTI and other infections in a strea…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201607.html
January 01, 2018 - South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections
Search All Impact Case Studies
July 2016
Implementation of an AHRQ patient safety program helped the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) hospital reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infe…
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February 01, 2023 - Module 4: Summary and Next Steps: Slide Presentation
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 4: Summary and Next Steps
AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF
September 2015
Slide 2
Summary of Module 1
CAU…
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October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Measurement
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Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Overview
Frameworks for Change…