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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/index.html
March 01, 2022 - Among non-ICU patients with specific medical devices (namely central venous catheters, midline catheters
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/013-strategies-prevent-bcc.docx
October 01, 2024 - Use Venipuncture To Draw Blood Cultures; Avoid Central Line Blood Draws.2
Peripherally drawn blood cultures … Central venous catheter and peripheral line-drawn cultures are more likely to give false positive results
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c1_pdi_prioritizationworksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Failure
Rate
PDI 10 Postoperative
Sepsis Rate
PDI 11 Postoperative
Wound Dehiscence
Rate
PDI 12 Central … Venous
Catheter-Related
Blood Stream Infection
Rate
Sentinel Events PDI 03 Retained
Surgical Item
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - Tract Infections
270,000
8.2
CLABSIs
MPSMS (2015)
Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central … Venous Catheters
1,700
0.05
Falls
MPSMS (2015)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
220,000
6.7 … (2015)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
29,000
0.89
VTEs
MPSMS (2015)
Postoperative Venous … Antibiotic-Associated C. difficile
100,000
3.1
MPSMS (2015)
Mechanical Complications Associated With Central … Tract Infections
530,000
40%
50%
20%
106,000
$1,000
0.023
$106,000,000
2,470
Central
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/clinical-care/clinicalcare_slides.pptx
September 03, 2014 - venous catheter (CVC) use. … venous catheter.
2. … venous catheter.
2. … Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Scrub-the-Hub Protocol. http://www.cdc.gov/dialysis/PDFs/collaborative … /Hemodialysis-Central-Venous-Catheter-STH-Protocol.pdf.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b2b_combo_ratesgenbywin.pdf
March 01, 2016 - 0 0 - 0.01602384
PDI11 PDI #11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate 0 0 - 0.00105441
PDI12 PDI #12 Central … Venous Catheter-Related BSI Rate 0 0 - 0.0006572
PDI1 PDI #1 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate … Venous Catheter-Related BSI Rate 0 140 0 0.00040896
PSI8 PSI #8 Postoperative Hip Fracture Rate 0 0 … Venous Catheter-Related BSI Rate 0 -
PSI24 PSI #24 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate 0 -
PSI25 PSI … Venous Catheter-
Related Blood Stream Infection
Rate
0 140 0 0.000743 0 0.000409 0 0.000347
PSI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c1_pdi_prioritizationworksheet.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - Failure Rate
PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate
PDI 12 Central … Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate
Sentinel Events PDI 03 Retained Surgical Item or
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Hunt.pdf
July 01, 2004 - venous
catheters (CVC); total hip and total knee replacement; postoperative pneumonia,
postoperative … The concept of patient safety is central to any discussion of the MPSMS. … venous catheter; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; PE = Pulmonary embolism; UTI =
urinary tract infection … Central venous
catheters, for example, apply it to a large chart-based data source, and identify an … venous catheters [CVC]; total hip and total knee
replacement; postoperative pneumonia, postoperative
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Hunt.pdf
July 01, 2004 - venous
catheters (CVC); total hip and total knee replacement; postoperative pneumonia,
postoperative … The concept of patient safety is central to any discussion of the MPSMS. … venous catheter; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; PE = Pulmonary embolism; UTI =
urinary tract infection … Central venous
catheters, for example, apply it to a large chart-based data source, and identify an … venous catheters [CVC]; total hip and total knee
replacement; postoperative pneumonia, postoperative
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/qi-action-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing Central … Their central line SUR is also greater than 1, meaning that the unit uses more central lines than other … What if the central venous catheters in question are peripherally inserted central catheters or dialysis … Venous Catheter Removal also supports this strategy. … venous catheter utilization, in the medical/surgical ICU by December 31.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsicompanion.pdf
October 18, 2012 - venous
line care? … venous catheters effective in a real-
world setting? … venous catheters. … venous line bundle: epidemiologic and economic
consequences. … Does not pertain to CLABSI specific HAI
Shorr AF,
2003
New choices for central venous catheters
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appa.html
July 01, 2018 - patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). … Oral rivaroxaban for symptomatic venous thromboembolism. … Economic burden of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients. … failure modes that can lead to HA-VTE, such as failure to ambulate the patient, take out unnecessary central … venous catheters, and so forth.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appa.html
July 01, 2018 - patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). … Oral rivaroxaban for symptomatic venous thromboembolism. … Economic burden of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients. … failure modes that can lead to HA-VTE, such as failure to ambulate the patient, take out unnecessary central … venous catheters, and so forth.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/tiered-approach-slides.pptx
April 01, 2022 - No. 17(22)-0019
April 2022
Objectives
Describe the tiered approach for central line-associated bloodstream … appropriately
Translating Evidence Into Practice (TRIP)
Improving Care of Patients With Urinary or Central … 3
Tiered Approach to CLABSI Prevention5-8
Abbreviations: CHG = chlorhexidine gluconate; CLABSI = central … line-associated blood stream infection; CVC = central venous catheter; GPS = Guide to Patient Safety … Review of strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201513.html
June 01, 2015 - This technique requires staff to disinfect the caps and the part of the central venous catheter (CVC)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c2_pdi_prioritizationworksheetexample.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Postoperative
Wound Dehiscence
Rate
0.0 1.1 0 $76,737 $ - N 5 5 5 Y Y Y Y Y
PDI 12 Central … Venous
Catheter-Related Blood
Stream Infection
0.4 0.8 2 $121,010 $ 242,020 N 10 9 9
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/4es-early-mobility-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Central venous catheter dislodgement (not femoral site), including peripherally inserted central catheter … Central venous catheter dislodgement (femoral site).
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017.html
November 01, 2017 - Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections.
Clostridium difficile Infections.
Falls. … Venous Thromboembolism.
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. … Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Venous … to insertion or access of a central line or umbilical catheter during the hospital stay. … Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) developing among
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-discuss.html
November 01, 2017 - First, the definition of venous thromboembolism events has been expanded beyond post-operative events … effective at reducing the risk of developing these HACs early in the exposure to the related devices (e.g., central … Thus, the remaining patients are those requiring longer-term devices (e.g., central venous access for
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Ulcer PDF [327 KB]
PSI05 Foreign Body PDF [133.68 KB]
PSI06 Pneumothorax PDF [130.62 KB]
PSI07 Central … Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections PDF [150 KB]
PSI08 Postoperative Hip Fracture PDF … Postoperative Sepsis PDF [286.81 KB]
PDI11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence PDF [253.23 KB]
PSI12 Central … Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections PDF [343.33 KB]
NQI03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection