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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/education-bundles.html
February 01, 2019 - Educational Bundles
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
Educational bundles provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and other HAIs in the long-term care (LTC) setting. The bundles include slide set…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules.html
May 01, 2017 - Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
These modules (available in English and Spanish) describe how to apply the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for long-term care resident safety. They support learning and implementation effor…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/improve.html
March 01, 2017 - Improve Safety Culture
Long-Term-Care Safety Toolkit Modules
Comprises six modules (available in English and Spanish) that describe how to apply CUSP for long-term care resident safety. They support learning and implementation efforts to improve safety culture and practices in long term care facilities. The…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-prevention.html
March 01, 2017 - Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Project
Start with the Implementation Guide , and then consult the Sustainability Guide
Long -Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules
Comprises six modules (available in English and Spanish) that describe how to apply CUSP for long-term care resident safety…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/prevention-skills.html
March 01, 2017 - Practice General Infection Prevention Skills
A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB)
This guide provides frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about long-term care facility infection prevention guidelines.
Standard- and Transmission-Based Precautions
Educ…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-surveillance.html
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/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/reduce.html
March 01, 2017 - Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics
Know When To Order Urine Cultures
Educational module and tools that summarize why more urine cultures lead to more catheter-associated urinary tract infection diagnoses, and provide tools to use to appropriately identify when to order a urine cul…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/prevent.html
July 01, 2018 - Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Catheter Insertion, Care, and Maintenance
Educational modules and resources that explain the types of catheters used to collect or drain urine from the bladder and how to prevent CAUTI by using evidence-based practices when inserting and caring for indwell…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/engage.html
March 01, 2017 - Engage Residents and Families
Resident and Family Engagement brochure for residents ( PDF , 132 KB)
Describes what resident and family engagement is and how to engage with long-term care facility staff as partners in infection-prevention care.
Resident and Family Engagement: What Is My Role as a Leader? …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/how-to-use-bundles.html
March 01, 2017 - How To Use Educational Bundles
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The educational bundles are a curriculum that long-term care facility educators can use to educate. Each slide set includes facilitator notes and should take approximately 15 minutes to deliver. The training vid…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023696-bates-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - We created two new modules that test an EHR’s
ability to prevent CLABSI/DVT, and a Choosing Wisely … The new functionalities of the test we created include the Choosing Wisely initiatives,18
CLABSI/DVT … format of the Choosing Wisely and CLABSI … s ability to prevent
the unnecessary ordering of labs or procedures, and their ability to address CLABSI … For the CLABSI/DVT modules, we
consulted experts at our organization during its development, and is
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-nonpayment-preventable-infections-us-hospitals
July 03, 2016 - Medicaid Services hospital-acquired conditions policy for central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efforts-improve-patient-safety-result-13-million-fewer-patient-harms-interim-update-2013
January 07, 2015 - October 9, 2013
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-antimicrobial-stewards-recognition-confidence-and-organizational-factors-across-nine
August 15, 2012 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-internal-service-quality-preventable-adverse-events-hospitals
September 24, 2016 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-overcome-hierarchical-pressures-achieve-safer-patient-care-interprofessional
November 18, 2016 - October 4, 2017
Incorporating quality and safety values into a CLABSI simulation experience
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-strategies-safeguard-covid-19-patients-harm-intensive-care-unit
July 31, 2013 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-after-transition-icu-hospital-ward-multicenter-cohort-study
October 13, 2018 - November 30, 2022
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-intensive-care-units-michigan
February 17, 2011 - March 1, 2023
Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-organizational-context-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety-efforts-infection
May 08, 2017 - March 23, 2012
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.