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481. Slide 1
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     May 28, 2015 - Urine culture was 10,000 CFU/ml E. coli. … : Different Incentives and Goals from Physicians May See Physicians as Barriers Physician Culture : … 24 Engaging Physicians in Quality and Safety Discover a Common Purpose Reframe Values and Beliefs … Improved Efficiency Excellent Reputation Greater Cause 25 Reframe Values and Beliefs … What can we do with our resources and culture?

482. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - During operative process, culture collected. … Culture considered positive if > 30cfu of bacteria identified. … During the operative procedure, a semiquantitative culture was collected from subcutaneous fat in the … positive cultures had colony counts that were too numerous to count. … , compared with 82 of 1,576 patients (5.2%) with negative cultures.

483. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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     May 01, 2017 - Prevent project fatigue Control processes Monitor progress Engage senior leaders Establish improvement culture … Are values, beliefs, and practices incorporated into the mission of your organization and/or are they … Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery 9 Sustainability Embedding a successful improvement into the culture … Surgical site infection rate Percentage of staff with a safety culture assessment score > 4 Process … change, embedding into culture, etc.)

484. PowerPoint Presentation
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     November 01, 2019 - Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 12 Narrow therapy based on available culture … data if available If no culture data, switch to oral therapy when the patient has clinical improvement … , use previous culture data to guide therapy Acute cholecystitis Lower yield for blood cultures Common … stone and/or stent placement Cholecystectomy or percutaneous drainage Narrow therapy based on available culture

485. Spreadnotes (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture … · Organizational culture: Does the organizational culture embrace change? … · Adoptable: The process is compatible with organization and unit values, attitudes, beliefs, and facilities … The patient population, the process, and the social system and culture of a unit can affect the ease … Expecting early, marked improvement in outcomes without paying attention to process reliability The belief

486. 162-Example-Completed-Learning-Defects-Tool (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - The nurse also found after they drew blood cultures that they had accessed the central line, leaving … The nurse saw the resident drawing a blood culture from the central line, leaving the stop cock without … Institutional Factors (related to institution’s culture and resources) The nurse was hesitant to speak … up as she did not feel supported when the cultures were drawn incorrectly. … Enter recurrence ranking The Infection Preventionist will hold an education session about the blood culture

487. Variation in the Implementation of California's Full-Service Partnerships | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2015 - Internal culture, staffing, and protocols: High-fidelity programs describe clients as "underserved" … They also tend to hire staff whose personal values and beliefs align with this philosophy (or support … consider, such as placing a singular focus on client needs, hiring staff whose personal values and beliefs … Critical importance of program director: The program director plays a significant role in creating a culture

488. 047-Evidence-Behind-Decolonization-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - found that CHG bathing resulted in 87 percent reduction in CLABSI and a 41 percent decrease in blood culture … MRSA-positive cultures. … also received mupirocin for 5 days, twice a day, if they were known to be MRSA-positive by history, culture … dark purple line shows patients’ cumulative daily hazard of having a Staphylococcus aureus clinical culture … of MRSA clinical cultures.

489. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Unit-Level) (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - At what frequency are routine MRSA nasal surveillance cultures performed in the unit? … Is there a process for training unit staff about appropriate methods for blood culture collection? …  Yes  No  Blood cultures not collected by unit staff Question 39. … culture)? … Is feedback provided to the unit regarding blood culture contamination rates?

490. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Most patients with a positive infection also had a secondary culture noted as being obtained at the time … of the initial culture (59.6 percent).  … Five out of the six questions in the Attitudes/Beliefs section have shown improvement since baseline. … nurses, physicians, etc.) in our unit can list at least three maintenance interventions Attitudes/Beliefs

491. Acute Care Learning From Defects
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     November 01, 2019 - vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam On day 2, he undergoes ERCP and the stone is removed Blood cultures … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … daily briefing about antibiotic regimen with team Institutional factors are related to institution culture … revealed E. coli Develop guidelines for intra-abdominal infections that discuss culture-directed therapy … and feedback for patients on vancomycin Develop vancomycin auto-stops Educate nurses about reviewing culture

492. Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - His blood cultures grew methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). … Blood and urine cultures grew Escherichia coli . … Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus aureus , and the catheter tip grew the same organism. … The patient’s bacteremia persisted, and his repeat blood cultures continued to be positive for more than … His sputum culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa .

493. Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - consider, such as placing a singular focus on client needs, hiring staff whose personal values and beliefs … Critical importance of program director: The program director plays a significant role in creating a culture … f Internal culture, staffing, and protocols: High-fidelity programs describe clients as “underserved … They also tend to hire staff whose personal values and beliefs align with this philosophy (or support

494. Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - consider, such as placing a singular focus on client needs, hiring staff whose personal values and beliefs … Critical importance of program director: The program director plays a significant role in creating a culture … f Internal culture, staffing, and protocols: High-fidelity programs describe clients as “underserved … They also tend to hire staff whose personal values and beliefs align with this philosophy (or support

495. 5 Tk2 P2T8-Sample Antibiogram Phase 2 (doc file)
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     May 01, 2014 - : Of XXX cultures used to make the antibiograms, XX% were urine cultures, YY% were wound cultures, and … Z% were sputum cultures. … · The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: · E. coli: XX% of urine cultures · Enterococcus … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms · XX% of positive urine cultures were due … Gram positives · XX of XX (XX%) Staph. aureus cultures were MRSA.

496. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - antibiotics · Microbiology: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus species · Blood cultures … should be obtained in all patients with cholangitis · Blood cultures should be obtained in patients … with cholecystitis that have concomitant sepsis · Bile cultures should be obtained if the biliary tree … P. aeruginosa, and anaerobes; consider coverage for Enterococcus species · Review any prior biliary cultures … here] · [Place local recommendations here] · Narrowing and oral therapy · Narrow based on available culture

497. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - clinical trials and adoption after definitive trials must be determined based upon local needs and culture … Choose a 1-year period and count the number of unique patients who have a positive blood culture from … Use your current processes for identifying MRSA carriers using reported history, prior culture result … The order of approaching these key stakeholders will depend on the culture, standard processes, and … cultures, and history of MRSA to target those with devices

498. 5 Tk2 P2T8-Sample Antibiogram Phase 2 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - : Of XXX cultures used to make the antibiograms, XX% were urine cultures, YY% were wound cultures, … and Z% were sputum cultures. … • The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: o E. coli: XX% of urine cultures o Enterococcus … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms • XX% of positive urine cultures were due … Gram positives • XX of XX (XX%) S. aureus cultures were MRSA.

499. Technical Interventions To Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - The following are appropriate conditions for urine culture use: Evaluation of sepsis without a clear … , evaluate current processes for obtaining urine cultures (e.g., avoid urinalysis or urine cultures as … Have periodic audits on urine culture use in intensive care units to look for trends, especially if CAUTI … avoid inappropriate antimicrobial use in catheterized patients is to refrain from obtaining a urine culture … When a urine culture is positive in a catheterized patient who has no symptoms of infection, do not treat

500. 5 Tk2 P3T8-Sample Pocket Card Long Version Phase 3 (doc file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Version 9” (4 @ 2.25”) x 3.25” Key Findings From the Antibiograms · Most of our data come from urine cultures … : Of 192 cultures used to make the antibiograms, 93% were urine cultures, 6% were wound cultures, and … 1% were sputum cultures. … · The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: · E. coli: xx% of urine cultures · Enterococcus … Gram Positives · 11 of 14 (xx%) Staphylococcus aureus cultures were Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus