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1. The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - Slide 6: Soap and Water Hand Washing 4,6,7 Hand Hygiene Technique Wet hands with water. … Apply soap to palm of hand. Rub hands together, covering all surfaces for at least 15 seconds. … Rinse hands with water. … Slide 7: Notes About Hand Hygiene Products 4,7 ABHRs/gels are preferred for hand hygiene when hands … Hand hygiene protects your hands and the environment from being contaminated.

2. TeamSTEPPS Additional Video: Handoff (Subacute Care) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2023 - https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/hand-off.html  

3. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2019 - Hand Hygiene Hand hygiene is one of the most effective skills staff can perform to prevent infections … , including the products, procedures, and strategies to implement and sustain hand hygiene programs. … Supplemental materials include hand hygiene activities to perform with staff, and a quiz and answer key … The skills activity guide has several scenarios that involve observing for proper hand hygiene before … The hand hygiene bundle has more information.

4. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2017 - Contamination of sterile field 22 (27%) Nurse touched items on sterile field with bare non-sterile hands … Breach of sterile barrier 31 (38%) Sterile gloved hand used to swab genitalia (without tongs); … same hand used to insert catheter. … Slide 8 Barriers to Aseptic Insertion Technique Inconsistent or inconvenient locations for hand … Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion.

5. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Module 3: Communication
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   December 01, 2005 - Visual cues can also serve as reminders, such as the use of signs reminding staff to wash their hands … These include SBAR, call-outs, check-backs, and hand-offs. … mind what a hand-off is. … It's not adequate just to hand that tool to somebody. … What went well in the hand-off?

6. Catheter Care and Maintenance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - Slide 4: Hand Hygiene and Glove Use 4,5 Gloves play a key role in preventing hand contamination—but … do NOT replace hand hygiene Perform hand hygiene and wear gloves immediately before — Accessing … Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. … Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. … Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene.

7. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2017 - ▪ Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or use an alcohol-based hand rub or … alcohol hand wipe, covering all surfaces of the hands. … BASIC BACKGROUND Hand hygiene refers to the practice of removing or killing germs on hands so that … To practice hand hygiene, keep your hands clean by either washing with soap and water or using an alcohol-based … ▪ Wash hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub before

8. Nursing Home Workplace Safety Resource List (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2023 - -(ihs)/hand- hygiene/monitoring/9789241598606_eng.pdf? … The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene: AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI https://www.ahrq.gov … /hand-hygiene-slides.html AHRQ created this training module for hand hygiene in long-term care facilities … of infections. • When and how to perform hand hygiene. • Key hand hygiene practices for the prevention … /hand-hygiene-slides.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2006-117/pdfs/2006-117.pdf?

9. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - In other words, they are transmitted by our hands, a contaminated surface or a piece of equipment that … Slide 8: Hand Hygiene 4,5 Good hand hygiene is essential for catheter care and infection prevention … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. … Transfer of vancomycin-resistant enterococci via health care worker hands.

10. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2014 - The infant receiving the IV is experiencing poor blood flow to her right hand. … She applies warm soaks to the hand to alleviate the condition, but the condition does not improve. … Gangrene develops, and the fingers of the infant's right hand are amputated. … Information regarding poor blood flow to the hand and the state of the IV is not discussed in the handoff … The physician should have been summoned to view and assess the hand.

11. TeamSTEPPS Specialty Scenarios: ICU (pdf file)
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    March 19, 2014 - The infant receiving the IV is experiencing poor blood flow to her right hand. … She applies warm soaks to the hand to alleviate the condition, but the condition does not improve. … Gangrene develops, and the fingers of the infant’s right hand are amputated. … Information regarding poor blood flow to the hand and the state of the IV is not discussed in the handoff … The physician should have been summoned to view and assess the hand.

12. Offer Information on How Healthcare Costs and Quality Relate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - It is important to emphasize that high cost and high quality do not necessarily go hand in hand.

13. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - • Perform hand hygiene with soap and water (alcohol does not kill C. difficile spores). … • Use appropriate hand hygiene before and after all resident contacts (soap and water, or waterless … • Use appropriate hand hygiene before and after all resident contacts (soap and water, or waterless

14. Summary of Key Recommendations for Administering NH-CAHPS Long-Term Resident Survey (doc file)
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    March 09, 2007 - [HAND R SHOWCARD 1: 0-10] Now let’s talk about how you feel about things at this nursing home and how … _______ (0-10) [HAND R SHOWCARD 2: YES/NO/SOMETIMES] For the next questions, you can answer yes, no … 1( YES 2( NO 3( SOMETIMES [HAND R SHOWCARD 3: DEFINITELY NO/PROBABLY NO/PROBABLY YES/DEFINITELY … 1( OFTEN 2( SOMETIMES 3( RARELY 4( NEVER [HAND R SHOWCARD 5: EXCELLENT/VERY GOOD/GOOD/FAIR/POOR] … 1( EXCELLENT 2( VERY GOOD 3( GOOD 4( FAIR 5( POOR [HAND R SHOWCARD 6: 0-10] These next questions

15. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - The checklist should have all of the following4,6-7:  Date, start time, end time, hands washed … o Providers (including any assistants) should wash their hands before and after palpating catheter … o After inserting and dressing the catheter site, remove gown and gloves and then wash hands. …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures.

16. CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Long-Term Resident Survey (doc file)
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    September 01, 2011 - [HAND R SHOWCARD 1: 0-10] Hablemos ahora sobre lo que opina acerca de ciertas cosas de este hogar de … _______ (0-10) [HAND R SHOWCARD 2: SÍ/NO/A VECES] En las siguientes preguntas puede contestar “sí” … 1( SÍ 2( NO 3( A VECES [HAND R SHOWCARD 3: DEFINITIVAMENTE NO/PROBABLEMENTE NO/ PROBABLEMENTE SÍ … 1( DEFINITIVAMENTE NO 2( PROBABLEMENTE NO 3( PROBABLEMENTE SÍ 4( DEFINITIVAMENTE SÍ [HAND R SHOWCARD … 1( CON FRECUENCIA 2( A VECES 3( RARA VEZ 4( NUNCA [HAND R SHOWCARD 5: EXCELENTE/MUY BUENA/BUENA/

17. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - The checklist should have all of the following12-14:  Date, start time, end time, hands washed prior … ○ Providers (including any assistants) should wash their hands before and after palpating catheter … ○ After inserting and dressing the catheter site, remove gown and gloves and then wash hands. …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures.

18. Summary of Key Recommendations for Administering NH-CAHPS Long-Term Resident Survey (pdf file)
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    March 09, 2007 - [HAND R SHOWCARD 1: 0-10] Now let’s talk about how you feel about things at this nursing home and … _______ (0-10) [HAND R SHOWCARD 2: YES/NO/SOMETIMES] For the next questions, you can answer yes, … 1 YES 2 NO 3 SOMETIMES [HAND R SHOWCARD 3: DEFINITELY NO/PROBABLY NO/PROBABLY YES/DEFINITELY … PROBABLY YES 4 DEFINITELY YES 9 CAHPS® Nursing Home Survey: Long-Stay Resident Instrument [HAND … 1 OFTEN 2 SOMETIMES 3 RARELY 4 NEVER [HAND R SHOWCARD 5: EXCELLENT/VERY GOOD/GOOD/FAIR/POOR

19. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - He does not verbalize this order to the nurse and hands the chart to the clerk. … She recently attended an educational session on infection control techniques and the importance of hand … Tsu, went from patient to patient without washing his hands. Later that morning, she encounters Dr. … Tsu in the corridor and addresses him saying that she attended the hand-washing seminar and noticed he … Tsu appears surprised by the comment but sheepishly agrees that hand washing is very important, and he

20. Communication-Material-Guide (doc file)
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    May 01, 2017 - : All employees Topic: Improving Surgical Team Communication With Debriefings and Briefings Method: Hand … Administration, surgeons, anesthesia, all nurses Topic: Customizing the Surgical Checklist Method: Hand