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1. The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/hand-hygiene-slides.html
   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. 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.

3. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/guide-infection-prevention.pdf
   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

4. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-slides.html
   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. Nursing Home Workplace Safety Resource List (pdf file)
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-workplace-safety-resources.pdf
   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?

6. Catheter Care and Maintenance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/catheter-care/slides.html
   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. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - Slide 8: Hand Hygiene 4,5 Good hand hygiene is essential for catheter care and infection prevention … Just Clean Your Hands educational resources. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion . … 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.

8. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4d_combo_psi07-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
   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.

9. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
   www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
   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.

10. 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

11. CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Long-Term Resident Survey Spanish (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/nursing-home-long-stay-span-651b.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - [HAND R SHOWCARD 1: 0-10] Hablemos ahora sobre lo que opina acerca de ciertas cosas de este hogar … _______ (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 … 1 CON FRECUENCIA 2 A VECES 3 RARA VEZ 4 NUNCA [HAND R SHOWCARD 5: EXCELENTE/MUY BUENA/BUENA … BUENA 4 REGULAR 5 MALA 10 CAHPS® Nursing Home Survey: Long-Stay Resident Instrument [HAND

12. Offer Information on How Healthcare Costs and Quality Relate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/offer-info.html
    June 01, 2019 - It is important to emphasize that high cost and high quality do not necessarily go hand in hand.

13. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiological-cultures.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Wash your hands and put on new sterile gloves before obtaining your specimen. 2. … Wash hands and use new gloves. 2. Obtain an early morning specimen. 3.

14. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-i.docx
    August 07, 2015 - indwelling catheters only when medically necessary · Use aseptic insertion technique with appropriate hand

15. The Role of Leadership in Quality Improvement Efforts (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Role_of_Leadership_In_QI-_2011_11_01.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - But it’s also most effective when the leader actually goes in and gets their hands dirty sometimes and … Carla Zema So it’s important and it’s very helpful when the leader does engage and kind of gets their hands … in our organization here in Boston that was focused in on trying to improve infection control and hand … So when the hand hygiene folks brought the data forward and said “here’s how we’re doing on hand hygiene

16. TeamSTEPPS 2.0: Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Worksheet (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module10/exmeasure.pdf
    March 20, 2014 - During the implementation planning session, the team agrees that hand hygiene compliance has been a

17. Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/act-early/identify.html
    November 01, 2018 - On the one hand, we all should have a good primary care physician. … On the other hand, certain people are more likely to visit a physician frequently and should care more

18. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
    April 24, 2015 - Standard Precautions: Use gloves when manipulating the catheter site and drainage system and practice hand … Use gloves and practice hand hygiene before and after handling the drainage device. 1.12 Patients with

19. Tool: Task Assistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/tools/task.html
    May 01, 2023 - that assistance will be actively sought and offered to reduce the occurrence of error:  "I need a hand … "Can I give you a hand?"  

20. Clabsitoolsap5 (doc file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap5.doc
    December 11, 2012 - Obtain supervision if needed (see roles, above) Perform a time-out/briefing Confirm hand