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101. 30. Adolescent Smokers (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide30.html
     October 01, 2014 - (Strength of Evidence = B) Recommendation: Second-hand smoke is harmful to children. … Therefore, in order to protect children from second-hand smoke, clinicians should ask parents about tobacco

102. PowerPoint Presentation
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     September 03, 2014 - Hand hygiene Hand hygiene is an essential component of preventing harm in hemodialysis patients. … Hygiene” in health care:   Before touching a patient – Clean your hands before touching a patient when … approaching him or her to protect the patient against harmful germs carried on your hands. … Before clean/aseptic procedure – Clean your hands immediately before any aseptic task to protect the … After touching a patient’s surroundings – Clean your hands after touching any object or furniture in

103. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-l.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - . • Clean hands when moving from a dirty to a clean task on the same patient or after touching the patient … Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization Environment of Care Safe Injection Practices • Clean hands … Hand hygiene is one of the most important ways to prevent infections. … Health care personnel will clean their hands before and after patient care. … to prevent surgical site and other infections at ASCs are— ▶ ASK staff if they have washed their hands

104. ICE Checklist 1a: Access of Central Venous Catheter for Initiation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/ICEChecklist1a_access-cvc.pdf
     December 08, 2014 - ☐ Observation 2: Shift #_____ Staff Type_____ Isolation Y☐ N☐ Visible From Nursing Station Y☐ N☐ Hand … (no common tray/cart brought to dialysis station) Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand … sterile saline; initiate treatment; remove gloves Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand

105. ICE Checklist 1c: Access of AV Fistula or Graft for Initiation of Dialysis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/ICEChecklist1c_access-av-fistula.pdf
     December 08, 2014 - ☐ Observation 2: Shift #_____ Staff Type_____ Isolation Y☐ N☐ Visible From Nursing Station Y☐ N☐ Hand … antisepsis (at step 7) without repeating skin antisepsis Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand … needles; tape in place; initiate treatment; remove gloves Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2 Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand

106. Aseptic Catheter Insertion Practices in the ED: A Focus on Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Slide 10 Lack of Resources: Strategies to Minimize Adequate supplies: Over-the-bed tables Hand … Adequate facilities for hand hygiene Slide 11 Components of Aseptic Insertion Set up a sterile … Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion.

107. 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.

108. 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.

109. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - saline drops and bulb suctioning for infants Prevention • Common cold viruses are spread by hand … To avoid transmission to others, encourage frequent hand washing, cough and sneeze into a tissue or … into the arm rather than the hand, wear a face mask, and avoid touching the face

110. Making Healthcare Safer III Patient Safety Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/practices.html
     April 01, 2020 - Monitoring Systems Clostridioides difficile Infection ( PDF , 3.6 MB) Antimicrobial Stewardship Hand … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms ( PDF , 5 MB) Chlorhexidine Bathing Hand

111. Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
     January 29, 2008 - Moreover, nonbehavioral attempts to increase hand washing among caregivers suggest that hand-hygiene … • Peer observational feedback Geller 17 Infection-control error • Hand washing • “Hands-free … Using feedback, goal setting, and task clarification to increase the use of the “hands free” technique … Effect of an evidence-based hand washing policy on hand washing rates and false-positive coagulase … The clean your hands campaign: Critiquing policy and evidence base.

112. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed.pptx
     October 01, 2015 - Understaffing 9 Lack of Resources: Strategies to Minimize Adequate supplies: over-the-bed tables hand … Adequate facilities for hand hygiene 10 Components of Aseptic Insertion Set up a sterile field … Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion. Use sterile gloves, drapes, sponges.

113. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1426.3768] Hand Hygiene 1. … Are alcohol-based hand rubs superior to soap and water? … Yes, if hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands … are visibly dirty or are visibly soiled with blood or other body fluids, wash hands with soap and water … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

114. Appendix F. CAUTI Prevention in Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/clinical-faqs.html
     March 01, 2017 - Hygiene Are alcohol-based hand rubs superior to soap and water? … Yes, if hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands … having contact with body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes, nonintact skin and wound dressings if hands … When hands are visibly dirty or are visibly soiled with blood or other body fluids, wash hands with soap … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

115. ICE Checklist 2: Parenteral Medication Preparation and Administration (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - Observation 2: Shift #_____ Staff Type_____ Isolation Y☐ N☐ Visible From Nursing Station Y☐ N☐ Hand … individual patient's medications to dialysis station Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand … attached needle, disposal in Sharps not necessary Obs 1: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Obs 2: Met ☐ Not Met ☐ Hand

116. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
     September 26, 2019 - DalBen et al., 201620 • Contact precautions • Hand hygiene • Compliance monitoring of hand hygiene … Poor compliance with infection control measures such as contact precautions and hand hygiene led to … Mathematical modeling of the interventions suggested that, assuming 60-80% hand hygiene compliance … with blood or bodily fluids, and gloves in case of lesions of the healthcare worker’s hands. … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

117. Summary of Key Recommendations for Administering NH-CAHPS Long-Term Resident Survey (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/nursing-home-long-stay-eng-651a.doc
     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

118. Intramuscular Injections – Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/intramuscular-injections.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Complete Hand Hygiene. Before giving a vaccine, complete proper hand hygiene. … If you are wearing gloves, change them and perform hand hygiene between each vaccination. … Keep your hands clean from vaccine preparation through administration and disposal. … Perform hand hygiene.

119. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.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.

120. PowerPoint Presentation
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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 … UTIs) Risk factors Use of common measuring device between residents with indwelling urinary catheters Hands … Just Clean Your Hands educational resources. … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. … Transfer of vancomycin-resistant enterococci via health care worker hands.