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101. Making Healthcare Safer III Patient Safety Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2020 - Monitoring Systems Clostridioides difficile Infection ( PDF , 3.6 MB) Antimicrobial Stewardship Hand … Hygiene Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination Surveillance Testing Multicomponent Prevention … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms ( PDF , 5 MB) Chlorhexidine Bathing Hand … Hygiene Active Surveillance Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Minimize Use of Devices

102. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/environment-equipment.pptx
     March 01, 2017 - Education Hand hygiene Gloves Clean rooms Disinfected surfaces Proper medical device care and maintenance … Good hand hygiene, proper glove use, cleaning residents’ rooms, disinfecting surfaces and equipment and … are superior to antimicrobial soaps and should be used to maintain proper hand hygiene. … And remember that there are four main opportunities for hand hygiene: Before initial contact with the … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

103. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Targeted Decolonization (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Does targeted decolonization affect our hand hygiene products? No. … Use your usual routine hand hygiene products. … Does targeted decolonization affect our hand hygiene products?

104. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

105. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Unit-Level) (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Does this unit participate in a hand hygiene monitoring and feedback program? … Who does the monitoring for the hand hygiene monitoring and feedback program? Check all that apply. … How often is feedback about hand hygiene adherence provided to the unit? …  Hand hygiene  Aseptic technique  Maximal sterile barrier precautions (e.g., full body drape … hygiene monitoring system: Off Quarterly_7: Off Hand hygiene: Off Aseptic technique: Off Maximal

106. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

107. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - Organism- independent PSPs (such as general hand hygiene and environmental cleaning practices) are covered … 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 … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

108. CVC Insertion Risk Factors: (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - location/room number(s) 2 Did all personnel involved in line care for this patient use proper hand … hygiene? … [ ] Yes [ ] No If no, explain: 15 What is hand hygiene compliance like for all units the patient

109. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2003 - hygiene. … Hand Hygiene Wash hands with soap and water or use a waterless hand sanitizer — Before and after invasive … Hygiene Works! … Hygiene Steps Coat all surfaces of your hands thoroughly with waterless hand sanitizer, including palms … Hand Washing Steps Wet hands. Obtain soap. Lather for 10 to 15 seconds. Rinse hands.

110. 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

111. 133-Clabsi-Prevention-Central-Line-Insertion (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - Proper Hand Hygiene13-14 Providers must perform proper hand hygiene multiple times throughout the process … Guideline for hand hygiene in health‐care settings: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control … Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. … Bacterial contamination of the hands of hospital staff during routine patient care.

112. Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - hygiene compliance (Figure). … A transmission event is direct or indirect contact, including transient carriage (e.g., hands of a health … Opportunities to interrupt transmission from a colonized or infected host include hand hygiene, other … hygiene compliance. … hygiene through strategic placement of alcohol hand-rub dispensers in highly visible locations.

113. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed.pptx
     June 02, 2025 - 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.

114. Structural Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - ___ ___ ___ ___ In your ICU, how often do health care providers perform hand hygiene … ___ ___ Perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory equipment?

115. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - indwelling catheters only when medically necessary · Use aseptic insertion technique with appropriate hand … hygiene and gloves · Allow only trained health care providers to insert catheter · Properly secure catheters … prevent movement and urethral traction · Maintain a sterile closed drainage system · Maintain good hygiene

116. Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products Hand hygiene products are only effective if staff use

117. Tool: Structural Assessment (doc file)
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     January 01, 2017 - In your ICU, how often do health care providers perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory … Perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory equipment?

118. Frequently Asked Questions About the Use of and Care for Leg Bags in the Long-Term Care Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2017 - Prior to handling the leg bag, health care personnel should first perform hand hygiene and then put on … Perform hand hygiene again. … a policy and procedure that follow the manufacturer instructions for use including: Performing hand … hygiene and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) Step-by-step instructions to adhere to aseptic … Nozzle : Use appropriate hand hygiene and don gloves.

119. Appendix 7. Central Venous Catheter-Associated Laboratory-Confirmed Blood Stream Infection Event Report Template for Defect Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - location/room number(s)   2 Did all personnel involved in line care for this patient use proper hand … hygiene? … [  ] Yes [  ] No     If no, explain: 15 What is hand hygiene compliance like for all units

120. Aseptic Catheter Insertion Practices in the ED: A Focus on Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.