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141. Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide.html
     May 01, 2017 - Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products This presentation reviews criteria for evaluating and … selecting the right hand hygiene products for your facility.

142. FAQs (Staff): Targeted Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-targeted-decolonization.docx
     March 01, 2022 - Does targeted decolonization affect our hand hygiene products? No. … Use your usual routine hand hygiene products.

143. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Naomi Yount, PhD (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-yount.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) 93 Staff use PPE appropriately 75 Staff clean their hands … Hand Hygiene Technical Reference Manual https:// cd n. who.int/media/docs/ d efa u It-sou rce/i ntegrated-hea … lth-servi ces-( i hs )/hand- hygiene/ mon itoring/9789241598606 eng.pdf? … Hygiene in Healt h Care. … cdctrain/course/1081802/ https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/integrated-health-services-(ihs)/hand-hygiene

144. 018-Revision-Summary-Contact-Precautions (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - typically used as part of a MRSA prevention bundle—including not only contact precautions, but also hand … hygiene promotion, adherence to standard precautions, MRSA surveillance to identify which patients require … A recent simulation study found that, in the absence of hand hygiene, healthcare personnel who become … hygiene, and institutional culture change, across Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide.2 Rates of MRSA … contact precautions in hospitals that have strong horizontal infection prevention practices (e.g., hand

145. Appendix I. Catheter Care Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Use aseptic insertion technique with appropriate hand hygiene and gloves. … Maintain good hygiene at the catheter-urethral interface. Maintain unobstructed urine flow.

146. Why Choose a CUSP Approach? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/why-cusp.html
     April 01, 2025 - Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Decolonization Resources Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Hand … Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Contact Precautions Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Perioperative … CUSP promotes a culture of safety, understanding that behavioral change goes hand in hand with technical

147. Urine Culture Collection (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-urine-collection.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - June 2021 • Health care workers and residents should perform hand … hygiene before collecting urine cultures;

148. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/011-blood-culture-webinar-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Guidelines for hand hygiene and glove use must be observed. … Estimates of hand hygiene adherence range from 5 percent to 81 percent, with an average adherence of … Site selection, hand hygiene, standardization, and training on proper blood culture sample collection … WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care. … Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene.

149. Observational Audits (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/observational-audits.pdf
     March 01, 2021 - Audits should focus on one aspect of infection prevention at a time, for example, hand hygiene, personal … • Look for an evidence-based audit tool, such as the UNC SPICE hand hygiene tooli. … She goes to open the door prior to performing hand hygiene and the auditor has to prompt her. … For example, recreation staff members may conduct observational hand hygiene audits for environmental … March 2021 www.ahrq.gov http://www.ahrq.gov/ https://spice.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hand-Hygiene-Competency-SPICE

150. Remember C.A.U.T.I. to Prevent CAUTI (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/infographic.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - Use hand hygiene, and insert using aseptic technique. … Use routine hygiene. Do not clean the periurethral area with antiseptics.

151. 017-Ss-Importance-Ssi-Mrsa-Prevention-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/017-ss-importance-ssi-mrsa-prevention-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - the phases: · Office/home: Decolonization, CHG bathing · Preoperative: Decolonization, CHG bathing, hand … hygiene, hair removal, antimicrobial prophylaxis, contact precautions (if appropriate) · Surgery: Hand … precautions (if appropriate), ongoing CHG/decolonization, as appropriate, glycemic control, incision care, hand … This includes topics such as hand hygiene in the preoperative areas and post-anesthesia care units, surgical … Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, hands, and medical devices are especially important to prevent MRSA

152. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4j_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - (the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10 Recommended Practice: Site Selection • Select …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures. … Hygiene. … http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingHandHygiene.aspx • Guideline for Hand Hygiene

153. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4x_combo_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - (the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10 Recommended Practice: Site Selection • Select …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures. … Hygiene. … http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingHandHygiene.aspx • Guideline for Hand Hygiene

154. Training Module 3 Quiz | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/precautions/ppe-quiz.html
     March 01, 2017 - Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce contamination of health care personnel hands and clothes … Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before and after using PPE.

155. Training Module 3 Quiz Answer Key | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/precautions/ppe-quiz-key.html
     March 01, 2017 - Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce contamination of health care personnel hands and clothes … Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before and after using PPE.

156. Appendix 6: Central Line Maintenance Audit Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-6.html
     March 01, 2018 - Was proper hand hygiene used by all personnel involved in line care for this patient (i.e., hand washing … with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizer)?

157. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/035-importance-mrsa-prevention-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - For over 150 years, hand hygiene has been a fundamental and vitally important infection prevention practice … Several studies demonstrate that improving hand hygiene practices can lead to a reduction of HAIs and … Despite these findings, estimates of hand hygiene adherence rates range from 81 percent to as low as … Many tools exist for monitoring and improving hand hygiene adherence, but many inpatient units still … These practices include, but are not limited to, hand hygiene, the proper use of personal protective

158. Why Choose a CUSP Approach? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp-approach.html
     October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention … CUSP promotes a culture of safety, understanding that behavioral change goes hand-in-hand with technical

159. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Standard Precautions: Hand Hygiene This online course teaches health care workers about hand hygiene.

160. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=11
     January 01, 2022 - Standard Precautions: Hand Hygiene This online course teaches health care workers about hand hygiene.