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281. Facilitator Guide: Deep-Rooting Your Data (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - SAY: On the other hand, process measures data show how you are doing with the various activities that … Process measures identify process compliance, such as hand hygiene.

282. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Say: On the other hand, process measures data show how you are doing with the various activities that … Process measures identify process compliance, such as hand hygiene.

283. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - CAUTIs develop from a patient’s colonic or perineal flora, generally because of bacteria on the hands … maintenance bundle: Maintain unobstructed urine flow Maintain a continually closed system Perform hand … hygiene and use standard precautions before touching the catheter  Empty urine drainage bag regularly

284. Vascular Access Device (VAD) Policy, Adult (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2008 - Good hand hygiene with hospital-approved soap and water or waterless alcohol-based cleanser is required … Good hand hygiene with hospital-approved soap and water or waterless alcohol-based cleanser is required … A surgical hand scrub is required before insertion of tunneled catheters, implanted ports, and permanent … Hand hygiene IFC001 http://www.insidehopkinsmedicine.org/hpo/policies/39/122/policy_122.pdf 4. … 4391CF82C3E4108AAB4A34A4887B708AA4CBCF8DF220BFDD5BF388D48951A2867CA5838DF2A4E1F699C840CBE623CCFD51A3427B8E9D85B256CD8911835AC1&name=Hand

285. Sustaining Zero CLABSIs (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - In looking at reducing CLABSI using our data, things that went well were the hand hygiene. … shocked when we saw when we first started out that 44 percent were following the recommendations for hand … hygiene. … want the parents in there, the grandparents want to come, so you need to teach several groups about hand … washing and hand washing when they leave the unit, taking off gowns, taking off things that could get

286. The Potential of Hand-held Assistive Technology to Improve Safety for Elder Adults Aging in Place (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2008 - The Potential of Hand-held Assistive Technology to Improve Safety for Elder Adults Aging in Place The … Potential of Hand-held Assistive Technology to Improve Safety for Elder Adults Aging in Place Shirley … In addition, potential usability barriers (e.g., shaky hands or impaired vision, making it difficult … The use of landscape mode also allows the older adult to hold the device in both hands while manipulating … PocketBuddy, one of our clinical team members assessed the status of the home, investigated cleanliness, hygiene

287. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 1-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
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     September 01, 2015 - CAUTIs develop from a patient’s colonic or perineal flora, generally because of bacteria on the hands … maintenance bundle: · Maintain unobstructed urine flow · Maintain a continually closed system · Perform hand … hygiene and use standard precautions before touching the catheter · Empty urine drainage bag regularly

288. Appendix F. Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Engaging the patient as observer to promote hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care. … Yes Yes Moderate Case study of having patients serve an auditing function for hand … hygiene compliance. … Engaging the patient as observer to promote hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care (Bittle, Jt Comm … Patient as an observer was successful at improving hand hygiene.

289. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - CAUTIs develop from a patient’s colonic or perineal flora, generally because of bacteria on the hands … maintenance bundle: Maintain unobstructed urine flow Maintain a continually closed system Perform hand … hygiene and use standard precautions before touching the catheter Empty urine drainage bag regularly … Remember, it’s important to do this aseptically by using good hand hygiene practices and avoiding contamination … The nurse should hand the urinary catheter bag to the transporter so he can attach it to the side of

290. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Interventions to eliminate CLABSI include-- • Appropriate use of hand hygiene • Chlorhexidine skin … on the audit form address line placement and maintenance, including the need for the central line, hand … hygiene, site of line placement, dressing and tubing changes, and use of chlorhexidine for skin preparation

291. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - Determinants of hand hygiene compliance among nurses in U.S. hospitals: A formative research study.

292. Final Progress Report: Development and Validation of a Tool to Evaluate Handoff Quality (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - prevention of handover errors one of its top five patient safety solutions, which makes it as important as hand … hygiene on the list of targets to improve patient safety. … This tool is informed from other evaluative instruments, such as the Mini-CEX, as well as from hand-off … Horwitz began piloting the Hand-off CEX amongst internal medicine residents at Yale. … Hospitalist hand-offs: A systematic review and task force recommendations.

293. Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/training.html The Centers for Disease … Control and Prevention’s Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings provides healthcare workers and patients … Other resources include the latest technological advances in measuring hand hygiene adherence, frequently … Toolkit Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety Guide to Safety Huddles Hand … Hygiene in Healthcare Settings I-PASS Handoff Bundle Improvement Capability Self-Assessment Tool Improving

294. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - Determinants of hand hygiene compliance among nurses in U.S. hospitals: A formative research study.

295. The Integration of Hospitalists into U.S. Academic Medical Centers
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     March 07, 2014 - Non-physician team members PAs, NPs, nursing, clerical assistants Patients Infection prevention (hand … hygiene, device use) Indication, duration HOSPITALISTS 31 Growth of Hospital Medicine AHA Survey … Barrier: real-world issues Large / multiple groups make communication difficult Poor continuity / hand-offs

296. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - team members: PAs, NPs, nursing, clerical assistants Patients: Infection prevention (hand … hygiene, device use) Indication, duration HOSPITALISTS Slide 32 Growth of Hospital Medicine … Barrier: real-world issues: Large / multiple groups make communication difficult Poor continuity / hand-offs

297. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - The infection control interventions included a national hand hygiene campaign starting in 2007, monthly … Interventions for environmental cleaning and hand hygiene as well as MRSA admission screening were in

298. Sustaining Zero CLABSIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - reviewed compliance on a quarterly basis with technical work toward reducing CLABSI, tracking data on hand … hygiene, proper use of chlorhexidine, and full patient barriers.

299. Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - effective cleaning and disinfection of healthcare facility surfaces/equipment, and the importance of good hand … hygiene. … In such locations, the organism spreads from one individual to another, generally on the hands of caregivers … hygiene, which are considered standard practices for adequate MRSA control. … An educational program on the importance of hand hygiene was given annually for all nursing units.

300. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Then, proper insertion includes the health care worker (1) performing hand hygiene before contact with … Proper maintenance of the PVC includes hand hygiene and scrubbing the hub with alcohol for 15 AHRQ … Components of the insertion procedure include practicing hand hygiene, wearing a cap, mask, gown, and … Proper insertion includes (1) performing hand hygiene before and after placement, (2) maintaining aseptic … Consensus based clinical guideline for oral hygiene in the critically ill.