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1021. 027-Evaluating-Cleaning-Data-Collection (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Step 2: Perform hand hygiene before entering the patient room.

1022. Speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and residents. | PSNet
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      November 20, 2015 - as likely to speak up about this compared to a traditional patient safety threat such as inadequate hand … hygiene.

1023. In Conversation with...David Marx, JD | PSNet
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      October 01, 2007 - For example, when hand hygiene compliance rates are just 60%, how do we get people to be compliant? … It might be doing a task by memory, not confirming two patient identifiers, or not doing hand hygiene … Let's go back to hand hygiene. … Hand hygiene noncompliance is accepted because the culture has accepted it. … One of those scenarios is hand hygiene noncompliance.

1024. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 21, 2017 - as likely to speak up about this compared to a traditional patient safety threat such as inadequate hand … hygiene.

1025. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 30, 2014 - patient-engagement-and-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

1026. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47401/psn-pdf
      January 01, 2019 - comparing-patient-reported-hospital-adverse-events-medical-record-review-do-patients-know https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

1027. 157-What-Are-4-Es (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Hand hygiene is currently tracked via a single question on a quarterly questionnaire for unit leaders … Observations suggest that actual hand hygiene compliance is far below what is reported. … In the short term, the team focus on implementing a program to monitor hand hygiene and standardizing … This can be done with demonstrations, videos, or hands-on training. … · The team schedules their first hands-on training session for the end of the month.

1028. Silence Kills: The Seven Crucial Conversations for Healthcare. | PSNet
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      July 09, 2012 - a formative assessment of a video empowering patients to ask their health care providers to perform hand … hygiene. … Physicians Nurses Nurse Managers Critical Care Nursing Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

1029. Patient safety in after-hours telephone medicine. | PSNet
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      November 12, 2014 - October 19, 2022 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene. … Care Family Medicine Primary Care General Internal Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

1030. Patient Notification Toolkit. | PSNet
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      September 07, 2016 - May 20, 2015 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

1031. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 2-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
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      September 01, 2015 - 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

1032. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33775/psn-pdf
      December 01, 2014 - different projects based on local needs and interests, all of the groups worked to implement a series of hand … hygiene interventions.(11) Third, facilitate spread of the patient safety efforts, allowing partnership … A Guide to the Implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy.

1033. Environmental Cleaning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2025 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

1034. Appendix E. Study Parameters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Patient factors considered include: (1) staff hygiene/cleanliness (e.g., colonized with MRSA); (2) institutional … processes and policies; (3) skin preparation techniques (e.g., hand washing, skin cleansing, draping

1035. Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

1036. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
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      August 05, 2024 - after reviewing the available body of evidence.1 Many PSPs were proposed to prevent NV-HAP including hand … hygiene, oral care, early dysphagia management, and mobilization as a single intervention or in a … is assessed and included in the CMS Hospital-Specific Report.14 PSPs to prevent NV-HAP include hand … ventilators: • Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis • Infection transmission prevention measures (e.g., hand … hygiene, active surveillance testing, masking protocols for patients/healthcare personnel, adequate

1037. CLABSI Event Reporting Tool (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - For example, if it is a colonic organism, you may want to look at patient hygiene, management of diarrhea … If tracked, what are hand hygiene compliance rates in each unit where this patient received care for … aspects of care but also in more latent, upstream areas such as staffing, competency evaluation, patient hygiene … , environmental hygiene, diarrhea management, etc. … Interventional patient hygiene model: Infection control and nursing share responsibility for patient

1038. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2025 - The evidence- based infection prevention strategies covered in this toolkit include hand hygiene, contact … This section includes pages for Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting, Perioperative Infection Prevention … help guide providers as they provide care to prevent MRSA and SSIs within their own area, as well as hand … The gap analysis will also help you to determine what resources you already have at hand and what will … For example, do you see gaps in your hand hygiene practices or an opportunity to enhance environmental

1039. The Use of Modest Incentives to Boost Adoption of Safety Practices and Systems (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Meyer_41.pdf
      March 03, 2008 - and department/division-specific quality and safety targets ranging from note completion times to hand … hygiene practices. … hygiene). … Hand hygiene compliance, before and Hand hygiene after contact with patient or patient’s environment … Achieving U.S. health information technology adoption: The need for a third hand.

1040. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43251/psn-pdf
      June 11, 2014 - speak up regarding medication safety, but they were not as comfortable voicing concerns related to hygiene