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1041. Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module-1-slides.pptx
      September 01, 2015 - for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Etiology of CAUTI Patient’s colonic or perineal flora Bacteria on hands … observation Maintenance bundle Maintain unobstructed urine flow Maintain a continually closed system Perform hand … hygiene and use standard precautions Empty urine drainage bag regularly and always before transport

1042. Gap Analysis for MRSA and SSI Prevention (Surgical Services) (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2025 - The next few questions are about hand … hygiene prior to surgical procedure. 22. … Is there a protocol to ensure proper surgical hand scrub for staff before the surgical procedure? … skin preparation, required training  Application of skin preparation, optional training  Surgical hand … scrub, required training  Surgical hand scrub, optional training  Surgical attire, required training

1043. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 27, 2024 - cybersecurity who understands both security and clinical work and can oversee cyber-awareness programs, cyber-hygiene … be modeled on successful past patient safety interventions, such as the WHO’s “My Five Moments for Hand … Hygiene” guidelines and “Surgical Safety Checklist.”

1044. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2009 - RW: On one hand, there is tremendous pressure to fix the problems of medical errors and poor quality; … on the other hand, there are often major gaps in what we really understand about how to make them better … The other is routine safety processes, such as hand hygiene, communication, and medication reconciliation … On the other hand, I do not view IT in health care as a panacea.

1045. In Conversation with…Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - For instance, a study of an intervention to improve compliance with hand washing provided annual compliance … data for several years before and after implementation of the hand hygiene campaign. … report surrogate outcomes (e.g., error rates, changes in safety culture) or process measures, such as hand-washing … For instance, interventions to reduce work hours of physician trainees might result in more frequent hand-offs … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

1046. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 25, 2024 - bed, daily sedation vacation and assessment of readiness to extubate, secretion drainage, and oral hygiene … Zero harm and safety culture go hand-in-hand, an uncompromising commitment to safety as a core value

1047. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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1048. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2017 - blameworthy acts, either patterns of errors or patterns of behavior, such as the serial violators of hand … hygiene protocols. … The goal was to try to solve some of these intractable quality and safety problems—hand hygiene noncompliance … opportunities to improve and bringing resources to bear on the smallest problems before they get out of hand

1049. In Conversation With… Jeffrey Starke, MD | PSNet
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      September 11, 2023 - The most important thing is good hand hygiene. … But we first got hand hygiene put in there, and it worked so well that we did it for influenza vaccine … Some who read or listen to this will say this is more evidence that medicine is going to hell in a hand

1050. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
      August 26, 2011 - hygiene in general—will be used to select relevant studies. … All HAIs: Hand hygiene Surgical site infection: • appropriate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis … (CDC/HICPAC IA) • avoidance of femoral catheterization (2007 report) • decontaminate hands before … 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.

1051. Resource List - AHRQ Medical Office Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/medoffice-resourcelist.pdf
      April 01, 2023 - 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 … Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Health Information Exchange Projects Health Information Security and … Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings 9. HealthPartners Ambulatory Safety Toolkit 10.

1052. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - holistically, pace themselves, focus on what matters most, and maintain regular quality improvement "hygiene … Prior relationships with practices or "warm hand-offs" predicted recruitment success, with almost 1 in

1053. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - visitation in most cases and includes details about core principles of infection prevention such as hand … hygiene, masking, and physical distancing as needed.

1054. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
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      April 01, 2022 - Appropriateness ׀ 11 11 Keystone ICU Project: Site Selection11 Keystone Bundle Intervention: Performing hand … hygiene Using maximal sterile barrier precautions Cleaning skin with chlorhexidine before insertion

1055. Interpreting the Patient Safety Literature | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - For instance, a study of an intervention to improve compliance with hand washing provided annual compliance … data for several years before and after implementation of the hand hygiene campaign. … report surrogate outcomes (e.g., error rates, changes in safety culture) or process measures, such as hand-washing … For instance, interventions to reduce work hours of physician trainees might result in more frequent hand-offs … Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.

1056. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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      October 01, 2022 - indications Infection Control Interventions Monthly auditing of hospital cleaning (started 2006) National hand … hygiene campaign (started 2007) MRSA admission screening (universal screening from 2008 to 2011; targeted … 10 MRSA Reduction in the Hospital8 Interventions implemented: 2006: Environmental cleaning 2007: Hand … hygiene 2008: MRSA admission screening 2011: MRSA decolonization 50 percent reduction in hospital cases

1057. Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2020 - Interventions to eliminate CLABSI include— Appropriate use of hand hygiene. … 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

1058. Appendix G. References for Fault Tree Model Probability Estimates | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2018 - Identifier Description Input Value Reference Event115 Poor hygiene … Best guess Event116 Linen contaminated 0.05 Best guess Event136 Fail to wash hands … So = 0.125/4=0.003125 Event203 Fail to wash hand (non-OR staff) 0.38 Sharir et al. 2001 … Malnourished pt 0.001 From Tony (very small proportion of malnourished pts in the US) Event53 Pt hands

1059. Febrile Neutropenia and an Almost Fatal Medication Error | PSNet
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      February 01, 2012 - are instructed to take certain precautions if they develop neutropenia, such as maintaining adequate hand … hygiene and avoiding sick contacts, raw or uncooked meat, fruits or vegetables, unpasteurized beverages … Hospitals Physicians Information Professionals Medical Oncology Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

1060. PCIP Evaluation Patient Survey (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2021 - Information Project (PCIP) Evaluation: Patient Survey New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene … The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is conducting a survey about patient … Please put your completed survey in the provided envelope and hand it back in.