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  1. 065-Ssi-Prevention-Periop-Roadmap-Checklist (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/065-ssi-prevention-periop-roadmap-checklist.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical site infections (SSIs) within their own area, as well as hand … Hygiene maintained throughout pre-op setting Yes No Antimicrobial Prophylaxis (started in pre-op … Precautions (per hospital policy) Yes No SURGERY (in the operating room) Questions Answers Hand … hygiene prior to and throughout procedure Yes No Appropriate antimicrobial prophylaxis for procedure … Hygiene maintained throughout immediate post-op setting Yes No COMMENTS OR ISSUES (for process improvement

  2. Safety of patients isolated for infection control. | PSNet

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    January 15, 2020 - June 8, 2016 Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring … July 15, 2014 Patient-as-observer approach: an alternative method for hand hygiene auditing … April 30, 2014 Relationship between systems-level factors and hand hygiene adherence.

  3. Relationship between patient safety climate and standard precaution adherence: a systematic review of the literature. | PSNet

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    February 13, 2019 - April 21, 2011 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to … understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene. … February 23, 2018 Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: a systematic

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47044/psn-pdf
    April 18, 2018 - outline the potential of this technology in clinical care and review early efforts employed to enhance hand … hygiene. … workarounds-barcode-medication-administration-systems-their-occurrences-causes-and-threats https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-icu-systematic-review

  5. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/034-importance-mrsa-prevention-slides.pptx
    October 01, 2024 - colonization by MDROs, including MRSA.10-15 Hand hygiene compliance rates vary widely, ranging from 5 … hygiene. … Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. … Evidence of hand hygiene to reduce transmission and infections by multi-drug resistant organisms in health-care

  6. Cleaning and Disinfection of the Dialysis Station Procedural Checklist 4 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/procchecklist4-cleaning-disinfect.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - dialyzer, bloodlines, etc. in a manner that prevents contamination of other surfaces; remove gloves ☐ Hand … hygiene ☐ Don clean gloves; obtain EPA-registered disinfectant; use tuberculocidal disinfectant … are used, clean off visible blood and dirt and disinfect ☐ Discard cloth/wipe; remove gloves ☐ Hand … hygiene Note: Allow disinfectant contact time per manufacturer’s recommendations for all checklist

  7. Patient safety climate: variation in perceptions by infection preventionists and quality directors. | PSNet

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    January 09, 2011 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Relationship between systems-level factors and hand … hygiene adherence. … hygiene guidelines. … 2014 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles to improve hand … hygiene.

  8. Clinical and economic outcomes attributable to health care–associated sepsis and pneumonia. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-and-economic-outcomes-attributable-health-care-associated-sepsis-and-pneumonia
    December 09, 2015 - June 3, 2020 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene … August 2, 2015 Automated and electronically assisted hand hygiene monitoring systems: … February 16, 2022 Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer … dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room.

  9. Germs and Hygiene | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  10. Economic evaluations of interventions to prevent and control health-care-associated infections: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-evaluations-interventions-prevent-and-control-health-care-associated-infections
    May 18, 2022 - infections, including screening high-risk individuals, universal decolonization in intensive care units, hand … hygiene , environmental cleaning , and surveillance. … January 25, 2017 Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from … the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019.

  11. Fighting MRSA infections in hospital care: how organizational factors matter. | PSNet

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    July 10, 2008 - The investigators concluded that hand hygiene , intensive general cleaning efforts, infection control … qualitative study of senior hospital managers' views on current and innovative strategies to improve hand … hygiene. … 2014 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles to improve hand … hygiene.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33774/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Our first global challenge was around improving infection rates and working on hand hygiene. … The first one was on infection prevention and control and really working on hand hygiene. … So that was where we challenged ministers to really improve hand hygiene in their countries. … Or "I wonder if you have copies of Didier Pittet's guides to hand hygiene?" … https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/infection-prevention-control/hand-hygiene http:

  13. Not sick enough to worry? "Influenza-like" symptoms and work-related behavior among healthcare workers and other professionals: results of a global survey. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/not-sick-enough-worry-influenza-symptoms-and-work-related-behavior-among-healthcare-workers
    August 03, 2022 - Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Implementation of hand … hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global … August 3, 2022 WHO research agenda on the role of the institutional safety climate for hand … hygiene improvement: a Delphi consensus-building study.

  14. Why even good physicians do not wash their hands. | PSNet

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    September 21, 2022 - Commentary Why even good physicians do not wash their hands. … Why even good physicians do not wash their hands. … Insufficient hand hygiene compliance is a universal problem in health care settings. … hygiene. … Why even good physicians do not wash their hands.

  15. Determining a patient's comfort in inquiring about healthcare providers' hand-washing behavior. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/determining-patients-comfort-inquiring-about-healthcare-providers-hand-washing-behavior
    September 03, 2011 - Study Determining a patient's comfort in inquiring about healthcare providers' hand-washing … Determining a patient's comfort in inquiring about healthcare providers' hand-washing behavior. … assertive patients in this study were often uncomfortable asking health care providers to wash their hands … hygiene guidelines. … February 6, 2014 Parent willingness to remind health care workers to perform hand hygiene

  16. Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/universal-surveillance-methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus-3-affiliated-hospitals
    December 23, 2008 - theoretical framework for behavior change to hospital workers' real-time explanations for noncompliance with hand … hygiene guidelines. … 2013 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles to improve hand … hygiene. … March 6, 2013 Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health

  17. Encouraging employees to speak up to prevent infections: opportunities to leverage quality improvement and care management processes. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/encouraging-employees-speak-prevent-infections-opportunities-leverage-quality-improvement-and
    January 23, 2017 - qualitative study of senior hospital managers' views on current and innovative strategies to improve hand … hygiene. … hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities. … 2014 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles to improve hand … hygiene.

  18. Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/public-reporting-health-care-associated-surveillance-data-recommendations-healthcare
    May 25, 2011 - December 18, 2014 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene. … December 12, 2014 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene. … March 5, 2014 The World Health Organization '5 moments of hand hygiene': the scientific

  19. The effect of contact precautions on frequency of hospital adverse events. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-contact-precautions-frequency-hospital-adverse-events
    September 30, 2015 - October 31, 2014 Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand … hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities. … October 4, 2013 Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in … 22, 2009 An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand … hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46679/psn-pdf
    December 22, 2018 - At discharge, parents were surveyed about medications and hand hygiene. … /issue/parent-reported-errors-and-adverse-events-hospitalized-children https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions
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