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281. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45641/psn-pdf
     October 11, 2017 - center examined its peer's prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), hand … hygiene compliance, and overall safety culture as an organization. … improving-health-care-quality-and-patient-safety-through-peer-peer-assessment-demonstration https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/high-reliability https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-hand-hygiene-eight-hospitals-united-states-targeting-specific-causes-noncompliance

282. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
     September 26, 2019 - Organism- independent PSPs (such as general hand hygiene and environmental cleaning practices) are covered … DalBen et al., 201620 • Contact precautions • Hand hygiene • Compliance monitoring of hand hygiene … Poor compliance with infection control measures such as contact precautions and hand hygiene led to … Mathematical modeling of the interventions suggested that, assuming 60-80% hand hygiene compliance … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

283. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/partnering-patients-family.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - Suggested Strategies • Educate patients and families regarding the importance of hand hygiene, taking … care to emphasize the need for hand hygiene anytime a surface has been touched. … Tell them that if they do not see providers clean their hands after touching a surface, they should … help to show germs on hands) for patients and families to practice hand hygiene, allowing them to … see directly the effectiveness of their hand hygiene techniques.

284. Slide 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/zero_clabsis-slides/Sustaining-Zero-CLABSIs-May-8-2012-508.ppt
     January 01, 2012 - 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. * Challenge #2: Reducing CLABSI … 0.8 Qtr 2 1.2 1.2 Qtr 3 1.4 1.2 Qtr 4 1.1 0.7 Qtr 1 2012 0.9 0.6 Chart1 Hand … hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Chlorhexidine Chlorhexidine … hygiene Chlorhexidine Full Pt barrier Q3 2010 n=98 44% 86% 82% Q4 2010 n=91 78% 93% 87% Q1 2011

285. Intramuscular Injections – Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Complete Hand Hygiene. Before giving a vaccine, complete proper hand hygiene. … If you are wearing gloves, change them and perform hand hygiene between each vaccination. … Keep your hands clean from vaccine preparation through administration and disposal. … Perform hand hygiene.

286. 004-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - The CUSP team found that EVS was short staffed and hand hygiene adherence in the unit was low for the … EVS being short staffed and hand hygiene adherence being low for the past 90 days was a major reason … High impact, high effort interventions were needed to address the low hand hygiene adherence. … disseminate hand hygiene data monthly and hold individuals accountable for their hand hygiene performance … “secret shopper” or unknown observers to collect hand hygiene adherence data.

287. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39004/psn-pdf
     April 04, 2011 - The authors highlight hand hygiene non- compliance as an example of a behavior that should be managed … penalties (mostly involving suspension of clinical privileges) for repeated failures to comply with hand … hygiene and other established safe practices. … patient-safety-and-just-culture-primer-health-care-executives https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-failure-versus-personal-accountability-case-clean-hands … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/save-lives-clean-your-hands

288. Making Healthcare Safer III Patient Safety Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/practices.html
     April 01, 2020 - Monitoring Systems Clostridioides difficile Infection ( PDF , 3.6 MB) Antimicrobial Stewardship Hand … Hygiene Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination Surveillance Testing Multicomponent Prevention … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms ( PDF , 5 MB) Chlorhexidine Bathing Hand … Hygiene Active Surveillance Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Minimize Use of Devices

289. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/environment-equipment.pptx
     March 01, 2017 - Education Hand hygiene Gloves Clean rooms Disinfected surfaces Proper medical device care and maintenance … Good hand hygiene, proper glove use, cleaning residents’ rooms, disinfecting surfaces and equipment and … are superior to antimicrobial soaps and should be used to maintain proper hand hygiene. … And remember that there are four main opportunities for hand hygiene: Before initial contact with the … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

290. System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-failure-versus-personal-accountability-case-clean-hands
     February 16, 2011 - Commentary System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands … System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands. … The author argues that a systems approach  to hand hygiene is only useful if providers reliably practice … good hygiene. … System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands.

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

292. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

293. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Unit-Level) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/122-unit-level-gap-analysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Does this unit participate in a hand hygiene monitoring and feedback program? … Who does the monitoring for the hand hygiene monitoring and feedback program? Check all that apply. … How often is feedback about hand hygiene adherence provided to the unit? …  Hand hygiene  Aseptic technique  Maximal sterile barrier precautions (e.g., full body drape … hygiene monitoring system: Off Quarterly_7: Off Hand hygiene: Off Aseptic technique: Off Maximal

294. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33798/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2015 - For example, failing to perform hand hygiene demonstrably leads to health care–associated infections … , yet clinicians frequently do not wash their hands, especially when they think nobody is looking. … hygiene, fall risk assessments, and preoperative timeouts. … patient-safety-and-just-culture-primer-health-care-executives https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-hand-hygiene-eight-hospitals-united-states-targeting-specific-causes-noncompliance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using-electronic

295. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=8
     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

296. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/carbapenem-resistant-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Organism- independent PSPs (such as general hand hygiene and environmental cleaning practices) are covered … DalBen et al., 201620 • Contact precautions • Hand hygiene • Compliance monitoring of hand hygiene … Poor compliance with infection control measures such as contact precautions and hand hygiene led to … Mathematical modeling of the interventions suggested that, assuming 60-80% hand hygiene compliance … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

297. CVC Insertion Risk Factors: (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap7.doc
     June 02, 2025 - location/room number(s) 2 Did all personnel involved in line care for this patient use proper hand … hygiene? … [ ] Yes [ ] No If no, explain: 15 What is hand hygiene compliance like for all units the patient

298. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap3.ppt
     January 01, 2003 - hygiene. … Hand Hygiene Wash hands with soap and water or use a waterless hand sanitizer — Before and after invasive … Hygiene Works! … Hygiene Steps Coat all surfaces of your hands thoroughly with waterless hand sanitizer, including palms … Hand Washing Steps Wet hands. Obtain soap. Lather for 10 to 15 seconds. Rinse hands.

299. Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guide-infection-prevention-outpatient-settings-minimum-expectations-safe-care
     June 11, 2014 - November 16, 2011 View More Related Resources Hand Hygiene in Healthcare … May 20, 2015 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

300. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42083/psn-pdf
     March 13, 2013 - interventions to reduce falls and pressure ulcers, and interventions to decrease medication errors and improve hand … hygiene—are all considered to have strong evidence of effectiveness, minimal potential for adverse … /primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-hospital-wide-hand-hygiene-initiative-healthcare-associated-infections-results