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  1. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - • Perform hand hygiene with soap and water (alcohol does not kill C. difficile spores). … • Use appropriate hand hygiene before and after all resident contacts (soap and water, or waterless … • Use appropriate hand hygiene before and after all resident contacts (soap and water, or waterless

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41335/psn-pdf
    April 25, 2012 - Ask me if I cleaned my hands. April 25, 2012 Gordon SC. A piece of my mind. … Ask me if I cleaned my hands. JAMA. 2012;307(15):1591-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.474. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands This commentary describes barriers, for both … patients and health care professionals, to reminding clinicians to wash their hands. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

  3. Health Care-Associated Infections | PSNet

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    October 04, 2017 - issue explores the anesthesiologist's role in infection prevention and the importance of emphasizing hand … hygiene and disinfection efforts in the perioperative environment.  … Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … hygiene.

  4. Effect of antiseptic handwashing vs alcohol sanitizer on health care-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-antiseptic-handwashing-vs-alcohol-sanitizer-health-care-associated-infections-neonatal
    July 30, 2014 - guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the use of alcohol-based hand … sanitizers rather than traditional hand washing. … The authors recommend adopting the CDC recommendations as a system-based method to improve hand hygiene … From the Same Author(s) Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene.

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41439/psn-pdf
    May 30, 2012 - Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers. … Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers. … if the first person entering a patient room performed safe hand hygiene practices, particularly the … attending physician, other team members were more likely to wash their hands as well. … issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands

  6. 133-Clabsi-Prevention-Central-Line-Insertion (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/133-clabsi-prevention-central-line-insertion.docx
    October 01, 2024 - Proper Hand Hygiene13-14 Providers must perform proper hand hygiene multiple times throughout the process … 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. … Bacterial contamination of the hands of hospital staff during routine patient care.

  7. The ethics of empowering patients as partners in healthcare-associated infection prevention. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethics-empowering-patients-partners-healthcare-associated-infection-prevention
    January 04, 2019 - Engaging patients in health care–acquired infection (HAI) prevention, such as asking providers about hand … hygiene compliance, has shown promise. … September 3, 2014 Parent willingness to remind health care workers to perform hand hygiene … August 14, 2013 Determining a patient's comfort in inquiring about healthcare providers' hand-washing

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38991/psn-pdf
    September 30, 2009 - Why don't doctors wash their hands more? September 30, 2009 Chen PW. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-dont-doctors-wash-their-hands-more The author uses personal experience … The column highlights the Joint Commission effort to improve hand hygiene compliance in the health care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-dont-doctors-wash-their-hands-more https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare

  9. Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2018 - hygiene compliance (Figure). … A transmission event is direct or indirect contact, including transient carriage (e.g., hands of a health … Opportunities to interrupt transmission from a colonized or infected host include hand hygiene, other … hygiene compliance. … hygiene through strategic placement of alcohol hand-rub dispensers in highly visible locations.

  10. PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed.pptx
    June 02, 2025 - Understaffing 9 Lack of Resources: Strategies to Minimize Adequate supplies: over-the-bed tables hand … Adequate facilities for hand hygiene 10 Components of Aseptic Insertion Set up a sterile field … Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion. Use sterile gloves, drapes, sponges.

  11. Structural Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/structuralasst-tool.html
    January 01, 2017 - ___ ___ ___ ___ In your ICU, how often do health care providers perform hand hygiene … ___ ___ Perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory equipment?

  12. Patient Safety Tool Kit. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-tool-kit
    February 14, 2024 - March 18, 2020 Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from … the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019.

  13. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-i.docx
    June 02, 2025 - indwelling catheters only when medically necessary · Use aseptic insertion technique with appropriate hand … hygiene and gloves · Allow only trained health care providers to insert catheter · Properly secure catheters … prevent movement and urethral traction · Maintain a sterile closed drainage system · Maintain good hygiene

  14. Speaking up, being heard: registered nurses' perceptions of workplace communication. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/speaking-being-heard-registered-nurses-perceptions-workplace-communication
    June 12, 2019 - June 12, 2019 WHO research agenda on the role of the institutional safety climate for hand … hygiene improvement: a Delphi consensus-building study. … November 7, 2012 Patient empowerment and multimodal hand hygiene promotion: a win–win

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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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.

  16. Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-prevent.html
    May 01, 2017 - Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products Hand hygiene products are only effective if staff use

  17. Infection prevention and control in pediatric ambulatory settings. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-and-control-pediatric-ambulatory-settings
    April 11, 2011 - in pediatric ambulatory care, such as policy review and development, education for personnel, and hand … hygiene precautions. … December 18, 2014 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene.

  18. Tool: Structural Assessment (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/structuralasst-tool.docx
    January 01, 2017 - In your ICU, how often do health care providers perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory … Perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory equipment?

  19. Frequently Asked Questions About the Use of and Care for Leg Bags in the Long-Term Care Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/leg-bags-faqs.html
    July 01, 2017 - Prior to handling the leg bag, health care personnel should first perform hand hygiene and then put on … Perform hand hygiene again. … a policy and procedure that follow the manufacturer instructions for use including: Performing hand … hygiene and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) Step-by-step instructions to adhere to aseptic … Nozzle : Use appropriate hand hygiene and don gloves.

  20. Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-operating-room-anesthesia-work-area
    March 02, 2014 - January 4, 2019 Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer … dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room. … July 2, 2014 An evaluation of hand hygiene in an intensive care unit: are visitors a
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