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301. 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.

302. 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

303. 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.

304. 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

305. 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

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

307. 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.

308. Structural Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - ___ ___ ___ ___ In your ICU, how often do health care providers perform hand hygiene … ___ ___ Perform hand hygiene before contact with respiratory equipment?

309. 133-Clabsi-Prevention-Central-Line-Insertion (doc file)
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     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.

310. 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.

311. Patient Safety Tool Kit. | PSNet
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     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.

312. 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.

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

314. 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

315. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2008 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/selling-soap This article discusses physician noncompliance with hand hygiene … interventions, including a screensaver showing germs captured in a Petri dish off a physician's "clean" hands

316. 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?

317. 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.

318. A framework for patient safety: a defense nuclear industry-based high-reliability model. | PSNet
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     June 14, 2017 - June 14, 2017 An evaluation of hand hygiene in an intensive care unit: are visitors a … April 21, 2015 Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser … on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room.

319. Double gloves: a randomized trial to evaluate a simple strategy to reduce contamination in the operating room. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/double-gloves-randomized-trial-evaluate-simple-strategy-reduce-contamination-operating-room
     November 09, 2015 - Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) An evaluation of hand … hygiene in an intensive care unit: are visitors a potential vector for pathogens? … June 14, 2017 Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser … on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room.

320. Confirming delivery: understanding the role of the hospitalized patient in medication administration safety. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/confirming-delivery-understanding-role-hospitalized-patient-medication-administration-safety
     March 02, 2016 - theoretical framework for behavior change to hospital workers' real-time explanations for noncompliance with hand … hygiene guidelines. … February 6, 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