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341. Challenging the world: patient safety and health care-associated infection. | PSNet
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     October 21, 2010 - September 30, 2015 WHO research agenda on the role of the institutional safety climate for hand … hygiene improvement: a Delphi consensus-building study. … commentary in epidemiological studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand … hygiene in patient care.

342. Monthly Team Checkup Tool for MRSA Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/118-monthly-team-checkup-tool.pdf
     October 01, 2024 - In the past month, what was the percentage of hand hygiene adherence among healthcare personnel on the … (Estimate based on your standard assessment of hand hygiene. … assessment of cleaning procedures: ): Off Question 7: In the past month, what was the percentage of hand … hygiene adherence among healthcare personnel on the unit? … (Estimate based on your standard assessment of hand hygiene: ): Off Question 8: In the past month

343. 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

344. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/key-strategies.html
     April 01, 2025 - Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Decolonization Resources Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Hand … Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Contact Precautions Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Perioperative … Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Contact Precautions Operating Room Traffic Perioperative Infection

345. Improving doctor–patient communication in a digital world. | PSNet
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     March 02, 2022 - October 26, 2022 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to … understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene.

346. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/legbags-faqs.docx
     March 01, 2017 - Prior to handling the leg bag, health care personnel should first perform hand hygiene and then put on … Perform hand hygiene again. … develop 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.

347. Patients' and health care professionals' attitudes towards the PINK patient safety video. | PSNet
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     December 16, 2013 - patient-oriented educational video may promote patient involvement in safety-related behaviors, such as hand … hygiene . … February 18, 2011 Patient empowerment and multimodal hand hygiene promotion: a win–win

348. Team Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - More than 80 percent of units consistently used the following CLABSI reduction steps over time: hand … hygiene, chlorhexidine skin preparation, full-barrier precautions during line insertion, avoidance of … More than 80 percent of units consistently used hand hygiene, chlorhexidine skin preparation, full-barrier

349. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - (the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).7 Recommended Practice: Site Selection • Select …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures. … Hygiene. … Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.

350. An investigation of the relationship between safety climate and medication errors as well as other nurse and patient outcomes. | PSNet
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     June 26, 2019 - 2019 The impact of time at work and time off from work on rule compliance: the case of hand … hygiene in health care. … May 28, 2015 It's not all about me: motivating hand hygiene among health care professionals

351. Reclaiming the systems approach to paediatric safety. | PSNet
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     April 03, 2019 - Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … hygiene. … June 8, 2016 Role of parents in the promotion of hand hygiene in the paediatric setting

352. Engaging patients as safety partners: some considerations for ensuring a culturally and linguistically appropriate approach. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patients-safety-partners-some-considerations-ensuring-culturally-and-linguistically
     February 12, 2020 - the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand … hygiene. … March 23, 2011 Patient empowerment and multimodal hand hygiene promotion: a win–win strategy

353. Bringing change-of-shift report to the bedside: a patient- and family-centered approach. | PSNet
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     August 18, 2021 - December 22, 2008 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach … to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene.

354. Patient as a Team Member in Clinical Care | PSNet
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     March 15, 2025 - Efforts to address poor provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention … Study Engaging the patient as observer to promote hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory … Efforts to address poor provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention … This pilot study adopted a tool to engage patients in auditing provider hand hygiene rates in the ambulatory … Patient observations correlated well to independent direct observations of hand hygiene rates, suggesting

355. 077-Contact-Precautions-One-Pager (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/077-contact-precautions-one-pager.docx
     April 01, 2025 - confirmed infection status.”1 The key elements of standard precautions include—2-5 Performing proper hand … hygiene whenever hands are soiled; before eating; after using the bathroom; before/after contact with … There are six key components to the use of contact isolation precautions: Patient placement Hand hygiene

356. 121-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-One-Pager (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - bacteria and minimize adverse effects (nephrotoxicity, resistance) Evidence-Based Infection Prevention · Hand … hygiene,11 surgical scrub,12 skin prep for surgery,8,9 hair removal,13 glycemic control,14 normothermia … Evidence of Hand Hygiene to Reduce Transmission and Infections by Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Health-care … The effects of surgical hand scrubbing protocols on skin integrity and surgical site infection rates:

357. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section4.html
     October 01, 2015 - Then, proper insertion includes the health care worker (1) performing hand hygiene before contact with … Proper maintenance of the PVC includes hand hygiene and scrubbing the hub with alcohol for 15 seconds … Components of the insertion procedure include practicing hand hygiene, wearing a cap, mask, gown, and … Proper insertion includes (1) performing hand hygiene before and after placement, (2) maintaining aseptic

358. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance
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     April 01, 2022 - hygiene Maximum barrier precautions Proper skin antisepsis Cover with sterile dressing Access port … ICUs: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI CVC Maintenance ׀ 11 Standardize CVC Tubing Care4-7,12 Perform hand … hygiene Reduce the number of times the CVC line is opened Change all tubing and any add-ons at the same … Standardize processes for accessing the CVC, dressing changes, CHG bathing and tubing changes Perform hand … hygiene “Scrub the hub” every time you access a central line If rates are elevated, assess care and

359. Support strategies for health care professionals who are second victims. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/support-strategies-health-care-professionals-who-are-second-victims
     December 22, 2021 - January 12, 2022 Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from … the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019.

360. Mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers as the new standard of care: a matter of patient safety and nonmaleficent practice. | PSNet
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     September 13, 2023 - January 9, 2024 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene … September 10, 2013 The World Health Organization '5 moments of hand hygiene': the scientific