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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp-approach.html
October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources
MRSA Surveillance
Environmental Cleaning
Contact Precautions
Hand … Hygiene Promotion
Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Prevention … CUSP promotes a culture of safety, understanding that behavioral change goes hand-in-hand with technical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/854855
January 01, 2024 - Situation Monitoring
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 … Engaging the patient as observer to promote hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care. … Efforts to address poor provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/017-ss-importance-ssi-mrsa-prevention-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - the phases:
· Office/home: Decolonization, CHG bathing
· Preoperative: Decolonization, CHG bathing, hand … hygiene, hair removal, antimicrobial prophylaxis, contact precautions (if appropriate)
· Surgery: Hand … precautions (if appropriate), ongoing CHG/decolonization, as appropriate, glycemic control, incision care, hand … This includes topics such as hand hygiene in the preoperative areas and post-anesthesia care units, surgical … Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, hands, and medical devices are especially important to prevent MRSA
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44023/psn-pdf
November 16, 2015 - influence-organizational-context-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety-efforts-infection
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using-electronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/codifying-knowledge-improve-patient-safety-qualitative-study-practice-based-interventions
January 29, 2014 - July 27, 2018
Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring … October 15, 2014
Patient-as-observer approach: an alternative method for hand hygiene
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-us
April 05, 2013 - December 9, 2015
Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated … October 31, 2014
Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand … hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4j_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - (the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10
Recommended Practice: Site Selection
• Select … Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. … Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.
Remove sutures. … Hygiene. … http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingHandHygiene.aspx
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4x_combo_pdi12-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - (the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10
Recommended Practice: Site Selection
• Select … Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. … Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.
Remove sutures. … Hygiene. … http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingHandHygiene.aspx
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/precautions/ppe-quiz-key.docx
March 01, 2017 - Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce contamination of health care personnel hands and clothes … Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before and after using PPE.
☒ True
☐ False
10.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/precautions/ppe-quiz.docx
March 01, 2017 - Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce contamination of health care personnel hands and clothes … Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before and after using PPE.
☐ True
☐ False
10.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47681/psn-pdf
January 30, 2019 - /health-care-associated-infections
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-anesthesia-providers-hand-hygiene-busy-metropolitan-operating-room-what-would
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43430/psn-pdf
October 20, 2014 - Highlighting how positive deviance has demonstrated an
encouraging effect on hand hygiene compliance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41105/psn-pdf
December 16, 2013 - the likelihood that patients would participate in safety behaviors,
such as asking providers about hand … hygiene.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73089/psn-pdf
March 31, 2021 - patients and families with the skills necessary to
audit four safe practices (patient identification, hand … hygiene, blood or chemotherapy identification, and
related side effects) can provide healthcare organizations
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837338/psn-pdf
June 08, 2022 - healthcare-related-infections-within-nursing-homes-nhs-qualitative-study-care-practices-based
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-deficiency-citations-nursing-homes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38970/psn-pdf
July 05, 2013 - applying rigorous QI methods to improve safety in a
number of challenging areas (the first three are hand … hygiene, handoff communication, and preventing
wrong site surgery) and disseminating the lessons from
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/120-key-strategies-target-mrsa-ssi.pdf
April 01, 2025 - • Includes best practices in the following topics:
Hand hygiene
Surgical scrub
Hair removal
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/035-importance-mrsa-prevention-notes.docx
October 01, 2024 - For over 150 years, hand hygiene has been a fundamental and vitally important infection prevention practice … Several studies demonstrate that improving hand hygiene practices can lead to a reduction of HAIs and … Despite these findings, estimates of hand hygiene adherence rates range from 81 percent to as low as … Many tools exist for monitoring and improving hand hygiene adherence, but many inpatient units still … These practices include, but are not limited to, hand hygiene, the proper use of personal protective
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33666/psn-pdf
October 01, 2008 - health care facilities, and the predominant method of transmission occurs
from person to person via the hands … These include
compliance with hand hygiene, optimal management of central venous and urinary catheters … Infection control practices that have been demonstrated to reduce
MRSA include: adherence to hand hygiene … hygiene. … hygiene.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43213/psn-pdf
June 04, 2014 - This
commentary describes strategies to reduce such infections, including hand hygiene adherence, checklist