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921. Sustaining reductions in central line-associated bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: a 10-year analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sustaining-reductions-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-michigan-intensive-care
     June 16, 2011 - October 31, 2014 Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand … hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities.

922. Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
     January 29, 2008 - Advances in infection control often have been addressed by increasing hand hygiene among caregivers. … Moreover, nonbehavioral attempts to increase hand washing among caregivers suggest that hand-hygiene … • Peer observational feedback Geller17 Infection-control error • Hand washing • “Hands-free … Hand hygiene compliance in healthcare workers. J Hosp Infect 2006; 3: 205-209. 43. … Discrepancy between self-reported and observed hand hygiene behavior in healthcare professionals.

923. 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/maintenance-checklist.docx
     March 01, 2017 - Perform hand hygiene using an alcohol-based sanitizer or soap and water immediately before donning gloves … Staff practices standard precautions, performs hand hygiene, and wears clean gloves when handling the

924. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
     April 24, 2015 - Standard Precautions: Use gloves when manipulating the catheter site and drainage system and practice hand … hygiene before and after. 1.8 A sterile, continuously closed drainage system should be maintained for … Use gloves and practice hand hygiene before and after handling the drainage device. 1.12 Patients with

925. Catheter Care Do's and Don'ts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - DO DON'T Do perform hand hygiene immediately before and after handling the catheter or drainage

926. Infection Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Monitor hand hygiene no less than quarterly and report performance to all employees and the board.  

927. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46108/psn-pdf
     December 21, 2017 - as likely to speak up about this compared to a traditional patient safety threat such as inadequate hand … hygiene.

928. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47401/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2019 - comparing-patient-reported-hospital-adverse-events-medical-record-review-do-patients-know https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

929. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42530/psn-pdf
     December 30, 2014 - patient-engagement-and-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-willingness-remind-health-care-workers-perform-hand-hygiene

930. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - The authors state that the effectiveness of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of MRSA has been … most convincingly demonstrated in quasi-experimental observational studies...Would these hand hygiene … We have modified the language used to discuss the evidence for hand hygiene. … studies in which hand hygiene-promotion campaigns were associated with subsequent reductions in the … However one might have expected a higher frequency of hand hygiene during the intervention periods,

931. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42855/psn-pdf
     February 06, 2014 - The authors used scenarios involving hand hygiene, fall risk assessment, and preoperative time-outs

932. Patient Notification Toolkit. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-notification-toolkit
     September 07, 2016 - May 20, 2015 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

933. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40078/psn-pdf
     January 19, 2011 - should-patients-have-role-patient-safety-safety-engineering-view https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

934. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42361/psn-pdf
     September 19, 2013 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/questions-are-answer https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

935. Why your doctor's white coat can be a threat to your health. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-your-doctors-white-coat-can-be-threat-your-health
     November 18, 2016 - Hand sanitizer placement, sleeve length, and laundering behaviors can reduce transmission of pathogens … October 17, 2017 Assessment of fidelity in interventions to improve hand hygiene of healthcare … April 30, 2014 With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands.

936. Patient safety in after-hours telephone medicine. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-after-hours-telephone-medicine
     November 12, 2014 - October 19, 2022 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand … hygiene. … Care Family Medicine Primary Care General Internal Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

937. Silence Kills: The Seven Crucial Conversations for Healthcare. | PSNet
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     July 09, 2012 - a formative assessment of a video empowering patients to ask their health care providers to perform hand … hygiene. … Physicians Nurses Nurse Managers Critical Care Nursing Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

938. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43251/psn-pdf
     June 11, 2014 - speak up regarding medication safety, but they were not as comfortable voicing concerns related to hygiene

939. Improving the reliability of verbal communication between primary care physicians and pediatric hospitalists at hospital discharge. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-reliability-verbal-communication-between-primary-care-physicians-and-pediatric
     November 16, 2015 - 2022 Utilizing improvement science methods to improve physician compliance with proper hand … hygiene. … Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

940. In Conversation with...David Marx, JD | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdavid-marx-jd
     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.