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  1. Engaging patients as vigilant partners in safety: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patients-vigilant-partners-safety-systematic-review
    February 06, 2019 - March 23, 2011 Patient empowerment and multimodal hand hygiene promotion: a win–win strategy

  2. Is there a role for patients and their relatives in escalating clinical deterioration in hospital? A systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/there-role-patients-and-their-relatives-escalating-clinical-deterioration-hospital-systematic
    March 08, 2023 - exploring the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting hand … hygiene compliance in the hospital setting.

  3. Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their relationship to Joint Commission accreditation. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-measure-performance-long-term-care-hospitals-and-their-relationship-joint
    June 07, 2023 - June 26, 2019 Using the Targeted Solutions Tool to improve hand hygiene compliance is

  4. Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multistate-point-prevalence-survey-health-care-associated-infections
    November 14, 2018 - December 12, 2018 Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand … hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities.

  5. Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national patient safety imperative. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-national-patient-safety-imperative
    March 21, 2012 - September 12, 2016 Is hand hygiene before putting on nonsterile gloves in the intensive

  6. Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates among US hospitals | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use-antibiotic-use-and-hospital-onset
    July 20, 2022 - October 28, 2020 Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated

  7. Incidence and trends of sepsis in US hospitals using clinical vs claims data, 2009--2014. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-trends-sepsis-us-hospitals-using-clinical-vs-claims-data-2009-2014
    February 27, 2019 - December 18, 2017 Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: a systematic

  8. Helping healthcare teams to debrief effectively: associations of debriefers' actions and participants' reflections during team debriefings. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/helping-healthcare-teams-debrief-effectively-associations-debriefers-actions-and-participants
    February 02, 2022 - commentary in epidemiological studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand … hygiene in patient care.

  9. 7 Things You Should Know About Urinary Leg Bags (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/7-things.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - Before connecting the leg bag to an indwell- ing urinary catheter, perform hand hygiene and put on clean … Remove gloves, discard them in the trash, and perform hand hygiene again. … should have a policy and procedure that takes manufacturer’s instructions into account and includes: hand … hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE), instructions for aseptic technique, cleaning and

  10. 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

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39419/psn-pdf
    September 20, 2011 - health-care-consumers-inclination-engage-selected-patient-safety-practices-survey-adults https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Silence Kills: The Seven Crucial Conversations for Healthcare. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/silence-kills-seven-crucial-conversations-healthcare
    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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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
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