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21. The Importance of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

22. Evaluating and Sustaining Progress | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

23. Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

24. Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

25. The Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

26. Contact Precautions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

27. Learning From Defects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

28. 007-Ss-Contact-Precautions-Fg (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/007-ss-contact-precautions-fg.docx
    April 01, 2025 - Hand hygiene in the perioperative setting is discussed in greater detail on the Hand Hygiene topic page … Proper hand hygiene 3. Use of gloves by healthcare personnel 4. … hygiene promotion, standard precautions, MRSA surveillance to identify which patients require contact … Proper hand hygiene 4. Use of gloves by healthcare personnel 5. … Principal elements of contact precautions include patient placement, hand hygiene, appropriate use of

29. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention

30. 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. … of hand hygiene through strategic placement of alcohol hand-rub dispensers in highly visible locations

31. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
    September 26, 2019 - 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 … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance. … hygiene promotion and education, environmental cleaning monitoring, dedicated equipment, and … hygiene promotion and supervised cleaning of bed spaces and rooms.

32. 018-Revision-Summary-Contact-Precautions (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - typically used as part of a MRSA prevention bundle—including not only contact precautions, but also hand … hygiene promotion, adherence to standard precautions, MRSA surveillance to identify which patients require … A recent simulation study found that, in the absence of hand hygiene, healthcare personnel who become … hygiene, and institutional culture change, across Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide.2 Rates of MRSA … contact precautions in hospitals that have strong horizontal infection prevention practices (e.g., hand

33. PowerPoint Presentation
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    March 01, 2017 - Education Hand hygiene Gloves Clean rooms Disinfected surfaces Proper medical device care and maintenance … Good hand hygiene, proper glove use, cleaning residents’ rooms, disinfecting surfaces and equipment and … are superior to antimicrobial soaps and should be used to maintain proper hand hygiene. … And remember that there are four main opportunities for hand hygiene: Before initial contact with the … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

34. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - hand rub or soap and water, also known as practicing hand hygiene. … Help residents practice hand hygiene. … Basic Background Hand hygiene refers to the practice of removing or killing germs on hands so that … To practice hand hygiene, keep your hands clean by either washing with soap and water or using an alcohol-based … Training staff on hand hygiene.

35. Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs: Summary (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - hygiene compliance or the effectiveness of room cleaning. … hygiene compliance (Figure). 4 Figure. … hygiene compliance. … optimized environment can also support behaviors that minimize contact transmission; an example is the promotion … of hand hygiene through strategic placement of alcohol hand-rub dispensers in highly visible locations

36. Tools & Resources for Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.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

37. 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 - 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 … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance. … hygiene promotion and education, environmental cleaning monitoring, dedicated equipment, and … hygiene promotion and supervised cleaning of bed spaces and rooms.

38. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2022 - Suggested Strategies • Educate patients and families regarding the importance of hand hygiene, taking … care to emphasize the need for hand hygiene anytime a surface has been touched. … Tell them that if they do not see providers clean their hands after touching a surface, they should … help to show germs on hands) for patients and families to practice hand hygiene, allowing them to … see directly the effectiveness of their hand hygiene techniques.

39. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - PRACTICE TIPS ▪ Practice hand hygiene. … PRACTICE TIPS ▪ Practice good hand hygiene. … ▪ Help residents practice hand hygiene. … BASIC BACKGROUND Hand hygiene refers to the practice of removing or killing germs on hands so that … To practice hand hygiene, keep your hands clean by either washing with soap and water or using an alcohol-based

40. Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Staff Training Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonization-training-materials.html
    November 01, 2024 - Patient Educational Resources MRSA Surveillance Environmental Cleaning Contact Precautions Hand … Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention